Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] they [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More often than not they will enhance the surroundings rather than detract from them . |
| 2 | If only they would avoid the root positions of the usual three chords , they would begin to discover what resources are available , especially if they realize that chords can often comprise four different notes ( at least ) instead of the usual three . |
| 3 | Besant was an earnest Victorian , with equally earnest friends and associates , all of them convinced that human nature , the universe and everything were perfectible , if only they could find the right answer . |
| 4 | So — if only they can overcome the obvious difficulties , inter-tidal creatures find rich pickings . |
| 5 | Cos the the reason they , they er done away with the steam tugs and had a diesel , because a diesel you could start up and er when the dredging finished they tipped the tug at Ipswich and er if they want they one of the big ships up the river , cos then they could start the diesel up quite , right away , whereby a steam tug you a fire there all the time . |
| 6 | Notwithstanding that threat , I am confident in backing our miners , because only they can offer the generators long-term contracts which guarantee falling prices , paid for in sterling and free from exchange rate fluctuations . |
| 7 | Because then they could see the conservatory gradually taking shape |