Example sentences of "they [modal v] start [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally when using cervical reintegration to treat patients they may start to cry , or even feel faint or sick , and afterwards experience a sense of relief . |
| 2 | The first survey ever of such tests has found that another 59 companies say they may start testing . |
| 3 | and it goes through their , for the rest of their twenties , the rest of their thirties and most of their forties and then suddenly bang maybe something ghastly seems to be happening which they are absolutely unaware of , you know , they do n't know why they are crying or , or er unable to cope with whatever they ca n't cope with and that 's it , that 's them off and they start worrying about er osteoporosis and you know an enormous number of , of now medically defined problems of the menopause , and they may start going on to all sorts of things like hormone replacement therapy or even primrose oil or whatever the hell and they 're sitting there at an age when they are fairly loaded up with experience and maturity and all the rest of it and they do n't know what they are doing . |
| 4 | But the council now says it 's made Castlemeads safe and it 's told women they must start using it again . |
| 5 | The majority of women — and , indeed , the majority of men — are feeling that they must start protecting family life . |
| 6 | No objection had been raised at the time , he said , and ‘ it is absurd that they should start to quibble a week later and try to reopen the issue ’ . |
| 7 | And while British filmmakers began to believe in the ‘ decline of Hollywood ’ as their guarantee that the increased popularity of their pictures would be permanent , they were n't disposed to tap the Americans on the shoulder and suggest that perhaps they should start thinking about film schools , new talents programmes , script competitions or anything of that sort . |
| 8 | They should start sorting out their own . ’ |
| 9 | All children have fads at different times which resolve as quickly as they arrive and so it can be difficult for parents to determine where they should start to draw the line . |
| 10 | Fastback Plus Unix product marketing manager Neil Norton figures they 'll start moving 1,000 units a month direct to some large customers and through their channels . |
| 11 | ‘ If people read the autobiography , they 'll start thinking about the past , James 's past . |
| 12 | The trouble is if you start using it then everybody else thinks you 're listening to music and they 'll start bring theirs in . |
| 13 | Another disadvantage of laser printers is that , because they 're page printers , they require the entire page to be stored in their memory before they 'll start printing . |
| 14 | So all Oswaldston will read that , and they 'll read between the lines and they 'll start calling me the marriage-breaker , will they ? |
| 15 | else they 'll start scribbling . |
| 16 | ‘ They 'll start fighting us , wo n't they ? |
| 17 | First of all they 'll go very pale and they 'll start sweating and the pulse will be very rapid and the breathing will be shallow , now what are they going into ? |
| 18 | They 'll start arguing now . |
| 19 | If you just stand around waiting for the enemy to come to you then of course your ladz will get bored , and naturally they 'll start to get a bit fractious , then inevitably they 'll end up failing an Animosity test probably just when you do n't want them to . |
| 20 | ‘ After that , they might start to wonder where he is . ’ |
| 21 | Because if they got too close to us , they might start thinking . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Get too close and they might start thinking . |
| 23 | ‘ I think , in fact , they might start looking for us . |
| 24 | Not now that we can suggest where they might start looking . ’ |
| 25 | If they feel comfortable with the accounts , they might start investing in us . ’ |
| 26 | And she looked with interest at the walls which , in the strong morning light the sun was only just leaving one of them — seemed that they might start sprouting mushrooms . |
| 27 | Envy because we ca n't do them and horror because they might start doing them to us . |
| 28 | On Monday , they could start removing damaged property from houses although he stressed householders should contact their insurance companies . |
| 29 | So they 've got to now begin to home in and find out what things they could start to tackle . |
| 30 | The 1960 Act gave local authorities new powers to control caravan sites , including a requirement that all caravan sites had to be licensed before they could start operating ( thus partly closing loopholes in the planning and public health legislation ) . |