Example sentences of "they [adv] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ninety percent of them said yes , that it depends on how you present the figures , so in actual fact I wonder how our tenant farmers all of a sudden find themselves in a position that they perhaps would rather sign a petition and not put their heads above the parapet bearing in mind you are in a community , bear in mind you are connected , bear in mind that your livelihood is with those others and I have to say it is true that a certain business in my area connected with farming has been threatened . |
| 2 | Cos if you said erm answer in complete sentences they obviously would n't get two marks you see ? |
| 3 | There is no doubt Operation Overdrive has reduced the scale and frequency of displays in Oxford , but a hard core of youngsters persist and the Police say they alone can not solve the problem . |
| 4 | Black workers in this dispute have learned that because of their lack of numbers they alone can not defeat their employers . |
| 5 | Swiss and the Germans in the terms of the market because they just ca n't compete . |
| 6 | " They just ca n't hold it , " Lamarr Dean said . |
| 7 | Maybe they just ca n't bear to contemplate it , or perhaps they 'll just be forced to wait . |
| 8 | They have good days and bad days : days when things seem relatively easy , they are on the ball , and a lot gets done , and days when they just ca n't face it and phone in sick — only to feel much perkier half-an-hour after putting down the phone , and a little guilty that ‘ I could have gone in if I 'd really had to ’ . |
| 9 | But the company boss said : ‘ It does n't do any good telling the police because they just ca n't cope any more . |
| 10 | They 're members of Wendy Jeffery 's tap dancing class , and they just ca n't kick the habit . |
| 11 | They just ca n't hide a look of utter horror . ’ |
| 12 | Lot of people are doing it because they just ca n't well circumstances . |
| 13 | I do n't know why they do but they just ca n't accept it . ’ |
| 14 | And 75 per cent of all the girls admit they just ca n't help gossipping about sex to their friends . |
| 15 | You often get this if you have a very strong guitarist or a strong keyboard player — you end up with a group without one or the other ; they just ca n't co-exist . |
| 16 | They just ca n't afford it . |
| 17 | Paula Wilson , regional publicity officer for the RSPCA , said : ‘ We 've never known a time like it in years , people are ringing us every day asking to take animals off their hands , they just ca n't afford to keep them . ’ |
| 18 | There 's nothing wrong with their immune system , they 're perfectly normal they just ca n't metabolize this one particular type of protein , so they have no milk , no fish , no meat , no cheese |
| 19 | ‘ They 've now been there for more than three weeks and in my view they just ca n't find their way out again . |
| 20 | No matter how much they eat of their current food , they just ca n't get enough energy from it . |
| 21 | ‘ These deals have slowly been finding out that they just ca n't get financing , ’ said William Lefebvre , a market analyst with New York 's Advest group . |
| 22 | They just ca n't get their knees in . |
| 23 | Well , I , you know I totally dis I think Chinese is much better than like Indian , you know , because , you know , they just ca n't get the noodles just cooked right |
| 24 | You know and if they just wo n't give him a chance . |
| 25 | Peeing In the basin — they just wo n't stand for it . |
| 26 | Coun Young said : ‘ I think it is pretty ludicrous to suggest anyone is getting rich by taking people to hospital ‘ But if people who do this sort of thing are facing the prospect of making a loss they just wo n't bother . |
| 27 | Maureen showed me how to insert food down their throats to force-feed them , because when birds are in shock like this they just wo n't eat . |
| 28 | Yes and you think you can move your fingers and you pull on them and you look down and I 'm trying to pull them now , but they just wo n't move . |
| 29 | Erm and just people just they just wo n't come . |
| 30 | They just wo n't let you get on with it , not on your own terms , anyway . |