Example sentences of "[noun] they [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just cut themselves off , living behind huge walls and barbed wire , whereas to my mind they should feel a certain responsibility to the place . |
| 2 | In the upmarket shops they 'll use a calculator to start with and then check the answer with a soroban . |
| 3 | Somewhere inside the thirty-two acres they will leave a landscaped formal garden . |
| 4 | If workers are to supply more labour they may require a reward in the form of a higher real wage rate in order to compensate them for the higher marginal disutility of employment . |
| 5 | On form the little centre is one of the best attacking players in the country , and with captain Tiaan Strauss they could spark a revival down Newlands way . |
| 6 | When men and women work in unison they can get a hold of anything . |
| 7 | The surrounding fields were full of rabbits — the buzzards ' favourite food — and from their perch on the goal posts they could spot a rabbit three or four fields away . |
| 8 | It means if we had that spending assessment and our costs , instead of the listeners getting a bill for four hundred pounds in their letterbox in May they would get a cheque for over five hundred pounds . |
| 9 | It did not require much effort on Gehlen 's part to convince the Americans that the real enemy was Russia and with his help they could have a ready-made intelligence organisation . |
| 10 | On approaching the pub they could see a figure in a black T-shirt with white lettering through the opaque glass of the gents ' toilet . |
| 11 | At the moment New Yorkers can survey the length and breadth of his achievement at the galleries of the Americas Society on Park Avenue and coming up in January they can have a second look in a big retrospective of the artist 's work at the Studio Museum in Harlem . |
| 12 | Some governments say that in order to keep the rebellious minorities down within their own countries they must have a large military strength . |
| 13 | ‘ I have heard how in Spain there are beggar children so skilled with the garrotte they can kill a fully grown man in a matter of seconds . |
| 14 | If they suss out that you 're a fanatical prospector they 'll have a great time winding you up and sending you off on a series of wild goose chases . |
| 15 | Arnold Whitchurch , the chairman of the Board of Governors there , thought that ‘ if the hospitals worked with the County Council they might do a tremendous lot for the co-ordination of the general health system . |
| 16 | Aye and mind the lasses they used to play a lot with instead of marbles they were working with . |
| 17 | Under such circumstances they will have a chance against even a vastly more powerful foe . |
| 18 | At the end of the promenade they could take a flight of steps down to rocks that were slippery with seaweed , and clamber over them until they reached the shingle . |
| 19 | He would stand at his study window before the open curtains , his bespectacled eyes blinking into the night and his lips parted , but motionless , until after an interval they would shape a soundless ‘ Amen ’ . |
| 20 | So parents need to take into account the attentional state of the child before making a demand and by being aware of the need to gain attention they can avoid a clash of wills ( Stayton et al . |
| 21 | there , I mean in the older days they used to have a li little railway and they used t used more or less take all the sewage on to his land and there used to be couple little trucks where you tip over and they 'd be one down and one up , on and he , old he used to , used to be his , put on his land . |
| 22 | N , that is not on religious grounds either that is because I just think that they work six days they should have a day off anyway . |
| 23 | If a member of staff is sick for more than 7 days they must provide a medical certificate . |
| 24 | It was also indicated to them that while on the grade they would perform a limited range of duties as defined in a list which was published at that time . |
| 25 | The author 's sounder proposition is that , when South Africa 's rulers at last ( perhaps too late ) released the one black leader they might strike a deal with , they marked the end of the period in which the words ‘ national liberation ’ had any meaning in Africa . |
| 26 | Occasionally in times of dire need they may rouse a dragon from its centuries of slumber , but only their greatest heroes can aspire to ride such ferocious steeds . |
| 27 | Originally , the kitchen was dark and narrow , but the architect who helped with the structural changes suggested that if the living room and the kitchen swapped places they could have a large kitchen with French windows opening on to the garden . |
| 28 | Fortunately , referees are often able to tell when this has happened , and instead of disallowing the score they may impose a serious penalty for feigning injury ! |
| 29 | ‘ It is said that in the time of Shang they would take a tortoise shell and cover it with ink , then throw it into a fire . |
| 30 | another mistake in the film was to suggest that in a a short franchise , say of seven years they would need a great deal of working capital , but they wo n't need a great deal of working capital or or share capital , they will actually be running a business where they get subsidy , because if er they 're involving socially necessary lines , like commuter lines , or or rural lines , then we 've made it very clear er that the taxpayers subsidy will continue , because these are loss making businesses , they will be bid they will bid for subsidy , and they will continue to get that subsidy , so they will have the flow of whatever income they can increase , in the passenger franchise , plus the subsidy , plus , and this is a very important point in what we 're doing in the restructuring of British Rail , you see , nobody up till now has said that British Rail is perfect , everyone acknowledges that there are big improvements to be made , the way we 're structuring it will get those improvements because the smaller franchises , not the great big monolithic nationalized industry , the smaller units , ha will be able to identify much more clearly where they can make the savings and where they can increase the revenue . |