Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let Ephraim Cook keep the business in order for Amabel and Gemma , and whoever came after them must take care of themselves . |
| 2 | They may make use of the brevity of Latin tags , just as pithy as any adman 's lingo . |
| 3 | Instead , as soon as they have found out something of what a word means , they may make use of it . |
| 4 | They may form part of the press kit at a press launch or they may be mailed or delivered personally . |
| 5 | We shall insist that these events do not constitute part of the text ( though they may form part of the relevant context , cf. |
| 6 | Or they may take advantage of visits to dischargers for other purposes to fill a sample bucket at the same time . |
| 7 | They may include destruction of parents ' belongings , stealing money to buy friendship , truanting to avoid failure at school , ‘ heart-broken ’ sobbing to ward off punishment , snatching toys from other children , telling lies to avoid punishment . |
| 8 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 9 | Christ attacked the hypocrites in two long and rhetorically structured sequences ( as recorded by Matthew ) , first in the Sermon on the Mount , denouncing their ostentatious alms-giving , praying , fasting , all actions done in public so ‘ that they may have glory of men ’ . |
| 10 | They must extend knowledge of and training in these techniques amongst themselves . |
| 11 | They must take advantage of their unconditional release and go on with the ANC . |
| 12 | They must take account of regional and social differences between countries , and depend crucially on the local culture and the target audience , whether they be village children or police recruits . |
| 13 | To succeed , they must have evidence of some change from the white side . |
| 14 | with , they must get hold of a new windscreen before going home Oh look Just Good Friends . |
| 15 | The judge ordered on an action by the plaintiffs , Waltham Forest London Borough Council , that they should recover possession of 336 , Stocksfield Road , Walthamstow , London , E.17 , on the ground that the defendant did not qualify to succeed within section 87 of the Housing Act 1985 the tenant , Webster Thomas , the defendant 's brother who had died while a secure tenant of the premises as the defendant had not resided at those premises for a period of 12 months ending with his brother 's death . |
| 16 | ‘ I still think they should take advantage of their education , ’ retorted Flora . |
| 17 | Since national libraries generally have the most extensive collections in a country , it is important that they should take advantage of the benefits of automation to share information about their collections and services with other libraries via networks . |
| 18 | By contrast , when Stacey and her colleagues decided to make a restudy of Banbury , they felt that they should ask permission of that town before they did so . |
| 19 | They should increase awareness of where victims can get help and support . |
| 20 | They 'll mean ignorance of best practice will no longer be a defence for companies in any future legal action by an employee . |
| 21 | 2 Regiments are coming and they 'll form part of the new Royal Logistic Corps . |
| 22 | They 'll take care of everything . |
| 23 | IXI does n't think those users will need to be tempted by special offers promotions though , believing they 'll come flocking of their own accord . |
| 24 | Now usually in the exams they work it so you ca n't do that cos they give you a graph already drawn and they 'll have sort of erm two squares is equal to one unit along the bottom but only one square equals one unit |
| 25 | Those wavering voters who were made nervous by Kinnock 's Boyo Valley exuberance are comforted by the dignified but determined way in which Mr Smith , the Edinburgh attorney par excellence , reassures them that , as it were , not only will they get the house , they 'll get custody of the children as well . |
| 26 | Of course , like the sentences about the knight , the dragon , and the pineapple , they might form part of a discourse , and if we stretch our imaginations we could come up with a situation in which they do ; but this will not be by virtue of the words so and she , but because of some other information about the context . |
| 27 | Floy had spent several hours in deep discussion with Snodgrass and , between them , they had made an attempt to sketch out the layout of Tara , so that they could see if there were any weak areas they might make use of . |
| 28 | On the secret deal deferring payment for Rover until next March , Lord Young writes : ‘ I can offer three possibilities , in ascending order of risk that the deferment will be picked up by the commission , in which case they might require repayment of the notional interest saved . |
| 29 | Lenders could get a rate of interest very close to that available on corresponding time deposits knowing , none the less , that they could recover use of the funds by selling the CDs . |
| 30 | They thought they could make fun of a country girl , but my answer took them by surprise . |