Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If I must collect their newspaper , I 'll do it my own way ’
2 ‘ Well , if the Army will permit , ’ the announcer forced a little laugh , ‘ though I must say their demonstrations could have been better timed — ’ General laughter .
3 As a male chainworker commented to Commissioner on the Factory Acts in 1876 : ‘ I should advocate their [ women 's ] time should be so limited as neither to interfere with their own health and morals or with our wages ’ .
4 Everyone was really keen that I should enjoy their area and I certainly did .
5 I should accept their offer next year if I were you , ’ said Doris .
6 I 'll check their bridge .
7 Let's get one thing straight : if anyone else points out a resemblance between Steg and myself , I 'll eat their lettuces !
8 And I 'll get their
9 It 's only natural for a newly-signed group to see their bloated , sap-sucking US record company as exceptional , spiritually different from all the others — but I 'll take their heartfelt claims with a line of salt , thanks .
10 So from London to King 's Lynn is , they say , a hundred miles and I 'll take their word for it , London to Ipswich in fact is seventy miles .
11 I 'll have their boots and socks off ready .
12 I 'll have their blood ! ’ stormed Mahmoud .
13 I 'll have their blood for this ! ’
14 Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines .
15 And , she thought , I 'll kill their babies , I 'll drown them all in the bath .
16 But with him having on this side , because he 's so blooming awkward he 's been pressing the play switch and of course , so the tapes been turning round , have n't bothered to che , so you know , he was sort of saying well well play that tape and I 'll write their names down of the people as they speak , just the first names , you know so there 's loads of
17 Yeah , I could make , I could do their hair and do their clothes and their face and I 'd get about a hundred pounds , more than that .
18 On my hands and knees and with my eyes shut , I could smell their faint scent .
19 However , by keeping myself hidden , I could observe their ‘ normal ’ boisterous behaviour so I decided that ‘ dither fish ’ were needed .
20 Years later I could observe their lives not just as the chance affairs of a family .
21 I could divine their thoughts .
22 I could sense their warmth and desire to please but I did n't know how to respond .
23 I wish I could put their minds at rest .
24 So that , as your specially commissioned public relations consultant , I could use their impact to full effect ?
25 The instructors were all trained in the UK and could not have been more helpful when I asked at very short notice whether I could fly their Archer for £34 .
26 For a moment , I could hear their indistinct voices and the faint sound of , ‘ Manchester City , Manchester City … ’
27 Eventually I walked the night away , twice hiding in the ditch of the old Glencoe road as lagerlout cars — I could hear their maleficent approach down the glen — tyre-screeched past .
28 Little terns fished out at sea ; I could hear their squabblings as I walked across the sand hills .
29 I could hear their croaking and their arguments and they came ever nearer until suddenly out of the mist I saw the grey shadow of a wing and wet spike of a beak .
30 The playing stopped and I could hear their voices , Leon 's and Curtis 's , just the two of them in there .
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