Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the coronation they 'll take us to the palace for the night . |
| 2 | If the guest is settling the bill by credit card they can avail themselves of the express check-out service . |
| 3 | If they want Second Division football they should support us now . |
| 4 | In the country or on the coast they can re-create their routine of earlier days . |
| 5 | In the future they should have plenty of praise heaped on their shoulders , but at this stage in their careers they do n't really need it . |
| 6 | They 've got this little thing in their head if it 's not got blood in it no red blood they can eat it . |
| 7 | I wanted them to have a programme they could say they watched simply because they liked and enjoyed it . ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes , if they knew he behaved in that way , people would be unwilling to talk about him at all — for fear they would embarrass themselves by saying something sympathetic about a man they knew could just as easily assassinate their characters . |
| 9 | On the streets , in meetings and in work , I began to dread women 's perceptiveness and intuition for fear they would penetrate my three-dimensional protection , silence , an accepted assumed heterosexuality and aloofness . |
| 10 | Yet Carrie dared not speak out for fear they would question her reasons , and she was not clear about them herself . |
| 11 | Now the workers whose complaints started the probe fear they could lose their jobs . |
| 12 | Now the workers who brought the matter to light fear they could lose their jobs . |
| 13 | and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file |
| 14 | Er very often Australian Aboriginal societies you meet men the corroborees at these ritual gatherings and if you 're one of the club , then in the ritual they 'll tell you , they 'll say hey , you know , you know you know you say where did you get all these kangaroos you know oh we got them over at the so and so ranges or down at the so and so water hole that 's where they all are this week , and this is very important information for man . |
| 15 | But if you are a shareholder they can sack you . |
| 16 | This would provide a gradient in the concentration of the chemical and if the cells could read the concentration they would know their position in the line , with respect to the boundary . |
| 17 | Others who had been in contact with the maid also sickened and died , so the local residents determined to take what action they could to prevent it spreading . |
| 18 | Yes , erm and when you go to Otley College they will teach you everything , so you need maths , or this erm |
| 19 | Even if the Fanatics do n't hit the enemy they will block his line of advance while you get stuck in elsewhere with your best troops . |
| 20 | But the pittance they would pay him meantime might be no better than what the Professor offered , and at least the occupation of reading would be more satisfactory than dry law . |
| 21 | But for all this fine façade , in private the ambitions of the Mughal Emperors knew no moral limitations : without scruple they would murder their brothers , poison their sisters or starve their fathers . |
| 22 | Where there is a Compact they will direct you immediately to the appropriate contact . |
| 23 | As you 've said before , you know I 'm a privatisation man , er , and I think that comes down to number three , if we privatised the lot and pushed them further out , if they felt there was a need to do building maintenance they could do it . |
| 24 | People still think the greatest compliment they can pay you is to say that you look younger than your age . |
| 25 | There 's always something and if you have to go to law they 'll take you for every penny you 've got . |
| 26 | Now by law they must provide something like this booklet . |
| 27 | I told the news desk they should send someone else , one of the junior reporters . |
| 28 | She would , however , have preferred to show a more balanced programme and hopes that in the future more teachers will offer class displays because she feels that class members prefer to see work they can identify themselves with , as well as the more advanced and unusual aspects of our work . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ But if they want an AIDS test they can have one . ’ |
| 30 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |