Example sentences of "[verb] [that] perhaps they [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while British filmmakers began to believe in the ‘ decline of Hollywood ’ as their guarantee that the increased popularity of their pictures would be permanent , they were n't disposed to tap the Americans on the shoulder and suggest that perhaps they should start thinking about film schools , new talents programmes , script competitions or anything of that sort . |
| 2 | Tim had acquired an exceptional pair of early-19th-century patchwork quilts and casually commented that perhaps they should reprint some of the designs . |
| 3 | But I did feel that perhaps they could have bent the rules a little . |
| 4 | None of them talked much , but Ruth tentatively suggested as a parting thought that perhaps they should think about doing some more systematic theoretical study . |
| 5 | Rachel wanted to move to London , and thought that perhaps they could share a house . |
| 6 | Girls somehow grow up thinking that perhaps they can do both , but they think that can have , you know , five or ten years off work and then go back to it . |