Example sentences of "[that] they [vb mod] [verb] it " in BNC.

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1 Research for the 1974 Press Commission confirmed both that they enjoyed their paper less than readers of the populars and that they would miss it worse if deprived of it .
2 I have pressed the Minister on this matter both in correspondence and in a visit to the Department when he and his officials told me that they would reconsider it .
3 said that they would want it increased by 2p and 11 per cent .
4 One suspects that the writers were not altogether clear in their own minds ; the monk of Croyland , for all his extravagant remarks about the northerners , also spoke in terms of the ‘ sovereignty of England ’ , when describing a prophecy among the Welsh , whom he certainly regarded as different , that they would recover it from the English , although they failed to do so in 1469 ( 14 , p.543 ) .
5 Erm th there 's just a comment I 'd like to make that they have said that they would place it on that figure report on our .
6 Although two thirds of companies had not previously used outside advice and counselling , 35% did say that they would consider it .
7 In a recent survey of consultant staff supervising preregistration house officers in Yorkshire 79% admitted that they had had no training in educational method , yet three quarters stated that they would like it .
8 That they would get it clear ? ’
9 I think that they would find it quite difficult to actually do that er without very many incursions into the greenbelt .
10 They have said that they would order it , they have said that they would not order it , and they have even suggested that they would order it and send it to sea without any weapons .
11 They have said that they would order it , they have said that they would not order it , and they have even suggested that they would order it and send it to sea without any weapons .
12 I did look at the stripogram group because I was so horrified at the thought that they might do it again .
13 Donleavy had thought seriously about the chance encounter with Hurley , and , on balance , had decided that they might turn it to account , although …
14 you fill out a little sheet of paper with the , with the names like John A , John B or whatever , so that if there 's another tape and you 've marked John B and they missed a word , or what what the word was and they there 's a chance that they might use it again later on you see .
15 When the apostles came down , they felt there was ‘ something more ’ for them and proceeded to lay hands on them that they might receive it .
16 The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past .
17 Ca n't you see that they might find it worthwhile to bend the truth and sit on justice when there 's so much at stake ? ’
18 So it 's more likely that they 'll make it compulsory .
19 Try out the PA system on site ; do n't take the management 's word that they 'll do it for you .
20 And I had to say that they 'll do it at Brownies .
21 Candidates should send to the undersigned ten copies ( one from overseas ) of their applications and of any statement that they may think it desirable to submit , and should name three referees .
22 Nissel and Bonnerjea acutely observe that all this may lead to ‘ a lack of perspective on the situation ’ so that they may find it difficult to accept appropriate help or place limits on their involvement .
23 The person trying to commit suicide has decided either rationally or whilst under extreme duress that their life is no longer bearable and that they must end it .
24 It shows that they must have it and that an exception is not improbable but impossible .
25 The Americans ' belief that they could make it ‘ lives on the streets of America today ’ .
26 Their belief that they could make it , be proud of themselves , and of their nation , lives on the streets , schools and corporations of America today .
27 Then her mother would graciously conduct half an hour of polite conversation with all these people , who Jo knew were otherwise pretty cool and mostly also pretty sane , and they would all pretend to be interested in whatever dumb thing she said , and laugh if she made any of her awful little jokes and store away any personal information she disclosed so that they could tell it to their friends the next day and make it absolutely clear that they were on intimate terms with a really big star .
28 The regions are far too big and complex to be handled from Detroit and even if they were foolish enough to believe that they could do it more effectively — which they ca n't — they would be crazy to try . ’
29 So convinced were the farmers that in July they delayed the trebbiatura , the threshing of the grain , hoping that they could do it under Allied administration ; they thought they would probably get 700 lire more for each sack .
30 Now the audit industry was in favour of that at the time because it saw itself as able to get its fingers into local authority audit so they were prepared to accept that they could do it then , it 's only now er when it 's proposed on what 's been their traditional prerogatives , they er er they audit of banks and private sector er er companies that they balk at the proposition and say ooh it 's horrendous we ca n't do it .
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