Example sentences of "[subord] they [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first stage in the transfer is a preselection process , involving informal discussions with tenants where they may make their own alternative suggestions , which eventually produces a single applicant to go forward to the final stages . |
| 2 | The range of political institutions and objectives is well discussed , although one could have wished for more emphasis to be placed on European Community matters and where they may lead us . |
| 3 | Beyond these basic costs , most stations offer a number of ‘ packages ’ such as run-of-week , or based on numbers of TVRs , where they may run your commercial at any time they like , as many times as they like , so long as your eventual cumulative audience reaches an agreed figure . |
| 4 | You take one or two , having studied the collectors of the world , and the highly professional fences of the antique market , and place them where they 'll bring you in the best and safest return . |
| 5 | Nigel also told every journalist proudly that he was ‘ married with one son ’ , although he made damn sure they did n't interview him at home , where they might meet his wife , or worse still , her friends . |
| 6 | He found the animals to have a marked preference for woodland borders where they would build their communal nests . |
| 7 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |
| 8 | Shabby streets scattered with litter , full of houses where they 'd give you a bed and a bowl of cereal for a fiver , no questions asked . |
| 9 | In fact , I hate playing in Britain because I 've always wanted to play in Spain or Belgium where they 'd understand me . |
| 10 | Where they 'd steal your children if you did n't bolt them to the ground ! ’ |
| 11 | The conclusions are obvious enough : that there was a tendency among some Victorians to have fewer children where they could arrange it that way , and that improved medical care , hygiene , sanitation and living conditions generally were improving life-expectancy and helping to eradicate infant deaths . |
| 12 | Full marks on their specialist round on palms — lots of long unpronounceable latin names , and then on to the quick fire round where they could blow it all by answering incorrectly . |
| 13 | Not like they were in the dreams he had had recently , where they could torment him without his being able to retaliate . |
| 14 | We fought for them to come to the Assembly , where they could speak their minds and meet the Africans they never meet , and together listen to the Almighty Who might know better even than they what is best for the country . |
| 15 | Almost immediately they began working out the details of their new counselling service — or , as they preferred to call it , their chat-line — and how and where they could fit it into their already busy schedule . |
| 16 | Instead of tripping over their shoes while doing quick changes , each chair had pockets where they could thrust them out of the way . |
| 17 | They looked like anatomies of death , they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves , they did eat dead carrions , happy where they could find them , yea , and one another soon after , insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves , and if they found a plot of water cress or shamrocks , there they flocked as to a feast for the time , yet not able long to continue therewithal , that in short space there were none almost left , and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man or beast . |
| 18 | Instead of land being in demand , lords were having to accept tenants where they could find them , on conditions which the tenants were prepared to offer . |
| 19 | These jobs also enabled the mixed-race people to band together into tightly knit communities , where they could keep their existence constantly before the white masters whose earlier sexual peccadillos had brought them into being . |
| 20 | We will ensure that the ES is a well managed organisation , where people want to work and where they can realise their potential . |
| 21 | We will ensure that the ES is a well managed organisation , where people want to work and where they can realise their potential . |
| 22 | In these circumstances , mothers have described how they turn to collective items where they can restrict what they consume . |
| 23 | Society , she says , may need to change its attitude to the perpetrators , from a climate where they are seen as ‘ monsters ’ faced with imprisonment to one where they can admit what has happened . |
| 24 | The large ones , ‘ seaweeds ’ such as kelp ( above right ) , generally live close to the shore , where they can anchor themselves . |
| 25 | see you guys in a forthnight when i will be at white hart lane for my annual trip to england … ( anyone know of any good health club with hidden cameras where they can shoot my ‘ beatiful ’ body ? ; - ) he , he ) |
| 26 | The nasty part is that , either way , it could be a ploy to get Mrs Fraser into the Republic , where they can pick her up . ’ |
| 27 | Council house tenants in the Marske area can now take advantage of a drop-in centre each Friday at the housing information centre in Marske Leisure Centre , where they can put their housing problems . |
| 28 | On the contrary , they prefer to rest in groups out in the open , where they can use their acute senses to scan the landscape for tell-tale sounds , scents and movements . |
| 29 | When disturbed , they make for a crevice or hole where they can jam themselves in so tight with their powerful claws that it is almost impossible to dislodge them . |
| 30 | There appears no civilised pale where they can remove their armour and let down their guard for any length of time . |