Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 2 | How I would love to be proved wrong by any one of them but parents and boys deserve my honest opinion , however much they may hate me for it . |
| 3 | But these are n't word processors , no matter how much they 'd like you to think so . |
| 4 | Public Choice theory argues that bureaucrats are judged by the size of the budget that they control and by how much they can increase it . |
| 5 | ‘ I wonder how long they 'll do it for ? ’ |
| 6 | You go there every Wednesday before long they 'll ask you to run the library elbow a few old ladies out of the way ! |
| 7 | The screws made up promises , like if we took the barricade down they 'd leave us alone , they would n't punish us . |
| 8 | Perhaps they would tell us , if they were allowed to spend more , where do they think the funds come from , and who do they think 's going to pay ? |
| 9 | Perhaps the police would n't even let them do that , perhaps they would treat them like gypsies and move them on and on and not let them stop anywhere . |
| 10 | Perhaps they would let her make herself a sandwich … |
| 11 | If they had n't , perhaps they would help her . |
| 12 | Perhaps they 'll get them . |
| 13 | ‘ The sooner the better — perhaps they 'll teach him how to behave ! ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps they could tell him where I will be working . ’ |
| 15 | If two of the family are chatting about something special , perhaps they could do it another time or alternatively make absolutely sure that you know what it is all about . |
| 16 | So if anybody has anything they wish to raise perhaps they could raise it as I mention the minute . |
| 17 | If people hear about the boy , he thought , perhaps they will want me to pay for their lost chickens and their disappearing sheep . |
| 18 | I thought : Perhaps they will ask me what play I am in , where I am engaged , and I have no fiction ready . |
| 19 | Perhaps they can help us . |
| 20 | That 's what I 'm saying perhaps they must let it out though . |
| 21 | There is talk of setting up a ‘ proud to be perverted ’ pressure group along the lines of Act Up ) , ( perhaps they should call it Strapped Up ) , which will campaign around the issue of consent , the idea that whatever two adults agree to do in the privacy of their own homes is no concern of the courts . |
| 22 | Perhaps they 'd forget them otherwise . |
| 23 | I was thinking perhaps they 'd bring them back . |
| 24 | After my first six months as Director of South East Arts , I 've prepared an interim report with five main topics , which I wish to put forward for public consideration , and if anybody has any comments to make perhaps they 'd let me know . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps they 'd let you borrow theirs ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade , who have done all they can to help me over the years since the fire , and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union for underwriting the risks of my legal claim . ’ |
| 27 | But the plan is a good one , and it would work , if only they 'd give it a chance . ’ |
| 28 | He could travel well enough on his own , if only they 'd let him . |
| 29 | If he is completely silent , they are more than satisfied , if only they can see him . |
| 30 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |