Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] they [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might not even get as much coverage as Sunderland if they manage to get into the play-offs ( and with the way their luck goes they 'll get a play-off place by finishing tenth ) . |
| 2 | Only in Rome did both parties feel they could get a final judgment that would be respected . |
| 3 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 4 | People who come to see the Chiltern Brothers knew they 'd get a real show . |
| 5 | Rachaela thought they must look a very normal family group : Emma the fond grandmother ; Rachaela the mother with her black-haired baby . |
| 6 | Writing in the Labour Sunday newspaper , environmental journalist Tran Trong Thuc , suggests : " Officials fear they 'll get a bad reputation among foreign investors if they reverse their decision " . |
| 7 | April and Pet declared they 'd have a cup . |
| 8 | Shivering pleasantly in her new blouse trimmed with lace nicked from Silvex Modes the week before , two quid borrowed from Ted means they can afford a few halves , jumping over the gutter full of leaves . |
| 9 | • only 8% of women who had children in the last 5 years said they would prefer a hospital consultant to provide their antenatal care . |
| 10 | It can mean employee share-ownership schemes , especially if companies are small enough for workers to feel they can make a difference . |
| 11 | No wonder half of all Britons say they would like a fairer system . |
| 12 | The Boks know they will have a job containing one of England 's most exciting prospects . |
| 13 | Instead , agencies find they must tread a tricky path between the competing claims of state regulation and free enterprise . |
| 14 | Queensland aborigines believe they can sing a man to death , and indeed recently managed to sing the state 's premier — a white man , a New Zealand migrant who cared little for ‘ black fellows ’ — out of office . |
| 15 | Mr Goldberg said they could bring a libel action , but he planned to wait until the appeal verdict . |
| 16 | Jesus said they would receive a severe sentence for their hypocrisy . |
| 17 | potential employers feel they can tell a lot about a person by their handwriting . |
| 18 | And what sort of price are we talking about when people say they ought to have a computer ? |
| 19 | ‘ Father says they can graft a new hand onto the nerve ends . |
| 20 | People feel they can tell a lot from a handshake and they are quite right . |
| 21 | I do n't know whether people think they can move a dust extract in an hour or two hours . |
| 22 | By embracing pragmatism , functionalists felt they could adopt a legal method without necessarily absorbing the more optimistic beliefs of the evolutionists about the inevitability of progress . |
| 23 | ‘ In the sixteenth century , doctors thought they could tell a person 's health by looking into their eyes — I like to see a man 's soul ’ ; such souls as he finds in the Saracen 's Head and other pubs . |
| 24 | ( ’ Canny ’ is echoed in the findings of a Gallup poll carried out for Shell last autumn which revealed that 60 per cent of Scottish motorists said they would buy a diesel car , compared to the national average of 49 per cent ) . |
| 25 | Mr Cairns , a former Ulster teacher now lecturing in Japan who is home on a study project , said : ‘ They went for a meal to McDonalds and when the girls said they would take a taxi back to the Young Women 's Christian Association the boys told them not to take a black taxi because they were too expensive . |
| 26 | Jointly valued at £5m , Graseby believes they should provide a good base for improved performance in this area . |
| 27 | Detectives believe they may hold a vital clue to the killer . |
| 28 | On a somewhat more controversial issue , Mr Milburn and Mr Bergg said they would support a ban on fox hunting . |
| 29 | AN AMAZING number of British women reckon they might dab a spot of Jacques Delors behind their ears . |
| 30 | Masha and Sergei said they could eat a sandwich . |