Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb mod] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect they 'd have a giggle about our house , if they came round here . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ More girls are now attracted to the sport as they realise they could have a career in golf , ’ she stated . |
| 3 | And in this sense , when we liberate South Africa we will also create , we hope a state in the world which will become foremost in fighting racism all over the world and at the lower level our community based organizations our non-governmental organizations that have across colour built up structures to move communities forward if our friends in Eastern Europe and elsewhere could see how that is done at grass roots level in the hell of racism as I say they would have a lot to learn . |
| 4 | Because we 've had we 've spent an awful lot of erm money and time in taking people into the system who say they will have a car when |
| 5 | Most soldiers would have been only too happy to go over the top , as they no longer believed they would survive a war some were saying would last for ever . |
| 6 | Captain America and Billy the Kid had blown it when they believed they could make a lot of money and retire , but life was not simply about economics ; they had , according to Fonda , found their freedom but their liberty was like the statue in New York harbour , surrounded by polluted waters . |
| 7 | Antineutrons should be hard to miss ; Chupp says they would generate a signal of two billion electron volts , four times the 500 million electron volts of the most energetic neutrons detected . |
| 8 | He had distracted attention from the incident by crediting Joseph with the killing of the fawn arid therefore the capture of the expedition 's first prize , since the senator had decided they should collect a group of muntjac . |
| 9 | I imagine they might stretch a bit further here . ’ |
| 10 | Most people take it for granted they can out-smart a peeper like me without too much trouble . |
| 11 | At the beginning of the 1990s when art practices are moving away from the collective and political , I hope they will find a way to develop her practice further , in their own right , towards the future . |
| 12 | April and Pet declared they 'd have a cup . |
| 13 | However , a few hundred men aged between 18 and 60 who have been trying to leave on grounds of illness were told they must obtain a certificate from an army doctor . |
| 14 | And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock . |
| 15 | On the other hand , the French boasted they could make a neutron bomb , the US was still anguished over the spy story of Cheltenham as Prime got 35 years ' rumours of Brezhnev 's death proved true . |
| 16 | The Boks know they will have a job containing one of England 's most exciting prospects . |
| 17 | Many women resist swapping jobs because they know they could do a job a lot better or quicker themselves , or because they are frightened of ‘ having a go ’ at traditional male jobs . |
| 18 | AN AMAZING number of British women reckon they might dab a spot of Jacques Delors behind their ears . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But Bouge De La believe they can make a living from it . |
| 21 | potential employers feel they can tell a lot about a person by their handwriting . |
| 22 | People feel they can tell a lot from a handshake and they are quite right . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | But er you 'd think they 'd get a lorry or something to shift it from there . |
| 25 | If they can build aqueducts you 'd think they could engineer a wallet to keep their money in . |
| 26 | Because they must , I mean even though Mark 's are good suits , I mean they must get a lot of wear . |
| 27 | That 's the question being raised by Health and Fitness magazine after speaking to dermatologists who , while admitting they may do less harm than actual sunlight , stress they can cause a lot of harm . |
| 28 | IRISH premier Albert Reynolds looks certain to fall today , after three members of his frail coalition government resigned yesterday and affirmed they would oppose a vote of confidence . |
| 29 | Under threat : Irish premier Albert Reynolds looks certain to fall today after three members of his frail coalition government resigned and affirmed they would oppose a vote of confidence . |
| 30 | Remember how southerners , aided by improved transport links , piled into Yorkshire and East Anglia , realising they could buy a country mansion for the price of a Knightsbridge broom cupboard or a Surrey dovecot ? |