Example sentences of "so they [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children can learn that food is available only at the table so they may manage a few minutes sitting down to eat and then get up and run around . |
| 2 | OK , so they 'll come a time when I 'm not challenging the world record . |
| 3 | Well first of all I 'd go down Street and up Street West and up to the top of Street and there was some puddling furnaces , the new side iron works and I 'd watch those men they 'd produce wrought iron and during the process the metal boils up and I 'd have to get a big rubbling bar and rubble they 'd call rubble into a ball , there 's a little wagon put underneath the put under the wagon and off he goes to the steam hammer , now I used to be fascinated with this and Saturday after Saturday I used to go up there and watch one of the heats and as soon as they 'd finished doing they used to go into the Forge and Hammer for a drink , I mean it was such hard work so they 'd do a heat go up the Forge and Iron and come back and then do another heat when I 'd |
| 4 | If it 's done a thousand miles , you 'd get nine thousand five hundred and then cos of the mileage they 'd take off a thousand divided by ten , so they 'd take a hundred pounds off that . |
| 5 | She realised they 'd want her to be a double agent , so they 'd have a mole inside American Intelligence . |
| 6 | I felt as though they were picking on me , trying to cause trouble so they 'd have a reason for stopping me home leave . |
| 7 | Give your blokes this number so they can arrange a visit , but I 'll have a quick look while I 'm there . ’ |
| 8 | Spurs are trying to get their Coca Cola League Cup tie with Brentford brought forward two days so they can send a strong team to play a friendly in Rome on September 23 against Paul Gascoigne 's Lazio . |
| 9 | We saved the party in nineteen eighty three , the G M B saved the party in that er , a crisis time th with the formation of the S D P and today the Tory government on its knees , staggering along and we have some people in the leadership of the Party and including , we can name them now , somebody 's written , writte written to all the constituencies , Neil Kinnock , who have given up the ghost of Labour ever winning again , and that 's what 's the base and the root of what 's going on , that 's why they want these proposals going through , they want to separate the trade unions from the Party so they can do a deal with the Liberals because they 've given up . |
| 10 | I 've heard of farmers slipping the lads a few marks to drive through an old fence so they can get a new one free . ’ |
| 11 | Anywhere , just so they can get a good look in . |
| 12 | They need to book some motor violations so they can get a day off in court . |
| 13 | The imperfect monitoring of actions means that it takes time for types to self-screen , so they can enjoy a temporary reputation while this is going on . |
| 14 | " Some people go to work and they 're longing for the job to be finished so they can have a good time . |
| 15 | Well they give you one do n't they in your bloodstream so they can have a deep scan . |
| 16 | Just so they can have a day off or something . |
| 17 | The Graduate : Teesside Polytechnic is calling on all past students to get in touch with Alumni Officer Clare Tanner so they can receive a copy of its new magazine , The Graduate . |
| 18 | They 're waiting for that split second when all the backs are turned so they can slip a jacket or jumper in a bag and walk out of the shop . ’ |
| 19 | Unfortunately , patients are likely to have learned from media coverage that light is somehow involved , so they will have a prejudice against other treatments . |
| 20 | The West Germans objected strongly but it was all smoothed over and so they will have a trio of Internazionale players — Matthaus , Klinsmann and Brehme — starting the World Cup on their home ground while Belgium , who at one stage were being threatened with Sicily , are at least promised the occasional cooling breeze in Verona . |
| 21 | The West Germans objected strongly but it was all smoothed over and so they will have a trio of Internazionale players — Matthaus , Klinsmann and Brehme — starting the World Cup on their home ground while Belgium , who at one stage were being threatened with Sicily , are at least promised the occasional cooling breeze in Verona . |
| 22 | Patrick was born in January but with the hectic promotion battle under way at Prenton Park , Chris and Christina left his baptism until after the soccer season so they could stage a big family party . |
| 23 | we wanted to get people chemical , wanted to get a thing through , so they could make a profit from it . |
| 24 | TWO men decided to stage a burglary at their home so they could sell a hired television and video recorder , a court heard . |
| 25 | Uncle Edgar even dammed a little pool so they could have a dip with their picnics . |
| 26 | The range fire was stoked so they could have a Last Bath . |
| 27 | And I used to go down you used to see all the mams and kids going down the moors here , taking their dad 's tea , down in the fields , so they could have a bit of something and then finish as got dark . |
| 28 | If so they should send a stamped addressed envelope for details to Compassion in World Farming , 20 Lavant St. , Petersfield , Hampshire , UK . |
| 29 | Still , Imaginary have got the ‘ Turtle Soup ’ album so they should make a bit of money out of it . ’ |