Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [be] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 2 | Director of Studies : ‘ The load they should accept is 5 hours minimum per subject — in some 10 hours . |
| 3 | Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills . |
| 4 | He says that the most they 'll get is 5 pence in the pound . |
| 5 | They stared at one another , and as her mama had so often said , and thought again as she watched them , they were so alike in every way except their sex that they might have been two sides of the same coin . |
| 6 | for about three days , when they could have been one day . |
| 7 | Although tried as adults , the defendants were due to be sentenced as juveniles , which meant that the maximum prison term which they could receive was 10 years . |
| 8 | Smith , though , is of the opinion that Rangers ' problems , while substantial , are better able to be handled now than they would have been five years ago . |
| 9 | Smith , though , believes Rangers are now better able to handle their injury problems than they would have been five years ago . |