Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for those who could receive a smattering of instruction at home , or who had spent a short while at day schools in their infancy , they may well have nourished a plant that might otherwise have ceased to grow , or even withered . |
| 2 | Often people who share your compartment wish to relax and do not wish to indulge in polite conversation , they may just want to read a newspaper or magazine so we must respect their wishes . |
| 3 | Left : Most wide waterway craft were built with a more spacious cabin and many boatmen lived on board although they may also have kept a house on shore . |
| 4 | They may however have achieved a realization of theoretical proposals : but we can not be certain about that until further research has been undertaken into the workings of the Household . |
| 5 | They must therefore seek to achieve a synthesis of those God-imposed requirements rendering ‘ to Caesar the things that are Caesar 's and to God the things that are God 's ’ ( Matt. |
| 6 | All I can say is , I think they must never have spent a night in The Bar if they think that , or never a good night . |
| 7 | If the rail unions want to keep a service going and their members in work , they should urgently consider employing a good public relations firm . |
| 8 | They should perhaps look to take a more active role in initiating advocacy projects by funding development work with local users and with agencies such as the Citizens ' Advice Bureau which have developed expertise in this area . |
| 9 | The growers are unhappy they 'll soon have to travel a lot further than the Vale of Evesham to get help . |
| 10 | They might also have started a family . |
| 11 | Again , the trade guilds probably had enough storage space in their own guild-halls for the coffin and cloaks , they might even have had a private stock of candles . |
| 12 | Harold was becoming more and more irritable with his wife 's bouncing in and out of bed and he declared that if the mice saw the kitten they might well decide to make a meal of it . |
| 13 | As the new group begins to develop a clear idea of its own aims and objectives they might well decide to produce a video film of their own to explain their story . |
| 14 | They might well have done a thousand years ago , but the Imperial Age converted that horizontal relationship into a vertical one so that Sri Lankan schools still teach vertical history ‘ Ceylon Under British Rule ’ and Senegal continues its cultural obsession with France . |
| 15 | Even if the means could be found , there were reasons why they might never attempt to beam a distress signal into space . |
| 16 | Instead Garvey looked a jaded team and although they pressed hard for long periods , they could well have suffered a heavy defeat after a host of elementary mistakes gave Bann opportunities which should have been punished . |
| 17 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 18 | In the early days of the Canal Age , up to about 1840 , most boatmen received a rate of pay which compared very favourably with that of agricultural workers of the time ; they could often afford to keep a house as well as a boat . |
| 19 | To celebrate the occasion , they could hardly have offered a more attractive programme — two of the top favourite operas of all time , plus a full-scale concert of the most popular music of Vienna . |
| 20 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 21 | ‘ They 'd both like to see a reconciliation and they certainly have no plans for divorce . |
| 22 | ‘ Of course , ’ the Doctor had said , and the memory of his voice was so real that she almost heard the words in her ears , ‘ if anyone wanted to infiltrate the TARDIS with any kind of intelligence , from a virus to an entire computer , they 'd only have to plug a cable into the socket under the console . |
| 23 | Jobbers often faced one-way markets in which they would either have to buy a greater number of shares than they had sold ( go ‘ long ’ ) or they had bought ( go ‘ short ’ ) . |
| 24 | If they were to try to give an answer to the question at the head of this section , they would probably try to give a general account of factors which encourage or discourage chickens from crossing roads . |
| 25 | A number of women have told me they voted for him because they felt sorry for him , because he was a trier , a bit of an underdog , because he was a hubby figure , the man they would most like to buy a pullover for , a man who knows where his slippers are . |
| 26 | Had vocation advisors been around they would doubtless have recommended a commercial future on the scientific side . |
| 27 | Good auditors have used the right when they would otherwise have had a duty anyway … |
| 28 | I do n't suppose No they would n't have any warning about this going to happen or they would never have taking a lot of bairns down among it . |
| 29 | They guessed it was an emotional response to another womb death ; though , heaven knew , they would hardly have wanted a child , in their mid-forties , even if Charsky 's infertility could be miraculously cured . |
| 30 | If , say , you are a young person — student or worker — who has invited over friends of the same age , they will probably expect to bring a bottle of wine with them . |