Example sentences of "they [verb] they [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they think they can get it up to fifteen ? |
| 2 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 3 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |
| 4 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |
| 5 | They say they 'll keep it clear now . |
| 6 | My friends are Liverpool fans and they say they can get me tickets for the KOP , but no way am I standing with a bunch of idiots . |
| 7 | If they liked you they believed they could teach you to do anything and by God ! you 'd do , it as well as anyone . |
| 8 | Now what have they have they said they can hear you breathing more quickly or more deeply or rattly or |
| 9 | If they listen they 'll love you if you listen I 'll tell you because you 'll do it . |
| 10 | Well there 's a physical limit to how much we could produce in a an eight hour shift and all the slate makers were adamant that the figures he reckoned they could produce and what they reckoned they could produce you know they were totally different . |
| 11 | They give They 'll tell you erm they 'll give you a list of the weights for C L. |
| 12 | If they find the stimulus too strong they know they can reduce it . |
| 13 | Agents do n't want deadwood and if they are interested in you it is because they feel they can sell you into the market , so that you can go on and make money both for yourself and them . |
| 14 | There was a lot of discussion and in the end they decided they 'd leave it up to the caddies . |
| 15 | If you explain your personal requirements they claim they can meet them . |
| 16 | ‘ They claim they can pay it back over a three to four-year period . ’ |
| 17 | Erm , as I say , she 's like , she 's very democratic , and she 's always asking them what they felt how , how they felt they should tackle it , I mean They had n't decided what the message should be |
| 18 | They 'd stand there and laugh at you , or say things to get you going , and when they felt they 'd wound you up they 'd walk away laughing . |
| 19 | Soon Alison would know , the Carters would know , everyone would know , and once they knew they would cut me dead . |
| 20 | Ten teams took part in the first race in 1975 , and they all enjoyed themselves so they thought they would do it again the following year . |
| 21 | Say they needed it at eight , they thought they might need it at eight o'clock and then turned out they did n't , because one body else came in the restaurant , then they 'd just stick that in the fridge over night , and put it out the next morning . |
| 22 | I had thought that builders built houses when they thought they thought they could sell them , I did n't realize it was part of some altruistic policy of complying with planning policy , still we learn everything every day , do n't we ? |
| 23 | Erm , I came down and explained what the nature was , what you wanted to be done , you did n't really explain why and how important that our was , which I felt , that he said what he needing doing , he said what resources he had , and he said that , he did n't really set tasks erm , but he did ask them what they thought they should do you know . |
| 24 | So they thought they 'd have it checked out ? |
| 25 | But surely if they did they would find it easily enough . |
| 26 | ‘ This new money , these upstarts , they do n't know their place — they think they can tell me what to do , ’ she went on . |
| 27 | They think they can beat me . |
| 28 | Probably they think they can catch him . ’ |
| 29 | he had , he had a definite attitude problem so they said they would relieve him of his contract oh that 's fair enough , they 're paying you good money and they expect you to work hard and that 's it but we finish at one o'clock next term |
| 30 | Well , I suppose to find out his surname , but I have n't found it out , but they said they would stop it anyway . |