Example sentences of "[conj] they [adv] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The information which appears on Skymaster comes from the same computers at Heathrow which churn out the printed stuff so you can guarantee that the data is accurate and changes reach you faster than they normally would on the paper system . |
| 2 | If customers preferred more choice , as most do today , IBM 's existing subsidiaries could compete for their business more fiercely and profitably than they ever can as part of Big Blue . |
| 3 | These grievances and demands remained and although they did not drive the students out onto the streets of the capital this time to demonstrate , it was clear that they certainly could at some time in the near future . |
| 4 | now with them changing the the changeover cos they always used to be the letters followed by the numbers . |
| 5 | Now Canada is where young men hang out when they really ought to be in Vietnam . |
| 6 | There is a primitive look to them : they are small ( perhaps 100cm at the withers , and weighing 280–300kg , though they probably used to be larger ) and very narrow in the hindquarters . |
| 7 | Erm , I think these refugees are likely to include the most enterprising , the best trained and so on , they 'll be a grave loss to the Soviet economy , erm , but I think they 're a potential gain to us and er , I do n't think that , I think therefore we should make arrangements to try and absorb them if we can and , and let them contribute as they undoubtedly will to our own economies . |
| 8 | They must get as nigh the water as they possibly can without falling in . |
| 9 | From what I can see , stagedivers consist of both ‘ nice ’ and ‘ nasty ’ people — the nasty attempting to cause as much pain as they possibly can by kicking and punching people as they land . |
| 10 | When Saturday night eventually came , two swollen-footed , limb-aching , shattered soldiers covered as much of the city as they possibly could in three hours with only five shillings each to spend , a problem that limited their discussions on which pub to select . |
| 11 | Children brought up on a diet of TV and video are no longer as tractable and easy to control , as they once used to be , even in the younger classes of the junior school . |