Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dangerous species is defined as ‘ a species ( a ) which is not commonly domesticated in the British Islands and ( b ) whose fully grown animals normally have such characteristics that they are likely , unless restrained , to cause severe damage or that any damage they may cause is likely to be severe . ’ |
| 2 | They may write is for his , or Inglish for English , because that 's the way it sounds when people say it . |
| 3 | Students are often left to muddle along ; the help they may need is not forthcoming , even in tutorials . |
| 4 | The idea of what they ought to do is more subtle and will come to them only if they love and trust their parents enough to want to be like them . |
| 5 | What they must do is relearn to choose and commit themselves to the consequences of their choice . |
| 6 | Director of Studies : ‘ The load they should accept is 5 hours minimum per subject — in some 10 hours . |
| 7 | From a teacher 's point of view , one of the main things they should gain is a development in specific skills connected with finding and using information . |
| 8 | One key fact they should remember is that outside the United States , by far the largest amount of their prize money comes from events organised and funded by national associations which , in turn , are part of the ITF . |
| 9 | DESPITE Oberon 's joyful pact with Titania , ask any dance enthusiast to name a ballet based on a Shakespeare play and the chances are the one they 'll mention is Romeo and Juliet . |
| 10 | Now what they 'll do is they 'll have a look and then decide what to do . |
| 11 | Now , what the potential migrant will do , Harrison Todaro assumed , was to say , right what they 'll do is that they 'll , these migrants will mentally calculate the present value of receiving W A throughout their lifetime , right , and they 'll discount erm those wages by appropriate discount rate , reflecting the fact that a hundred pounds today is worth a lot more than a hundred pounds twenty years ' time or thirty years ' time . |
| 12 | I 've thought about next thing they 'll do is holograms next . |
| 13 | All they 'll do is put a local transfer erm , thing in . |
| 14 | But if it does n't hold , at the very end what they 'll do is break in on it ‘ and now the special report from Dan Rather in Baghdad , and then you see Dan Rather and when he 's done there 's a commercial and then it goes back to whatever they were doing on tape . |
| 15 | ‘ One thing they 'll think is really weird . |
| 16 | And they 'll say is it our , are our output rates sensible . |
| 17 | ‘ All they 'll know is that I am escorting a companion who is totally irresistible , and they 'll fall for you as I have . ’ |
| 18 | eventually it 'll get more and more computer wise , its the same in the motor trade or any trade it all , if the machine goes wrong all they 'll have is a pack , just pull the pack out , put a new pack in and put it back |
| 19 | Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills . |
| 20 | He says that the most they 'll get is 5 pence in the pound . |
| 21 | That 's all they 'll get is n't it ? |
| 22 | He also believes that despite the crowd 's impatience with what they might think is play-acting , 95pc of players who get treatment on the field really do need it . |
| 23 | One thought they might ponder is to consult the supporters through programmes and fanzines about whether their teams should affect the latest Viscosuisse fabrics cut along more ample lines ( thus disguising the ample Paul Gascoigne ? ) . |
| 24 | But at the same time the number of available children with whom they might reside is much reduced by comparison , say , with the mid-nineteenth century , because of the reduction in the birth rate . |
| 25 | The risk of losing what little bust they might have is enough to discourage many an overweight lady from commencing to diet , so this diet must therefore be good news for them . |
| 26 | They have no ‘ implication of utterance ’ : whatever meaning potential they might have is remote from any realization , since the contexts which would provide the occasion for their use are of unlikely occurrence . |
| 27 | Mrs Hill says she 's trying to arrange a meeting with the foreign office , she says the least they could do is apologise . |
| 28 | Whether this pattern of usage of solicitors is evidence of a restricted perception of the sorts of matters with which solicitors deal or of a failure of people to approach solicitors knowing that they could help is unclear . |
| 29 | And suppose I did get through all they 'd say is it 's nothing to do with them they were n't even in the Company at that time — and how many of them were ? ’ |
| 30 | And what they used to do is they say coat it with silver , they might coat it with copper first . |