Example sentences of "[vb base] they [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends of Cuba suggest they may just scrape through now that oil in commercial quantities has been found . |
| 2 | Yeah , but I mean if you told them which one you want they may well still be able to get it for you It is three minutes is n't it ? |
| 3 | Oh that 's this er they want they can all have one of these . |
| 4 | If matters are n't resolved to their satisfaction the environmental groups warn whatever Timbmet say they may well come back . |
| 5 | But despite their big win , the couple say they 'll both be back at work tomorrow . |
| 6 | The people of both villages say they 'll also remember the 2 men who sacrificed their lives yesterday . |
| 7 | And as you say they 'll probably be cheaper at |
| 8 | Thames Water say they 'll no carry out further studies of the site over the next two to three years . |
| 9 | Yet even the cooperative farmers say they 'll now support the strike . |
| 10 | They 're now being taken in Iraqi buses to Baghdad and are expected here in the early hours of the morning , the authorities say they 'll then be free to leave the country . |
| 11 | The British women and children seized in Kuwait yesterday while trying to join a convoy to Baghdad , are now being transported in a fleet of buses to the Iraqi capital ; authorities say they 'll then be free to leave the country . |
| 12 | But staff at Earlys say they 'll never go on a package holiday again . |
| 13 | But staff at Earlys say they 'll never go on a package holiday again . |
| 14 | Many parents , increasingly pressed to meet school fees , say they would rather the trips were not on offer than have to explain yet again to their children that they ca n't join their friends on this once-in-a-lifetime trip . |
| 15 | But police say they would rather that drivers just slowed down . |
| 16 | ESC founders Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington director and star of the Shakespeare tragedy say they would rather stay away from the Civic , one of the strongest dates on their world tours , than face the same problem again . |
| 17 | Labour councillors say they would rather have flats backing on to the gardens than rats and rubbish . |
| 18 | To find its value , attention is focused on the proportions who say they would break the law , ignoring proportions who say they would never break it ( figure 13.6 ) . |
| 19 | Bosses say they can no longer afford the free banking brought in eight years ago in an attempt to beat off competition from building society accounts . |
| 20 | Some parents say they can barely afford children : living costs rocketed in the late 1980s , and Taipei is now reckoned to be one of the world 's most expensive cities in which to live . |
| 21 | If you try and fudge it and set up three or four , say they can all discuss the same thing , you are building in the ability for major conflicts . |
| 22 | But the police say they can still prosecute because the real number plate shows up on the negative . |
| 23 | Border police say they can only stand by helplessly as Poles , returning home with their stolen Mercedes and BMWs , suddenly accelerate past them . |
| 24 | An independent charity , the association say they can only hope to continue this level of help to sporting organisations with the public 's support . |
| 25 | The Scots say they can only be driven away by holding up an open Bible in their face . |
| 26 | The police say they can only do their job if that information 's kept secret . |
| 27 | But the family say they 'd rather stay in temporary digs . |
| 28 | Bob and his second wife Beryl , 49 , say they 'd never sell their dream house — estimated to be worth £500,000 . |
| 29 | European distributors Aerotech SA , of Switzerland , say they will soon be able to offer the Lancair IV for $38,500 , without engine . |
| 30 | Many of Britain 's 18,000 dentists say they will simply refuse to see any new NHS patients . |