Example sentences of "they [vb base] he [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say he would beat up the devil himself for a shilling , ’ replied Barney . |
| 2 | They say he may strike again and they 're appealing to anyone who recognises this picture to contact their local police station . |
| 3 | They say he could have a future when he 's finished his studies . " |
| 4 | They say he should have waited around like a good boy , taken a few duff , even Duff fights , and he would have been rewarded in due course by boxing 's power brokers . |
| 5 | And they say he will fashion any spell so long as someone will pay him enough . ’ |
| 6 | Now they hope he 'll help pull in other big names . |
| 7 | Shrewsbury fans hoping that wo n't do what they hope he will do for England against San Marino next week , if he 's picked of course . |
| 8 | They hope he will lift their economy out of recession , hope he will heal the racial disharmony and end the violence in their cities , hope he will keep their country the sole superpower in a fast-changing world . |
| 9 | Detetives still have n't been able to build up a description of the attacker but they believe he may have worked with horses in the past . |
| 10 | Police hunting a man who raped a woman at Swindon college have widened their search because they believe he may have moved out of town . |
| 11 | The Pitman yard , which has done so well in this race — one winner , a second and two thirds since 1983 — believe he will adapt to the unique Aintree fences , and as long as he copes with the first few , they feel he must go close . |
| 12 | He 's in the sixth form , working for his A-levels , and they reckon he might go to Oxford . ’ |
| 13 | They reckon he should 've said cut it down to about two or three , four pints a day , there 's fifteen milligrams of valium . |
| 14 | They claim he should have faced a Crown Court judge for causing death by reckless driving . |
| 15 | They say anyone who thinks they recognise him should contact police immediately . |
| 16 | They think he might head back here . |
| 17 | Although he clearly wants to walk off the boat , the ambulance crew scramble on board and clamp him onto a stretcher , so firmly that I wonder if they think he might punch them . |
| 18 | So he keeps going round asking everyone what they think he should do . ’ |