Example sentences of "they [vb base] they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of them say they 'd like rather more variety . |
| 2 | They fear they could lay themselves open to prosecution for murder or manslaughter — or in some cases a civil action for damages — if they disconnect a feeding tube without court permission . |
| 3 | Also , the person asking for the review has to agree that if they lose they will pay the other side 's costs . |
| 4 | When they hatch they will try to follow and come close to the first slowly moving object they see which is the right sort of colour and more or less chicken-sized . |
| 5 | Salvadorean women often remark that they live in a " matriarchal society " , by which they mean they must support their children single-handed . |
| 6 | Everything they grow they must take to the market to survive , but everything is expensive for them and so they have nothing . |
| 7 | Their skin will be very flushed and dry you 'll get deep sighing and this is the one you 'll get the smell of acetone , not always , you know the nail varnish smell , the pear drops , and then from there they 'll get , they 'll go into gradual I 've put coma there , but gradual unconsciousness treatment the same sugar , if it 's sugar they want they 'll come round almost immediately , if it 's , they 've already got too much well you have , that little bit 's not going to make them any worse , they 've got to go to hospital anyway . |
| 8 | They sense they may have the luck to see a teacher break down , actually self-destruct . |
| 9 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |
| 10 | But they say they 'll think long and hard before they deciding whether or not to accept the offer . |
| 11 | They say they 'll do whatever it takes to save their livelihood . |
| 12 | Police are keeping a watch on all main roads leading to the site , they say they 'll set up roadblocks if necessary . |
| 13 | ‘ They say they 'll kill Sam . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The date they say they 'll kill Sam , ’ explained Charlotte , ‘ unless the document is delivered to them . ’ |
| 15 | They say they 'll keep it clear now . |
| 16 | They say they 'll use the information happy in the knowledge that it 's coming straight from the horse 's mouth . |
| 17 | If they do n't , they say they 'll have to sack a hundred and fifty teachers , although one MP says they should sack council staff instead . |
| 18 | ‘ They say they 'll know more in the morning , ’ Paul says . |
| 19 | They say they may have to stop working at the hospital and it ca n't survive without them . |
| 20 | They say they will go even if the Vietnam-backed government in Phnom Penh fails to achieve a political settlement with the resiStance . |
| 21 | They say they will re-organise the event next year . |
| 22 | People do n't do as they say they will do . |
| 23 | ‘ They say they will set most of the passengers free when their brothers are on the plane . |
| 24 | They say they will abandon the dispute over the Government 's refusal to raise a 6.5 per cent offer if both sides agree to binding arbitration . |
| 25 | ‘ — and sometimes they say they will contain monsters with wavy tentacles and big teeth . ’ |
| 26 | Unless a deal is done which reduces subsidies and makes agricultural trade subject to normal GATT rules , they say they will block progress on freeing trade in services and rewriting international rules governing intellectual property . |
| 27 | Now they say they will accept an independent medical report . |
| 28 | Nor do they intend to underwrite other banks ' loans if the firm goes under ; they say they will take part in rescues , but not as guarantors . |
| 29 | Calling the agreement the ‘ Frontline Partnership ’ , they say they will work together to develop operating system and hardware for easy-to-use systems , adding the sorts of features Macintosh users take for granted , advance personal computer technology with pen interface and audio capabilities — Microsoft is said to be impatient at the lack of applications for its Pen Windows operating environment , and the two will promote ‘ Plug and Play ’ to make software and hardware easier to integrate and use . |
| 30 | They say they will have the prisoners or they 'll cut you down . ’ |