Example sentences of "you [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are unlikely to offend the teenage punter , but you may disturb their parents . |
| 2 | You may prefer their texture or you may need extended periods of wet paint , in which case Blockx colours are very useful . |
| 3 | You may prefer their texture or you may need extended periods of wet paint , in which case Blockx colours are very useful . |
| 4 | ‘ You must try their special , Charles , it 's from a private brewery . ’ |
| 5 | They usually deal with the situation in one of two ways — they patronise you and try to take control on the assumption that you must need their guidance to do a decent job ; or they undermine you by making obscene remarks and deliberately causing problems . |
| 6 | Spermicides can cause an inflammation in some people and you should avoid their use if you do experience a reaction . |
| 7 | You should see their eyes . ’ |
| 8 | At all times you should respect their right to confidentiality . ’ |
| 9 | If you understand how such models work using proportions , you should find their use with other measures reasonably straightforward . |
| 10 | Should you want to do some withy and teasel research for yourself , you might visit their willow and wetland centre in Stoke St Gregory where they grow 50 acres of willow and harvest it every winter , when the plants are dormant and the rods measure 8 feet . |
| 11 | You might learn their habits and not be able to change . ’ |
| 12 | All naturalise perfectly well , though if you do n't like accidentally digging up bulbs , and are really keen about weeding , you might find their presence a nuisance . |
| 13 | Member companies use the distinctive HAE arrow reproduced on this page , and you 'll find their telephone number listed in Yellow Pages ( or contact the number at the end of this feature for more details ) . |
| 14 | And so , it goes beyond the actual molecular stage if you can have this compound in crystallised form , as you can most though you might have to reduce the temperature or whatever , but then all is gone gone crystalline eventually you 'll find their crystals are also mirror images and what he actually did , he painstakingly picked out crystals which were of one particular shape as opposed to the other , he actually separated all the crystals physically by using tweezers and then found that they ha , you know , the two had a different affect on plane polarised light . |
| 15 | the Russians — you 'd expect their nuclear power stations to go wrong . |
| 16 | Yes , I would think that if a person had a normal personality , if the interaction between the in institution and the personality was normal , you 'd expect their interaction with other people to be normal . |
| 17 | But I ca n't tell you what it felt like , first of all having cancer , secondly trying to talk about it , and being continually asked , ‘ Well , how are you Jo ? ’ and you 'd see their eyes glaze over and they 'd think , ‘ Christ , I hope she 's not going to tell me ! ’ |
| 18 | You could go and buy their clothes or help them choose , you 'd know their size , their style , everything about them . |
| 19 | ‘ Magnificence , you could attract their attention . ’ |
| 20 | Guards were either abruptly mistrustful or effusively friendly when they discovered that you could speak their language . |
| 21 | Or you could put a little gunnysack full of food on a big boom , and you could control their speed by the way you would swing it . ’ |
| 22 | If you know someone who has just passed a very difficult music exam , for instance , you could celebrate their victory by decorating some of their exam piece with a few pressed flowers before framing it and giving it . |
| 23 | You could say their success was based on the ‘ throw-up factor ’ . |
| 24 | Others recall the plague of rats ( ‘ They tore away the bottoms from the boys ’ trousers and at night you could hear their squeaking very clearly' ) and the epidemic of scabies . |
| 25 | And dispensers full of candles , to be set when lit into iron trolleys — so many that even on a relatively deserted day when I was there , you could hear their crepitation . |
| 26 | Some wore only frilly drawers and black camisoles so you could see their bare thighs on which they wore fancy garters and suspenders . |
| 27 | ‘ But from where I was you could see their legs . ’ |
| 28 | You could see their ankles . |
| 29 | How it proved people had to be saved financially before you could save their souls . |
| 30 | You could take their word for it and leave it at that . |