Example sentences of "decided they [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social workers decided they would be safe with their 23-year-old unmarried mother . |
| 2 | So when Ray Neal of Thringstone Aquatics had some Victorian Cichlids for sale Nancy decided they might be the answer . |
| 3 | When the girl 's mother and aunt came round to his house to take her back he became so violent and threatening that they decided they might be endangering the girl 's life by staying and arguing . |
| 4 | We decided they 'd be all right eating the bile yellow satin curtains . |
| 5 | ‘ They just decided they 'd be happier living apart . ’ |
| 6 | They were of brown calf with a copper beech leaf on the instep and their shape was so strange and outlandish that Nurse Rose decided they must be the extreme of fashion . |
| 7 | When I arrived at the airport to check in , I was surprised by the amount of security , I decided they must be looking for drug traffickers . |
| 8 | At this , Golding decided they should be driven back to Swans ' Meadow , accompanied by Finch and a lugubrious detective sergeant called Barrett . |