Example sentences of "they [vb base] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children are fascinated by how things grow , so the new series of books from Dorling Kindersley entitled See How They Grow will have them enthralled . |
| 2 | Many have been taught that in a relationship they have no right to make demands on a partner ; to say clearly what they want may lose his affection . |
| 3 | The residents of a small Lanarkshire village have blocked a main road in a protest against essential repair work , which they say will isolate them completely . |
| 4 | Police are keen to recover her stolen black handbag , which they say could help them find to her attackers . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the police have produced new evidence which they hope will lead them to the killer . |
| 6 | Happily for their manager Sebastiao Lazaroni , the Brazilians are now unbeaten in 15 games and embarked on a run which they hope will carry them to Turin next summer on a wave of confidence and efficiency . |
| 7 | Meanwhile the cleaners have a nintety day redundancy period , during which time they 'll be waiting to hear from the firms which they hope will become their new employers . |
| 8 | Torvill and Dean back on British ice for the training routine they hope will take them to championship success once again . |
| 9 | They are talking a language we probably do not understand , and which they hope will impress us and befuddle us and increase their status . |
| 10 | Because it is an earnings-related scheme , if women do qualify for a SERP , the pension they receive will reflect their tendency to earn less than men . |
| 11 | They are entitled to legal representation on their own behalf and any solicitor they appoint will represent their interests in the proceedings . |
| 12 | LoPresti and propeller manufacturer Hartzell are co-operating on new cowling/propeller/spinner designs for single and Twin Comanches which they predict will increase their maximum speeds by 42 mph and 35 mph respectively , through reduced drag and more efficient use of propeller airflow . |
| 13 | When they come to live and work in England they expect no language difficulties such as they know would await them in , say , Panama or Cuba . |
| 14 | Good players have a large vocabulary of patterns that they know will give them an advantage ; these are the ‘ ends ’ . |
| 15 | That is , teachers will take a stance that they know will damage their careers in order to uphold a principle about how the school should run . |
| 16 | Many of Britain 's civil servants have been on strike in protest at what they see as moves towards privatisation which they believe could cost them their jobs . |
| 17 | The other side of the placebo coin is that people can be made ill by something they believe will make them ill . |
| 18 | He must be ‘ full of knowledge , even of tillage and pasturage , and through teaching people by what they understand must lead them to what they understand not ’ . |
| 19 | GRAVEDIGGERS at Vale of Leven Cemetery in Dunbartonshire have refused to accept new working hours which they claim will slash their wages by £30 a week . |
| 20 | RAIL commuters have protested at timetable changes they claim will leave them with a long wait or walk . |
| 21 | I shall approach their work , in short , in the light of the pragmatist belief that a study of the problems they pose and the solutions they offer may provide us not merely with a new perspective on the scope of holistic explanations , but also with the best means , in the end , of assessing their strength . |
| 22 | The need to assist people to be economically active where they live may make it expedient to encourage educational support systems linked with other services at the local level . |
| 23 | Increased understanding of the burdens which they carry should lead us to greater awareness of the strain under which they are so often put . |
| 24 | Now they have started again , as investors convince themselves that the worst of the recession is over ; as some junk-bond issuers take advantage of falling interest rates and the stockmarket rally to refinance their debt more cheaply or turn it into equity ; and as bond-raiders speculate in distressed companies that they think may restructure themselves or be taken over . |
| 25 | ‘ In the process of responding to problems people look selectively at their values and historical traditions and select those parts which will reinforce the sort of structure that they think will solve their problems ’ ( Patrick 1975 p.187 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ They say things they think will keep us happy until the next tragedy , ’ he told a news conference . |
| 27 | They take will help us trace some lost Before |
| 28 | Spouses who know that the way they behave will affect their partners ' chances of getting a job should try and find out beforehand what is expected of them . |