Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and it goes through their , for the rest of their twenties , the rest of their thirties and most of their forties and then suddenly bang maybe something ghastly seems to be happening which they are absolutely unaware of , you know , they do n't know why they are crying or , or er unable to cope with whatever they ca n't cope with and that 's it , that 's them off and they start worrying about er osteoporosis and you know an enormous number of , of now medically defined problems of the menopause , and they may start going on to all sorts of things like hormone replacement therapy or even primrose oil or whatever the hell and they 're sitting there at an age when they are fairly loaded up with experience and maturity and all the rest of it and they do n't know what they are doing . |
| 2 | At worst , they may need digging up and replacing if they are broken , blocked or incorrectly installed . |
| 3 | She thought they must like singing very much since they went to the chapel so often . |
| 4 | they must keep turning round to your right until you point at them , and you must n't go the short way , and you can play like erm , sort of version of musical chairs where you eliminate the ones who get it wrong , you know , |
| 5 | It 's clear that neither Jane nor Grant want to split up but , in Jo 's view , they should stop living together if they want to save their relationship . |
| 6 | Nintendo says that if any adverse symptoms are experienced by anyone using their games , they should stop playing immediately . |
| 7 | They should start sorting out their own . ’ |
| 8 | If women want to spend their lives with something that is slim , sanitary and sensitive , perhaps they should consider setting up home with a thermometer dipped in Dettol . |
| 9 | They 'll start arguing now . |
| 10 | I do n't quite understand how the government think they 'll keep getting away with this . |
| 11 | ‘ In the morning they 'll need feeding again , and mucking out . ’ |
| 12 | So far the audiences have n't be sell outs , but the Minstrels are confidant as the word spreads , like the saints they 'll come marching in |
| 13 | GUIL : As soon as we make a move they 'll come pouring in from every side , shouting obscure instructions , confusing us with ridiculous remarks , messing us about from here to breakfast and getting our names wrong . |
| 14 | Dean Patterson says the use of solar energy is important to all people around the world … and he says we will say electric cars on the road within five years but even with the sun shining … they 're are breakdowns … punctures and problems … a driver says they 've had a stone fly up and brake the chain but they 'll get going again |
| 15 | The analogy was there to draw between what they were prepared to do at home and what they might contemplate doing out of sight in a subjected territory . |
| 16 | That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan . |
| 17 | Then they were aware of something , out there beyond the benches , which they could sense moving silently in the mist , and though he strained to see it he could not quite catch the thing in one place , for it seemed to come ant go , larger than the bench and bin , looming nearer but not quite seen , dark and grey and pointing to the sky . |
| 18 | All fords of the Esk , including Kirkandrews , were guarded on the English side by Graham peel-towers ; and though these would not be strong enough to hold up three thousand from crossing for long they could send warning back to the English authorities if so inclined . |
| 19 | My ear bends towards my receiver , and I keep my eye on the kitchen door as if they could come bursting through right now . |
| 20 | Somehow Finnan made sense of the tangled labyrinth , and brought them through the lanes and alleys of boats until they could see looming ahead of them the solid sunwashed stone of the city wall . |
| 21 | Intrigued , the aliens monitored the few lyrics they could hear rising up from this outdoor roller ritual . |
| 22 | I wish they 'd stop going on about Christmas for heaven 's sake , . |
| 23 | If you forced someone to live on nuts and lentils they 'd go roaring on to the European Court of Human Rights or something . ’ |
| 24 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
| 25 | Here they 'd come floating down . |
| 26 | Before Gifford had his stroke they used to go painting together all over the place . |
| 27 | But they would do cleaning just cleaning , the County Council will , though it has n't got the people to do it . |
| 28 | They would start coming in late and drifting off early . |
| 29 | In order that the hypothetical choice of loans offered to them would have at least some roots in people 's own experience , the size of the loan was in each case matched to the size of loan which people said they would consider taking out in practice . |
| 30 | If she pulled they would come crashing down on top of her , said Mr Wakerley . |