Example sentences of "[that] they [modal v] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Little did they know that they would be stepping into Hunter and Rae Brown 's shoes less than a year later !
2 Basically , it provided that they would be investing in her rather than letting her buy this or that security for them .
3 He said : ‘ They did not have certain top-class players out there , but the majority of those who came in were £1 million players and I felt that they would be fighting for a place in the Cup replay . ’
4 The solicitors informed the local authority that they would be applying for an order for costs against the authority .
5 All that they would be tendering for would be to actually run the facility , and there 's no reason to suppose that a private contractor can do that any more cheaply , if they deliver the same quality of service , as the Local Authority can do , so it would n't actually save money , all it would do would mean that control of the level of service that was being delivered at those facilities was lost from the Council to a private contractor .
6 No particular form of words is necessary to create a floating charge ; it suffices if the intention is shown ( a ) to impose a charge on assets both present and future , ( b ) the assets are of such a nature that they would be changing in the ordinary course of the company 's business , and ( c ) the company is free to continue to deal with the assets in the ordinary course of its business .
7 She did n't have to be told that they would be arriving within seconds ; Marguerite 's tight shoulders told her that and Alain 's lips tightened too as the tension in the car reached him .
8 Yeah I think they had their own little meetings in various pubs or whatever after our meetings , and certainly the management in one of the quarries seemed to have a lot of information about what went on in our lodge meetings because of various members of this clique , I think we were all fairly sure that they would be returning to work , it was just when that was the crunch .
9 She rather thought then that they would be returning to their hotel , and , because she had enjoyed everything so much , she added sincerely , ‘ And thank you for taking me around , and for showing me so much . ’
10 BASI News warned members that they would be working against French law and could be heavily fined .
11 So much so in fact that they 'll be looking to you to help them actually .
12 They find out that they 'll be competing against three local councillors from Kent , one from each of the main political parties — everyone crosses their fingers that they wo n't be able to agree on an answer .
13 Counselling will advise them of the risks , if any , that they may be taking by embarking on a further conception .
14 But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living .
15 A Friday afternoon class not too prepared to believe that art was the most important thing that they could be doing at that time soon discovered they were wrong .
16 He complained that they should be looking after him instead of making him do all ‘ this nonsense ’ .
17 so we could have reduced that , and I think that is the criticism that I make of the Conservatives , not that the Conservatives in this council have done that , but that they should be apologizing for it .
18 Feminist psychologists too are becoming more aware that they should be dealing with ‘ race ’ differences , not as biological or cultural categories , but as historical and social relations which affect all their work .
19 ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said .
20 Americans were exasperated that they should be paying for Europe 's defence when the Europeans were not doing their utmost to help themselves .
21 In contrast , it is extraordinarily encouraging to think that after the revolution , they will be guaranteed a basic diet , access to medical services , education and recreation and that they will be living in a creative and open society .
22 But the legislation does make it clear that they will be operating in a Church which has declared that it is right to ordain women to the Priesthood and does so ordain them .
23 The case is hard to argue against , and even harder after a couple of Tories just get up and say flatly that they will be voting for the lady .
24 At least those present will have the comforting knowledge that they will be voting on the future of a team which has just ascended the summit of the Scottish Second Division , although that must be considered more of a Ben Nevis than an Everest of the football world .
25 The total number of books published in the UK has been rising relentlessly for over 10 years , but 1993 should herald a change in strategy from major publishers : Random House , HarperCollins and Reed Consumer Books are among companies to have announced that they are substantially reducing the number of titles that they will be publishing in 1993 .
26 I hope that we will be able to give them some sort of relief from the distress that I know that they will be feeling at the outcome of this case today . ’
27 HARLEQUINS have confirmed that they will be following up Saturday 's incident in the match with Swansea at Twickenham — when one of their players was apparently kicked in the head — with an official letter of complaint to the Welsh club .
28 since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government .
29 Colin Pavey of British Telecom hopes that they will be running by the end of the year .
30 The increased spending on health and education is welcome in every way , although those who work in schools and hospitals can not help but feel that they will be paying for it themselves by being denied pay rises .
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