Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 2 | They may cost you a couple of hundred quid , but they look as if your grandmother may have knitted them from one of her own patterns . |
| 3 | So , of course , we were getting a little bit panicky cos what 's worrying me , and it still worries me again we 've put all this time and effort in they may pay us alright , we 've got this twenty , they may pay us a second payment , but are they gon na pay up on the third ? |
| 4 | So , of course , we were getting a little bit panicky cos what 's worrying me , and it still worries me again we 've put all this time and effort in they may pay us alright , we 've got this twenty , they may pay us a second payment , but are they gon na pay up on the third ? |
| 5 | Their responses included : They may expect it of us . |
| 6 | If they are wrong , then we are without guidance and they may leave us , which would be catastrophic . |
| 7 | So brace yourself for events which may seem puzzling at times , but which will eventually straighten themselves out , although they may leave you in an exhausted state . |
| 8 | But if the other party does n't use this level of response themselves , they may regard you as insincere or phoney . |
| 9 | whatever and maybe if it 's a good correspondence course they may refer you to the actual you know things you should have er read and so on |
| 10 | They may envy us our power and dependency , which , despite appearing to be contradictory qualities , are not . |
| 11 | My whole being snags and crackles with broken glass , but that 's all right , because although they may smell me , nobody sees me and nobody knows me . |
| 12 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 13 | Let's just consider the political problem though you have still got a problem selling it to a lot of MP s , if they 're listening to this interview and they are concluding , maybe rightly , maybe wrongly , that actually things are n't changing very much , and they may think they 've been sold a pup with these amendments , indeed I hear that some of them have had to be bought off , well , is it true that one of them was sent off to Peru on an on an election er supervision mission in order that he might not be around when the bill came up . |
| 14 | On the one hand , they may think it unfair if we dismiss Chrissie and retain Fred . |
| 15 | They may think it 's just because it contains a reference to the Khedive 's family . ’ |
| 16 | Candidates should send to the undersigned ten copies ( one from overseas ) of their applications and of any statement that they may think it desirable to submit , and should name three referees . |
| 17 | They may want you to help to sort out the personal belongings of the dead partner , which is always a painful job . |
| 18 | Many children do n't look forward to a visit to the doctor 's — not surprising , as they may associate it with illness or injections . |
| 19 | Your employer has no legal or even moral obligation to house you , although they may advise you on what is available locally in the public and private sector . |
| 20 | For the ‘ motions of the mind ’ , our desires and aversions , and what they may lead us to do , are not theoretical constructs known only by ‘ ratiocination ’ , and introduced as an intermediary stage in the reduction of political to natural philosophy . |
| 21 | The range of political institutions and objectives is well discussed , although one could have wished for more emphasis to be placed on European Community matters and where they may lead us . |
| 22 | At least they may tell me so . |
| 23 | ‘ When you expect a deal to happen they may tell you there has been a last minute problem and the people either providing the funds or the guarantee either require a non-performance bond to be put up or require some kind of payment up front to prove you really mean business . |
| 24 | But I 'm afraid they may accuse me of lying . ’ |
| 25 | Parents may hold their babies close and convey love for and admiration of their bodies , or they may hold them away and register distaste , even disgust , for some of their bodily functions . |
| 26 | They may offer you advice . |
| 27 | They may offer you money . |
| 28 | He warned : ‘ Once somebody gets hooked on this sort of thing they may step it up . |
| 29 | However , they do not give doctors legal justification for a particular course of action but they may give them greater moral authority ’ . |
| 30 | To them you are just a very large creature who for some unknown reason feeds them , and for that , and that alone , they may give you a grudging sort of respect , if owls have any idea what respect is . |