Example sentences of "he [vb past] they [modal v] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He claims dissident soldiers did n't have the ability to launch a coup , but he warned they could mount attacks against government officers and business establishments to cripple the economy . |
2 | She found she hardly cared and when Mr Browning , with some evidence of concern for her , said that he feared they must take Ferdinando to Rome almost as soon as they all returned to Florence in October , she simply nodded . |
3 | He said they would spend £2bn on education in their first year and a further £2.6bn in the second . |
4 | He supposed they would lock Ho in the boot or hide him somewhere while his father was fetched . |
5 | He suggested they should undergo tests for Aids , sickle-cell anaemia , syphilis and hepatitis B. |