Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb mod] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |
| 2 | Further opposition came from those who , no matter how much they might desire British association with their ambitions , saw a free trade area as a retrograde step , and feared its adverse effect upon the ultimate goal of political unity . |
| 3 | Almost all modern economists , however much they might resist such classification , are drawn to one of two camps . |
| 4 | Neither I nor my colleagues are afraid of the hon. Member for Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Mr. Foulkes ) or his hon. Friends who represent Ayrshire , however much they may frighten each other . |
| 5 | They march in columns so long they may take several hours to pass one spot . |
| 6 | How long they can remain silent is uncertain . |
| 7 | Yes , just a hunch feeling , they just kept a clean sheet in the last game , and I thought perhaps they might keep another one , but erm and scramble a goal — it was very late was n't it ? |
| 8 | Perhaps they would have another child one day . |
| 9 | But perhaps it would not come , after all , perhaps they would take one look at Mrs Thorne and refuse her admittance into a ward of lunatic old ladies . |
| 10 | Besides , she had said , perhaps they would take more time repairing the heating system if they knew the two of them were able to keep warm without it . |
| 11 | I mean the way we look at it really is to group villages together so perhaps they 'll have more cover if they 've got two or three specials who work different hours if they have a vehicle they can have access to , provide the cover there . |
| 12 | Perhaps they 'll have some suggestions . ’ |
| 13 | In June 1873 , the STC reported that it was " scarcely possible " to speak with confidence of the numbers employed , " perhaps they may reach 50 [ overall ] … but the number is increasing at an alarming rate " . |
| 14 | Perhaps they ought to make that the rule . ’ |
| 15 | Perhaps they could use some of their undoubted energy in joining a night shotgun vigil after a hard day 's work ? |
| 16 | Perhaps they could teach those in power something about the correct use of force . |
| 17 | Perhaps they should spend more time concentrating on protecting interests of workers than promoting constitutional debate within the Party . |
| 18 | Tim had acquired an exceptional pair of early-19th-century patchwork quilts and casually commented that perhaps they should reprint some of the designs . |
| 19 | Perhaps they should employ another security firm . |
| 20 | So he had the Sierra and he said I do n't know whether he 'll want it for , it could be sort of three or four weeks if they 're gon na repair his car or if we can get one within the company like at another depot obviously they 'll get that for him rather than hire one off you . |
| 21 | Obviously they must destroy this threat which was so much more puissant than that posed by the Land Raiders . |
| 22 | Lock him up tight until the end of the war like Hess , only they 'll keep quiet about it . |
| 23 | No need to be scared , only they might drop dead on top of you . ’ |
| 24 | Certainly , it is arrogant ageism for younger people to assume that only they can help older people . |
| 25 | If only Maxwell could be more … if only they could stay awake … if only Maxwell could be with her at three thirty in the afternoon , when they might do it like the old days … |
| 26 | If only they could make this even a little communicative of what 's careering about in their heads , maybe there would be less physical damage done . |
| 27 | English merchants felt confident that money could be made out of settlements there , if only they could acquire enough influence at court to secure a charter to launch them . |
| 28 | If it grows intense enough they can become glazed and paralysed by it — tharn , to use their own word . |
| 29 | The promoters of the Club would like to see more of the local tradesmen take up bonds , feeling convinced that in doing so they would confer indirect benefit upon themselves . ’ |
| 30 | So they might know some different people . |