Example sentences of "[vb past] they [vb mod] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | April and Pet declared they 'd have a cup . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He said he was sorry for not visiting more often , sorry for not being there , for not , for not , for not , these omissions of his , these confessions , they rose into his closed mouth until it seemed that he might choke , they were jumbled up , dislocated , like old bones in a crypt , but he knew they fitted together , he knew they would form a skeleton where he could hang the flesh and muscle of his guilt . |
| 9 | And , anyway , she was n't so deluded that she thought they might make a life together . |
| 10 | I thought they might have a check before you go . |
| 11 | She thought they might have a Christmas tree ; for the first non-ideological season for many years . |
| 12 | Immediately they thought they would make a fortune if they were able to sell this food in shops . |
| 13 | ‘ I actually thought they would relate a lot more . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I was outraged they thought they could tell a bookseller what to do . |
| 16 | ‘ The victims thought they could trust a doctor . |
| 17 | so we 've got one or two people because they thought they 'd do a duo on design and print buying from them |
| 18 | • only 8% of women who had children in the last 5 years said they would prefer a hospital consultant to provide their antenatal care . |
| 19 | ( ’ 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 ) . |
| 20 | Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | On a somewhat more controversial issue , Mr Milburn and Mr Bergg said they would support a ban on fox hunting . |
| 23 | They said they 'd give a lot of help . |
| 24 | Masha and Sergei said they could eat a sandwich . |
| 25 | ‘ It said they could break a human 's arm with a blow of their nose . ’ |
| 26 | Mr Goldberg said they could bring a libel action , but he planned to wait until the appeal verdict . |
| 27 | He said they could have a picnic if they brought some cake out into the garden , but they did n't seem to understand him . |