Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] they [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government wish that such increases were not happening , but realise that they can do nothing about them . |
| 2 | When I say that parents will receive this information , I must make it clear that it will not be available on application to those parents who realise that they can obtain it . |
| 3 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |
| 4 | The idea of the tour is so that they can actually er listen to it , but they can turn it off whenever they want and they can use their guide book to see what is in each room and if you look at the guidebook as we go round , you will find that that the things are illustrated , you know the pot . |
| 5 | ‘ Do as they say and they 'll release me . |
| 6 | Oh , I 'll have to see wh she 's going to ring me this afternoon and say whether they can do it in the S C R. I 'm gon na try and persuade her that they can , because there are only forty people at this dinner and they 'll look stupid in the middle of the dining hall . |
| 7 | I know that some have already taken the plunge and purchased shares in privatised utilities , and I trust that they will encourage their colleagues to do likewise . |
| 8 | Will the vast sums of money which are being asked for by the Governing Bodies of Sport mean that they will price themselves out of the market or will television continue to pay as they compete for audiences ? |
| 9 | We are er overseeing them , as we do with other contractors , but it is , it is the district and it 's their own contractor and we hope that they will improve their performance . |
| 10 | In my view , the steps that the Government have taken , and are proposing to take , will in no way diminish the handling of the cases ; indeed , I hope that they will speed it up and make it more effective and efficient . |
| 11 | Whenever I see coloured people in Porteneil , buying souvenirs or stopping off for a snack , I hope that they will ask me something so that I can show how polite I am and prove that my reasoning is stronger than my more crass instincts , or training . |
| 12 | They can help a crew lose and they can help them go at their best . |
| 13 | If you had your own cat as they 're very territorial animals , I mean if they could see them off . |
| 14 | ‘ There are insufficient sportsmen who appreciate that they will lose their sports and the whole fabric of life in the country , ’ he said . |
| 15 | If the authorities read that they 'd put me on the next bus to [ name of border area ] and keep me there . |
| 16 | She 's got a couple of chums who look like they can handle themselves in a scrap . |
| 17 | They know that they will get their allotted portion of time on the news , whether or not they say or do anything newsworthy . |
| 18 | Furthermore they know that they can trust him because he will not filch money from the common agricultural policy , as Labour would do , to use it for other purposes . |
| 19 | These days many people know that they should bend their knees when they bend down to pick up an object , but this is only half the story . |
| 20 | You might go up there and er I du n no you what 's what 's a good way of getting myself seen when I 'm going out running at night and things like that you know and they 'll give you advice and they 'll say well there 's this you can use or that |
| 21 | No , I was just going to say that if , if you try it once , you know , you know if they can do it , they 'll be . |
| 22 | They know the cost of a mortgage today and they know whether they can afford it or not . |
| 23 | Many people believe that they would love themselves if only someone else would love them first ! |
| 24 | Not for one moment did the two men believe that they would see anything , and they were determined not to allow the foggy weather to play havoc with their imaginations . |
| 25 | It seems an almost impossible target , but the management people believe that they can achieve it . |
| 26 | If the families believe that they can enjoy their social hours with the territorials , they will support their men and womenfolk and encourage them to maintain their membership of the Territorial Army . |
| 27 | After all these years of watching birds of prey in flight , I still find that they will do something completely unexpected . |
| 28 | whereas people they reckon that they can do it , they can do the whole lot for eighteen hundred |
| 29 | There are some who never come to our House of Prayer for various reasons — prayer is not important in their lives , work or social life is more important , people who feel that they can go it alone with no need for God , others who feel that life is too full to have time for God , some who think that religion is a waste of time , and there are people , both young and old , who are intimidated by their friends . |
| 30 | The incomer might not agree to any existing house rules or feel that they can ignore them because they were not party to them initially . |