Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] they [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't know , people l I 'm of them say they ca n't afford to pay the kids , and get the food for the kids , and they 'll have to give them chips a couple of , every day of the week or whatever , but th there 's no need for that . |
2 | Hearing dogs for the deaf have become increasingly popular over the past ten years — now the staff who train them say they ca n't cope with the demand . |
3 | Many of them say they 'd like rather more variety . |
4 | I mean they ca n't even be kind to each other let alone other people . ’ |
5 | I mean they ca n't even go to the shops sometimes and they 're not safe . |
6 | Er so I mean that c because er I mean they the steel balls and steel rollers go into the bin I mean they ca n't be used for anything . |
7 | Cos they are quite tame , I mean that 's one thing about the hens I mean they ca n't come out though , they just wander about . |
8 | Yes , yeah but when it gets burnt down you , I mean they ca n't |
9 | Ju well you know , I mean they ca n't get up to much but |
10 | I mean they ca n't , they ca n't possibly do everything for everybody at the right time I mean |
11 | And if they look after a customer like that I mean they ca n't be faulty , can they ? |
12 | Well , I think they must get out , I mean they ca n't live like that . |
13 | I mean they wo n't say sand and salt , they 'll say something which is insoluble and give it a horrible chemical name |
14 | I mean they wo n't you see . |
15 | Well of a reasonable a re Yes I mean they wo n't be so small you can hardly see them |
16 | Cos I mean they wo n't be as , as hyper-critical as we are . |
17 | Well I mean they wo n't last any erm |
18 | Well I mean they wo n't flower again , that 's for certain you see and it 's it 's got ta be |
19 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
20 | I think if , if they adopted a policy of erm of struggle last time , I mean they would get to land reform indirectly but I do n't think you can erm initiate it from the Party as such like because that causes all sorts of problems through definitions and things like that but |
21 | Well no I just wondered if you 've had your own telly and you 've just got it private you know , I mean they would n't have no records |
22 | I mean they ai n't sort of I mean what they could force you to do if they really , I mean they would never do that but what they could force you to do or Les to do would be to check with all those people who I 've actually sort of made payments to , to make sure that I have . |
23 | I mean they would n't want to listen to the music I do n't think |
24 | Ya , I mean they would n't mix with the likes of us ! |
25 | I mean they would n't willy nilly , would they . |
26 | erm now what then is the position what is the nature of the criticism or the claims being made by the group of palaeontologists whom I 'm going to refer to , for reasons that will become apparent , as the punctuations — because I mean they would call themselves punctuations . |
27 | Happens , but they do try and go for bigger takings , I mean they 'll not break into my house it wo n't be worth all that worth . |
28 | I mean they 'll knit this Arran and . |
29 | I mean they 'll go to a concert and make judgments about what they hear quite happily … they come back and moan , ‘ We ca n't judge composition , how do we know what criteria to use ? ’ |
30 | I I mean er I doubt whether we 'll we 'll have a full slate in February anyway so I mean they 'll probably be the option for people to come in later and we 'll probably end up co-opting people later and er I think we should |