Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] they [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would tell them some story — precisely what , he had not decided — and in due course they would check and discover its falsehood . |
| 2 | No doubt in due course they would become equally vocal in their complaints about the French , but Thiercelin decided that so far as possible his own behaviour should be above reproach . |
| 3 | While such a set-up would probably be established under the auspices of the Bank of England , the main users in the shape of the institutions envisage that in due course they would take over ownership . |
| 4 | In due course they will arrive in Safra to be offloaded over a beach and thence travel by road into the theatre of operations . |
| 5 | See lot lot of these jobs are done by the tide , say you take a ship now what 's been sunk in the river , at low tide they 'll put the wires underneath , make them fast to the ships and when the tide when the t t tide rise out come the ship , and they can take it where they want to . |
| 6 | To gain the professional certificate they will have to take and pass the Case Study in a subsequent year ; see section 17 . |
| 7 | But governments now believe that if they are to tackle new subjects at a European level they must tighten their control . |
| 8 | Obviously , all ministers must have reasonable discretion in such matters , but if they depart from a clear , professional recommendation they must have good reason . |
| 9 | While it is acknowledged by pluralists that groups and associations will not all be equal in the political weight they can bring to bear on governments , no group will dominate all the time , and most groups will be able to have their way some of the time . |
| 10 | They finally reached Marseilles , an enormous distance , particularly when you consider the devious route they must have taken , but were unlucky enough to be spotted by the Vichy French , who were in league with the Nazis . |
| 11 | For the filmmakers of Anderson 's generation , there was a double frustration : both that there was no vital British cinema they could celebrate as critics , and that the film industry had shrunk to the point where it offered no easy point of entry into the industry . |
| 12 | It means that if the engineer comes up with a different story they can use this to embarrass the plaintiff at trial . |
| 13 | Anyone who has a German shepherd they would like to offer to the police is asked to telephone Sandon dog section on ( 0245 ) 223616 . |
| 14 | If they 've had to stay indoors for a wet break they 'll want to do something physically very active . |
| 15 | Asked how much of their weekly shopping they would do on a Sunday if all shops were open , they answered , on average , 12% . |
| 16 | During their work on a social committee they can build their relationships with people in the industry , like agents selling bands and record companies helping with marketing and promotion . |
| 17 | As a social group they could record both gains and losses from war , and there has been some debate among historians about how far a balance sheet can be struck for the country as a whole , whether England gained or lost from its military operations . |
| 18 | Er conversions are simply a different factor they will have to take into account . |
| 19 | Conservative leaders claimed that by curbing the growth in public spending they would create the headroom for tax reductions which in turn would provide incentives and liberate the entrepreneurial energies of the British people . |
| 20 | In pursuit of land reform , in a country without large inequalities in ownership , party militants shot any old man they could find who had a few more acres than the rest , or whose social position , as arbiter of disputes , set him apart from others . |
| 21 | If we told them to point to the empty box they would do so ; but would revert to pointing to the baited box again on the next trial . |
| 22 | Before anyone applies for a grant from the Social Fund they should check what money is in the estate of the person who has died , such as in bank or building society accounts ; whether there will be any money from insurance policies or charities , friends or relatives ( either of the person claiming the grant or the person who has died ) ; and any savings that the person claiming has over £500 . |
| 23 | I asked both bodies to get together if they needed further information from British Coal they should secure it . |
| 24 | Without proper care they 'll fall to pieces . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They 'll get an au pair , some poor foreign bitch they can exploit . ’ |
| 26 | This is not just a showcase for any old star they could manage to drag along . |
| 27 | If they had been born into a different culture they would have believed something quite different . |
| 28 | The courts have held that if a public body exercises its statutory power for an improper purpose they can intervene . |
| 29 | According to him , they have debates with each other about how much free grub they can get through without having to yield their bodies in return . |
| 30 | got ta got ta royal visit coming up he said you 've worked at the Scottish Office do you know anything about them and I said yes tell the Scottish Office they 'll do all the a Royal navy one I 've got to do it I said fine when is it ? |