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Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	If comparisons are included they may be with an artist whose work is considered by the author to be inferior to the subject of the monograph .
2	Drug users say they could be at increased risk from AIDS after a decision to stop giving them free clean syringes .
3	They say they could be in business within 5 years , moving water from the wet north to the dry south and putting an end to drought .
4	Obviously , if two objects are physically connected they must be at about the same distance from us , and yet many of these Arp associations include objects with redshifts that ‘ ought ’ to place them far apart along the line of sight .
5	I have still got the thoughts and prayers for others who are left in Iraq , who are very ill and very , very old , and er I hope they will be with their family like my husband is going to come with me today , and I think it 's a very very happy news .
6	They 'll be valued soon , but it 's thought they could be worth around ten thousand pounds .
7	Say Happyhol Cabins confirm they 'll be over Monday to erect .
8	When any goods are bought they should be of merchantable quality .
9	So they 're you know they 'll be like that .
10	After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day .
11	I suppose they 'll be on our side now . ’
12	If solutions were to be found they would be of a technological nature .
13	It 's feared they may be at risk of suffering the effects of exposure to a toxic chemical involved in an accident between junctions fifteen and sixteen of the motorway earlier today .
14	Okay erm I 've got , I just thought I 'd , might just let you know that the , the end result figure that , that , on the recruitment front , they reckon they 'll be at twenty three hundred by the end of the year .
15	Manufacturing and service companies in the Midlands believe they may be on the brink of an economic turnaround .
16	Parents who leave the kids with the babysitter and go out because they feel they should are among the biggest culprits .
17	In the book world list of bestsellers are often challenged , usually by publishers or authors who feel they should be in the list but have been missed out because the sample of bookshops used for the research was biased against their particular type of book .
18	Well I should think they 'll be with them the
19	‘ I do n't think they 'd be in any real danger as long as you lock up securely .
20	I would n't think they 'd be in the lounge .
21	you 'd think they 'd be in Hong Kong or somewhere .
22	I did n't think they could be like REM in seven album 's time , but there was a lot depth in there and I knew it would n't dry up after one or two albums , ’ he recalls .
23	I mean they should be in the ruddy kitchen I suppose , but then you get to the stage where it 's
24	Any potential parent who thinks they may be at risk of HIV infection should consider being counselled and tested before conceiving .
25	He can be hugely intelligent when he thinks they can be of assistance to him , but most of the time he knows they 're a poorish and raffish lot , living off their own enthusiasms and frustrations .
26	My father thinks they should be in curved lines .
27	Now Asian residents , many of whom run businesses , fear they will be in the front line of any flare-up and even be picked out as special targets .
28	This meant they would be at least doubling their monthly instalment payments .
29	They told me to keep in touch and call them if I felt they could be of assistance .
30	Many saw themselves as being above the grubby world of traditional politics and the professions , but often felt they could be like Richard Branson , the one-time hippy and promoter of alternative music who had joined the system and made a fortune .