Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] they [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt if their theses eventually appear they will contradict my oversimplified ideas on the matter , but this seems to me an ideal place to demonstrate " event stratigraphy " . |
| 2 | If they 're desperate enough to sell they 'll flog it ! |
| 3 | She said , ‘ I only hope they can leave you alone for one night . ’ |
| 4 | Under the c under the constitution of America , big word , constitution of America , it is written into the constitution of America all , I think it goes , all militia men militia men and men can bear arms for their country which basically reads they can defend their country , they can have a gun in their house to defend their country . |
| 5 | ‘ I suddenly thought they 'd shut me in there . |
| 6 | We will see , in Part Two , how much better stopping them could make you feel . |
| 7 | Other navies might stick to the old tactics of trying to board enemy ships and capture them , or concentrate on firing at the masts and rigging in the hope that successful shooting would disable the other side , but the English preferred to shoot into the hulls of their enemies because they knew that with enough time and enough shot they would destroy their opponents . |
| 8 | He is dependent on the permission of others for every step he takes , and if they so wish they can make it impossible for him to carry on any concrete activity . |
| 9 | Those who have missed the target altogether just hope they can find their arrows . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’ |
| 11 | Some Ulster Unionists have already declared they would boycott him if he were chosen . |
| 12 | We are just hoping they will find there was something wrong with the car . |
| 13 | Aah can just say they must tek what Aah 've got and Aah 'll let thoo 'ave a couple of pair . ’ |
| 14 | No-one 's ever bungee-jumped from a balloon before , but as Ian went up , up and away , none of his home town fans ever doubted they 'd see him again . |
| 15 | because they must know what 's gon na happen when they , you know , when the cows come home , they must know when the chickens come home to roost they must know what 's gon na happen |
| 16 | Although they have other options , the fact they have not yet given up on Hirst means they still feel they can sign their prime target . |
| 17 | Crabtree and Evelyn is not a name I would instantly associate with culinary excellence — though I always knew they could make you smell nice . |
| 18 | And there 's also the pub where the police , the police always knew they could find who they wanted in the . |
| 19 | John Gorman says … they still believe in themselves and still think they can do it but they need to get a result … |
| 20 | All this talk of 2 points per game and championships is a bit premature , we 'll end up sounding like scumites who always think they 'll win everything . |
| 21 | But they also know they can give you at least a bit of a chance . ’ |
| 22 | Those who know no better probably reckon they can put one over Mary , passing her off as a cups-of-tea , rustic East Country accent , down-home , fund-raising type . |
| 23 | All also said they would prefer it if it came in a pot , rather than in the single-application , fiddly pea-sized plastic spheres . |
| 24 | If she also works they must decide whose job has priority . |
| 25 | ‘ Do you really think they 'll follow us ? ’ |
| 26 | It 's also given us the new agreement on working time which our own government have tried to work against consistently for the last two years , they now say they 'll challenge it in Europe 's Court of Justice , well what they seem to forget is it 's got ta come back to Parliament for a second reading yet and they 've created such ill feeling in the Parliament and among the Commission , that it 's likely to be strengthened , we 're gon na end up with a strengthened agreement on working time by the autumn of this year . |
| 27 | But Sir George Gardiner , chairman of the right-of-centre 1992 Group of Tories , and Brent North MP Sir Rhodes Boyson have both now said they will throw their hand in with the Prime Minister . |
| 28 | I really hope they can raise their game and get us back into the Premier Division . |
| 29 | People now think they can make it and are giving that little bit extra necessary … the girls as well as the boys . ’ |
| 30 | But I find myself coming down against its styling ( subjective , I know ) and awkward control layout ( still somewhat subjective , but two people here reckon they would trap their little fingers between the switch and volume control ) . |