Example sentences of "they [modal v] be [v-ing] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What has happened to your firm and the rest of the Big Six , that they should be training accountants and then turning them away ? |
| 2 | There is a feeling that they need to develop educational approaches that are based on indigenous conceptions of social service rather than Western urban industrial models and that they should be seeking ways of maximizing the contribution of front-line personnel , either through the direct provision of training or by teaching their graduates how to train and make optimum use of front-line workers ( University Grants Commission , 1980 ; Siddiqui , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | Two art students wonder if they should be writing diaries too . |
| 4 | We feel ‘ responsible ’ ( which really means that they are not or should not be responsible ) , and believe that they should be taking matters more easily , accepting their situation and peacefully ‘ enjoying ’ their last years of life . |
| 5 | They should be providing governors with regular information about their school , carefully explaining the LMS budget and how it compares with ‘ historic costs ’ , promoting financial understanding , raising awareness and allaying governors ' fears — many still see LMS as a daunting prospect . |
| 6 | They 'll be throwing rocks at each down here at Fleets Bridge . |
| 7 | Much more fucking and they 'll be screaming hysterics in next to no time . ’ ' |
| 8 | They 'll be stopping motorists in the hope of jogging their memories about the events of seven days ago . |
| 9 | They 'll be pulling pints in the cricket club on saturday and then heading for London on Sunday … may the best team win … |
| 10 | she seems to be out , I suppose they 'll be playing bowls or something . |
| 11 | I warn over the radio they 'll be carrying shooters under their suedes . |
| 12 | At demonstrations they 'll be backing resolutions , reemphasizing loyalty to the Crown and continued opposition to the Anglo Irish agreement . |
| 13 | I lack that biological instinct which makes most women want to reproduce themselves , especially when they are in their thirties and feel they might be leaving things a bit late . |
| 14 | Not but they might be shagging camels and then all the camels got |
| 15 | They 'd be throwing bottles and stones at her . |
| 16 | In about an hour they 'd be forming lines in the lobby outside , but for now he had the buffet almost to himself . |
| 17 | ‘ If this was a restaurant , they 'd be putting chairs on tables about now , ’ she said . |
| 18 | If the time came they 'd be directing operations from there and they 'd want to know just who they were directing where they were placed in British society — everything . |
| 19 | They would be taking orders from someone outside the CIA . |
| 20 | The activity had been planned so that when children helped one another they would be using principles applied in problem-solving on one of the tasks and applying them in a new form on the other . |
| 21 | They would be discussing options with their client . |
| 22 | Students at the University of Hong Kong announced that they would be organising groups in which students could be ‘ educated in concepts of democracy and freedom ’ . |
| 23 | In an extensive media publicity campaign last week the Natural Law Party announced they would be fielding candidates in each constituency . |
| 24 | If those people existed now , they would be making films , 'cause nobody reads anymore . |
| 25 | Wear Valley Council Liberal leader Chris Foote Wood said they would be making representations to ensure the council survives as a local authority and warned against amalgamation with neighbouring Sedgefield District Council . |
| 26 | Publishing newsletters at regular fixed intervals creates anticipation by parents and they will be searching children 's bags and pockets on printing day . |
| 27 | The rest will do a nine-hour day — after which , I imagine , they will be seeing potatoes in their sleep and grabbing at phantom clods of earth for half the night . |
| 28 | Having satisfied that goal , they will be making choices between autonomy and security , between money and power , etc . |
| 29 | They will be making recommendations to the European Commission after a series of visits and working seminars . |
| 30 | They will be researching systems for predicting fluctuations in the foreign exchanges , for stock and bond valuation , for commodity price prediction , for tactical asset allocation and for risk and liability management . |