Example sentences of "thing that [modal v] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were one or two things that may concern them ( the scratchy sound of the orchestra for one ) , though nothing that should deter them from tuning in , for the singing was generally fine , with particularly good contributions from the basses ( Michael George and Peter Harvey ) , the soprano Nancy Argenta , the tenor Andrew Murgatroyd , the ‘ cantor ’ Nicholas Robertson and the choir itself , here expanded , of course , to The Twenty . |
| 2 | Because praise is one of the things that will help them keep it up . |
| 3 | This has been described as the first ‘ social laboratory ’ where children can experiment with relationships and learn to cope with change , envy , competitiveness and rivalry — things that will help them to develop social skills . |
| 4 | Mm , you see , a lot of the er the English scriptures talk about the , the paradise in , in its right context , you can just examine the , the , the Christian script which you might get confused because there 's a lot of er things that can take them both ways |
| 5 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 6 | The only thing that would change them , he commented savagely , was when he became someone who earned a thousand guilder a year . |
| 7 | Then would having a good head for numbers be the sort of thing that would individuate them at the level of their soul ? |
| 8 | The only thing that will make them change their attitudes will be knowing someone with AIDS and watching them decline . |
| 9 | It is the only thing that will stir out sleeping brethren , the only thing that will make them fight and not cooperate . |