Example sentences of "[modal v] get their " in BNC.
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| 31 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 32 | And B T so and Imperial who 's had a different experience to you after a takeover bid from a new employer clearly wants a legal framework , steel braces put within Trust Law to make it much more clear where power lies in th the operati operation of the trust and that possibly one one of those steel braces would the law would relate on h who could get their hands on the surplus and in what conditions . |
| 33 | Sandy Whitaker , lecturer in charge at the salon at Bishop Auckland College , said local people could get their hair cut well and cheaply . |
| 34 | The most time was on Fridays when the drivers and conductors or fitters , everybody used to get their pay packet which was mostly in notes they would immediately go to the depot and say , can I change it . |
| 35 | But when push came to shove , we blase Western correspondents told each other , the government and the party would get their way . |
| 36 | The danger with this was that the longer it went on the more likely it became that both players and fans would get their priorities wrong , so that the feeling of ‘ we may as well concentrate on what we 're good at and not bother too much about Tests ’ would become steadily more predominant . |
| 37 | Second , sealing the border with Serbia would be unlikely to work if it were not accompanied by the simultaneous sealing of the border with Croatia : the Bosnian Serbs , already talking to the Croats about a confederal division of the spoils ( see page 46 ) , would get their supplies from Croatia , and the Croats — never mind their signatures on the Vance-Owen plan — would anyway continue their military campaign for territory . |
| 38 | As long as they passed the necessary assessments for each course , they would get their degree at the end of three years . |
| 39 | But they were some well on , lo and behold , could open the door er two or three minutes late and c er call the er number , Yes sir , er as they entered the class and they would get their mark , this being I think you got a red mark if you were late , t to stand out so that an inspector who came down periodically could look down the register and there was the record of who was early and who was late by the colour of the ink-pens , I think . |
| 40 | So sometimes students would get their grants quite late ? |
| 41 | And sometimes it would be a good of water you see , and they would get their feet wet . |
| 42 | Until recently , there was an unwritten rule in some universities that a PhD candidate would get their doctorate only after their having been published in international scientific journals . |
| 43 | Er and if if they would work they did n't want money for it but they would stay a while with you so that they would get their bed for the night and they would get their grub . |
| 44 | Er and if if they would work they did n't want money for it but they would stay a while with you so that they would get their bed for the night and they would get their grub . |
| 45 | As times get harder , the Social Democrats may get their chance . |
| 46 | On minor issues dear to them , small parties may get their way ( as in Israel ) . |
| 47 | WEST HAM may get their man if they bid for Sunder-land 's John Byrne … |
| 48 | From April , when married couples are taxed separately , 5m married women will get their own tax allowance to set against income from savings . |
| 49 | Gambling has been banned but proposals to ensure Muslims do not drink have been relaxed , and the 5% of the state 's population who are Chinese have been reassured that they will get their Tiger beer . |
| 50 | Those who are not on the spot will get their impressions firstly through television and radio coverage and then through newspapers . |
| 51 | They know that they will get their allotted portion of time on the news , whether or not they say or do anything newsworthy . |
| 52 | At least , those two imps of Satan will get their hands in straightaway instead of wasting their time jabbering . ’ |
| 53 | Once a week ministers will get their intelligence summary in the ‘ Red Book ’ , all the trouble spots in the world , and one pays clever people like you to actually sit there and be plugged in as best one can to the trouble spots , with much better sources of information than the poor old chap in the street , to alert ministers on our behalf of potential disasters . |
| 54 | Give them what they want and you will get their support even in these difficult times , ’ was Chapman 's eternal advice , and it still rings true . |
| 55 | Others will have to learn , and some will get their fingers burned . |
| 56 | STUDENTS on a part-time MSc computer course to start next year at Kingston Polytechnic will get their own microcomputers so that they can work away from the polytechnic 's classrooms . |
| 57 | The fish will get their wheatgerm this autumn , end of story . |
| 58 | Viewers in the south will get their first chance to judge Carlton , which replaces Thames , when presenter Chris Tarrant goes live in Trafalgar Square at the witching hour tonight to introduce a 90-minute New Year party with Hollywood stars , the Chippendales , a hypnotist , a female impersonator and Paul McCartney — who will probably be watching it in bed since his part was recorded days ago . |
| 59 | The 1.7m people who bought their shares last December will get their final payment call next March . |
| 60 | The interviewer will get their names mixed up and Fred Fm — the bald one who does n't sing — will smile and say ‘ just call us all Gloria ’ . |