Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] they [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local Licensed Victuallers Association have pointed out that all six pubs have gardens and car parks , suggesting that they will be converted to plastic ‘ eating houses ’ . |
| 2 | er Graham seems to think they 're hinting that they should be done on the same day |
| 3 | They they marched to the er to the workhouse , demanding that they should be taken in , you see . |
| 4 | About 3,000 people converged on foreign embassies in Tirana on March 6 , believing that they would be opened to asylum-seekers ( as in July 1990 ) . |
| 5 | The person they sought had disappeared into thin air ; it was only then did they puzzle and wonder if the dusk had conned them into imagining that they could be mistaken . |
| 6 | In my letter applying to the BBC I had said that I would also like to telephone several undertakers for quotes , stating my exact requirements and then taking the lowest , getting back to them and seeing if they could be beaten down . |
| 7 | If someone realizes you do not hear well , perhaps they are wondering if they will be understood and perhaps they feel unsure what to do . |
| 8 | The Cleveland Inquiry Report endorses this by stating that they should be informed and consulted whether the investigations are medical , police or social . |
| 9 | In fact , the gradient favoured a trolleybus reversing and they could be seen performing the exercise without putting their poles up on the wires . |
| 10 | Is he saying that they will be completed by Christmas ? |
| 11 | To return to my burglary , it became possible to make alternative arrangements : to let family members know and to replace the presents with other things made available by other people or by just acknowledging that they would be replaced when the insurance money came through ! |
| 12 | Failing that they can be taken out into a yard sprayed with solvent degreaser and pressure jetted , otherwise it is a matter of brushing with a churn or utility brush and using a toothbrush in the crevices . |
| 13 | He also held his forefinger to his lips , indicating that they might be overheard . |
| 14 | If no great tactician , the Duke was already justifying his popularity with his men by showing concern for their health , insisting that they should be housed in billets . |
| 15 | Has not the Labour-controlled local authority frequently made proposals for reorganisations , knowing that they would be rejected because they were highly partisan ? |
| 16 | Certainly , expecting that you will suffer from jet-lag hardly helps and this becomes an argument for adopting a positive attitude to the difficulties and knowing that they can be minimized by following the advice we give later . |
| 17 | All of them showing that they can be trusted to write and sometimes ' produce good music . |
| 18 | Some Western governments , including the USA and UK , had blocked the issue of bonds , claiming that they could be used to launder drugs money . |
| 19 | In our view , though , every developer believes his own particular case to be unique , with ‘ special circumstances ’ to consider ; and every developer will seek to demolish existing listed buildings by arguing that they will be replaced by a much better piece of architecture . |
| 20 | Even facts of observation need interpreting before they can be counted on , and any facts about underlying mechanisms or structures are ‘ visible ’ only through theoretical spectacles . |
| 21 | He could not put them to the Committee and I look forward to seeing whether they can be put forward tonight . |
| 22 | Originally , the team mixed prawn nutrients with amines , thinking that they would be needed to form the capsule . |
| 23 | You could even buy one of the sub-£200 XTs that are on the market at the moment — but do n't make the mistake of thinking that they can be pushed into many other applications areas . |
| 24 | He was correct in so far as our forebears were piteously shattered but quite wrong in thinking that they could be subjugated . |