Example sentences of "then they [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once people see that you are in trouble , then they may help you . |
| 2 | First-time buyers — especially in the South-east — frequently borrow to the very limit of their capacity to repay , and if there is a change for the worse in their circumstances , or if interest rates rise steeply , then they may find themselves in great difficulty . |
| 3 | But then they may take it and do nothing . ’ |
| 4 | No you do n't plug them in , just put the wire in your pocket then they 'll think they can just listen to music . |
| 5 | Well then they 'll tell me wo n't they ? |
| 6 | Not unless you have to an amniocentesis and then they 'll tell you if you want ? |
| 7 | Wait till Saturday morning and then they 'll tell you then . |
| 8 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |
| 9 | If they do n't hear anything else then they 'll regard it as a false alarm . |
| 10 | And then they 'll give one |
| 11 | So it 's right , you move in in September , then they 'll give you , they 'll charge you |
| 12 | ‘ And then they 'll eat you , ’ said Caspar , and Fenella stared at him in horror . |
| 13 | If it 's positive , then they 'll help you . |
| 14 | then they 'll mark you down as being non-competent |
| 15 | And then they 'll kill her . |
| 16 | So now they 're saying if she does n't , if she goes off again without her mother 's consent then they 'll take her into care . |
| 17 | people 'll take drugs and stuff like that , well , if they 're gon na take drugs , then they 'll take it anyway . |
| 18 | Then they 'll take you to the station , they 'll watch you buy your ticket , and then you 'll get on the train and you 'll bloody well stay on it until you 're back where you belong . |
| 19 | cost them bloody loads and then they 'll turn it into an absolute cack heap like it was before . |
| 20 | Then they 'll find we 've taken their money and their presents and left them their pain . |
| 21 | Alright , no no if you say numeracy then they 'll know what it means but erm I fe I felt that numeracy and mathematical skills would not be applicable to all , I mean , I do n't think it might |
| 22 | If you 've got a good case , then they 'll put their lawyers on to it . |
| 23 | What women want is commitment , and if black men are not prepared to give it then they 'll get it wherever they can . ’ |
| 24 | They do it for to keep him going and then they 'll say he says you know I 'm used to getting up at half four and going so many miles every morning for a big jog . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't know them , Sister , ’ he said darkly , ‘ and if they 're not thinking that then they 'll say I 'm skiving or only coming over here to chat up the nurses . ’ |
| 26 | If you trap them then they 'll sting you . |
| 27 | If you trap them they get annoyed then they 'll sting you . |
| 28 | Whether ther there 's a there 's a t two pronged effect the first of which is that high tariffs consumption because prices are higher and therefore consumption will fall and secondly , if high prices are also charged farmers to domestic farmers right then they 'll increase their output . |
| 29 | And erm erm the tailors would come when they wanted to do any pressing of seams , or anything , and they would take the goose iron , and put it in on of the , what we call press cloths , that we pressed the And then they would douse it in the bucket of water , to get it the right heat , to start , so a cloud of steam went up . |
| 30 | I tell you , if she was out in Hollywood they would send her to one of those beauty farms , where they starve them and batter them about and knock them into shape ; then they would give her a plastic nose , or make the one she 's got more pointed , put false eyelashes on her , give her hair an expert cut , and walla ! she 'd be a sensation . |