Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say they would move to Germany ; others want to wait . |
| 2 | Some say they 'll take over the children 's education completely as they try to help their youngsters make up for lost time . |
| 3 | Some say they should bring back hanging ; others say it is the politicians they should hang ; but most say there is nothing anybody can do at all . |
| 4 | Yet they did — and some reckon they will double their earnings this year . |
| 5 | The risk of losing what little bust they might have is enough to discourage many an overweight lady from commencing to diet , so this diet must therefore be good news for them . |
| 6 | Many fear they will have to take out a second mortgage to pay for the spin-off merchandise from the Macauley Culkin sequel : Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York . |
| 7 | They all think they can remember . |
| 8 | Their joint wish is that before they both die they will find out who killed their son , when it happened and how it was done . |
| 9 | Such abuses were seldom reported , thorough investigations were rarely held , and " the few perpetrators disciplined or prosecuted usually get little more than a slap on the wrist and most know they can get away with it unchallenged " . |
| 10 | The prosecutor tells them that if they both confess they will go to jail for ten years ; if neither confesses they will get two years ; if only one confesses he ( the confessor ) will get just one year while his fellow prisoner goes down for 20 . |