Example sentences of "and most [prep] them [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this large body , very few would have known the pre-Conquest church ; and most of them would probably have been children of the new gentry in the neighbourhood of Canterbury , perhaps with parents of mixed Anglo-Norman origin . |
| 2 | There will , of course , be reasons why she has never ‘ grown up ’ emotionally , and most of them will be no fault of her own . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ The whole country will be looking for the result and most of them will be hoping the underdogs do well . |
| 4 | ‘ Once we get people in a bookshop we can sell books to them , and most of them will buy more than one . ’ |
| 5 | You know they sleep with both eyes open and a rifle under the pillow-not to mention the fact that it 's still lambing season and most of them will be up all night ! |
| 6 | They are there to make your Cosmos Holiday booking easy and most of them will be directly connected to our computer via our Viewdata system and therefore have access to all the latest information , prices and holiday offers at the touch of a button . |
| 7 | Many club coaches are available for private coaching sessions and most of them will be able to organize training in a club boat ( approximately £30 an hour ) . |
| 8 | One of the teachers was saying that you give children pieces of paper to draw anything and most of them will draw a soldier carrying a gun or Caspers , or helicopters , something to do with war . |
| 9 | There were troubles to start with , but you ask any of the schools in the south whether they want Direct Services back , and most of them will say , thank you we 'll keep , we 're very pleased with them . |
| 10 | These are often inexpensive bulbs too , and most of them can be left to naturalise freely with the minimum of attention . |
| 11 | Whether skilled or unskilled , the vast majority of fathers of brides in the sample were engaged in manual trades ( 110 of the 161 ) , and most of them could safely be assumed to be skilled workers . |