Example sentences of "they [verb] it [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say it would allow them to provide the extra accomodation needed to house all their 300 undergraduates and are prepared to spend £5million buying and converting the building . |
| 2 | They say it will force them to grow crops that are n't needed simply because they ca n't burn the waste from more useful crops . |
| 3 | They hope it 'll bring them a step nearer to finding Richard 's killer . |
| 4 | Against all reason they felt it could turn his slow decline around like a Lourdes ' miracle . |
| 5 | The trouble was , although they 'd got me to do it — maybe because they knew it would save them money , or maybe because you ca n't get that kind of work done by your usual process shop — I did n't know how to do colour separations . |
| 6 | But folk here were eager to let you into their neighbour 's secrets , particularly if they thought it might distract your attention from their own . |
| 7 | They thought it would stop us did n't they ? |
| 8 | They thought it would put their passengers off . ’ |
| 9 | They think it might speed his recovery . |
| 10 | They estimate it will take them 20,000 man-hours to get the aircraft flying and ready for the round-the-world trip . |