Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them could express themselves with a lilting eloquence which left the English spellbound . |
| 2 | They may do it with the help of the symbols of the church , or the language of the Bible in the orthodox way . |
| 3 | If you are using special fonts do check with the bureau first , they may provide you with a copy of their screen font to install on your system as a way of ensuring that what you send them matches what they send you back . |
| 4 | If they want to say ‘ yes ? ’ or ‘ no ? ’ in a questioning manner they may say it with a rising tone — a movement from a lower pitch to a higher one . |
| 5 | Whilst treating anyone with remedies they should avoid anything with a strong smell , scent , aroma or perfume . |
| 6 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 7 | The only thing I might not , it 'cause they said they might make one with a C D R O M drive . |
| 8 | Yet there is also a less determinate area , in which artists devoted themselves to religious art not only , and sometimes not primarily , because this was the willed commission of their Immediate patron , but because they could identify themselves with the religious purpose of which the immediate social organization was the available manifest form . |
| 9 | Because every time someone screws they could make something with a will to live . |
| 10 | Even the heyday of tomb-robbing was over ; his scavenging could n't be called by such a piratical name and the local labourers could not be inspired to sift the soil scrupulously when they could break it with a pickaxe so much faster , and the mounted overseers might take a crack at them with a rifle butt if they dawdled . |
| 11 | The bank chose Acse because , while ‘ other companies told us they could provide us with an Electronic Data Interchange translator , Acse was the only one who said , ‘ EDI is not a problem of technology , but a problem of integrating it into your existing systems , ’ ’ Gilmont said . |
| 12 | They would settle it with a pitch and putt contest there in front of the grandstands , on the last green . |
| 13 | The Grimaud family had written to say that they would meet her with a blue Corvette . |
| 14 | They would ally themselves with the united Labour forces and afford the possibilities of developing a mighty Peoples Front which will bring down the National Government . " |
| 15 | I wonder if they would supply us with a researcher |
| 16 | Hopefully , they would provide him with the opportunity to make contact with the pilot Vologsky . |
| 17 | They would provide him with an army to set him on the throne in return for his establishment of a presbyterian form of church government throughout the realm . |
| 18 | Much therefore depended on which brand of them would be returned and whether , as in the past , they would align themselves with the Conservative Party and accept its whip . |
| 19 | And when it got particularly boring they would amuse themselves with a 15-minute rendition of ‘ Frank Clark knows my father ’ substituting the full back for the equally famous Lloyd George . |
| 20 | They will present him with an upbeat report claiming significant improvements in performance , with all lines beating Passengers ' Charter standards for timekeeping and reliability . |
| 21 | The people who run it try to fix up compatible ages , interests etc and it does n't matter if you ca n't speak the lingo , they will find someone with a knowledge of the English language for you . |
| 22 | Both are as entitled as any other separating couple to find happiness , though it is hard to see how they will find it with a new partner while remaining married to each other . |
| 23 | Now they will surprise me with a question about a House of Commons debate or what 's going on in America . |
| 24 | It should prove useful , as will all the places I have talked about above , in that they will provide me with the amount of information to produce an investigation that has all the qualities necessary to gain a good grade . |
| 25 | They will help you with the choice of holiday and the selection of accommodation or simply offer you advice if you are experiencing any difficulty in making up your mind . |
| 26 | ‘ We are putting paper chains on their arms ; they can break them with a gesture . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If you 're being checked out by someone the fact that they can compare you with a photo is so satisfying that you 're on your way before you know it . ’ |
| 28 | The early experience suggests that for the enthusiast of language , for example , the latter approach and even the former is possible : equally too the science enthusiast in primary schools protests at the ease with which they can familiarise themselves with the process . |
| 29 | We have been running an experiment in our laboratories , which erm , employs about eighteen hundred people , and I 've been paying a sum of money , so that they can have anybody with a problem in the laboratories , can have independent counselling , er , and it seems to me , I 've been lo reviewing it , measurement again , we 've just been running it for a year , and I 've been interested to see the types of problem they 've been taking outside . |
| 30 | However , it must also be recognised that in most cases when English speakers come across an unfamiliar word , they can pronounce it with the correct stress ( there are exceptions to this , of course ) ; in principle , it should be possible to discover what it is that the English speaker knows and to write in the form of rules . |