Example sentences of "[adv] they [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 2 | Their children have grown up , perhaps left home and , however much they may love their parents , they no longer need them in the same way . |
| 3 | How I would love to be proved wrong by any one of them but parents and boys deserve my honest opinion , however much they may hate me for it . |
| 4 | If you have read your books you will discover that the Romans used to have tasters too and loved food so much they 'd make themselves sick after each course by sticking a feather down their throats . |
| 5 | But these are n't word processors , no matter how much they 'd like you to think so . |
| 6 | Most people do not realise how much they could increase their pleasure , success and income by reading faster and more accurately . |
| 7 | Public Choice theory argues that bureaucrats are judged by the size of the budget that they control and by how much they can increase it . |
| 8 | ‘ I wonder how long they 'll do it for ? ’ |
| 9 | You go there every Wednesday before long they 'll ask you to run the library elbow a few old ladies out of the way ! |
| 10 | Perhaps they would tell us , if they were allowed to spend more , where do they think the funds come from , and who do they think 's going to pay ? |
| 11 | Perhaps the police would n't even let them do that , perhaps they would treat them like gypsies and move them on and on and not let them stop anywhere . |
| 12 | Perhaps they would let her make herself a sandwich … |
| 13 | If they had n't , perhaps they would help her . |
| 14 | And I said there 's a , there 's a new children 's ward will open at the Wandsbergh Hospital perhaps they would like something . |
| 15 | Perhaps they would accept his old currency . |
| 16 | Perhaps they 'll get them . |
| 17 | ‘ The sooner the better — perhaps they 'll teach him how to behave ! ’ |
| 18 | Perhaps they could tell him where I will be working . ’ |
| 19 | If two of the family are chatting about something special , perhaps they could do it another time or alternatively make absolutely sure that you know what it is all about . |
| 20 | So if anybody has anything they wish to raise perhaps they could raise it as I mention the minute . |
| 21 | Perhaps they will discover something . |
| 22 | If people hear about the boy , he thought , perhaps they will want me to pay for their lost chickens and their disappearing sheep . |
| 23 | If the Israelis are adopting British holidays then perhaps they will adopt our democratic ways and no longer deport citizens without trial . |
| 24 | I thought : Perhaps they will ask me what play I am in , where I am engaged , and I have no fiction ready . |
| 25 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 26 | Perhaps they can help us . |
| 27 | That 's what I 'm saying perhaps they must let it out though . |
| 28 | There is talk of setting up a ‘ proud to be perverted ’ pressure group along the lines of Act Up ) , ( perhaps they should call it Strapped Up ) , which will campaign around the issue of consent , the idea that whatever two adults agree to do in the privacy of their own homes is no concern of the courts . |
| 29 | Perhaps they 'd forget them otherwise . |
| 30 | I was thinking perhaps they 'd bring them back . |