Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colwyn , who requested the match to be brought forward a week to avoid clashing with this weekend 's important game between Glamorgan and Durham at their Rhos on Sea ground , must have wished they had n't bothered . |
| 2 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 3 | And if so why should it be supposed they had adventured into the forest rather than eastward towards the corn lands and the nearer towns , and the coast ? |
| 4 | The Gloucester coach Keith Richardson says that the week may have turned around the team 's season … the win over a strong bridgend side was very rewarding and it reflects the old Gloucester dog attitude … when they think there 's competition a match to be won they respond and come through … there 's a big league game against Northampton coming up on saturday and Gloucester need all the inspiration they can get to win |
| 5 | Oh if they 've won they 've done it . |
| 6 | Intended as well to improve the educational chances of children in the deprived inner cities , when first proposed they had the somewhat dubious appearance of being the outcome of a bright idea , one that would kill a variety of birds with the same stone : up with the inner cities ; , down with Local Authorities ; up with privatization ; down with education in the arts . |
| 7 | When she 'd drunk that , Nevil proposed they danced again , and she agreed . |
| 8 | I also proposed they aim for all other dogs ( except known or obvious ‘ nasties ’ ) and people , and to speak encouragingly to Moby as they did so , to keep him relaxed . |
| 9 | It has been suggested that unless females are mated they remain in season for very long periods and lose condition and strength to the point where they die . |
| 10 | They beat they beat him to death . |
| 11 | Pity they come from Manchester , that 's a real f—ing albatross now , is n't it ? |
| 12 | Pity they went astray in the middle . |
| 13 | City have had more than their fair share of great players : Gordon Banks , Peter Shilton , Gary Lineker , Alan Smith , Gary McAllister , Mike Newell — pity they sold 'em all ! |
| 14 | ‘ Pity they do n't spend their time catching criminals , ’ observed the Commander , ‘ instead of wasting their time harassing respectable citizens . ’ |
| 15 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 16 | I think they 've filled it in yeah and they did it quite smooth , pity they did n't do this one as well while they were I did n't quite understand it |
| 17 | Pity they did n't do other stuff besides |
| 18 | Pity they did n't postcard ones were n't it , so they gave it . |
| 19 | I do n't doubt they know very well I 've come to you , and will be on their best behaviour if you call . |
| 20 | Our resorts have been carefully selected for the range of walking , rambling , swimming and boating they offer . |
| 21 | Or others may be asked to participate in lengthy discussions about what information needs they have — if this is RMI where is the computer ? |
| 22 | In order to provide maximum benefit to the company , new products must satisfy the requirements of the corporate plan in terms of the market needs they fulfil and their price/performance ratio . |
| 23 | Included in this force were eighty Aichi D3A1 bombers led by Takashigi Egusa from the Soryu , they were to bomb the aircraft carriers , but as there were no carriers to bomb they bombed the ships dotted about Pearl Harbour . |
| 24 | The two-slit experiment neatly underlines a basic feature of quantum theory , that we only know where things are ( which slit they go through ) if we actually look and see . |
| 25 | Because it took anthropomorphism to the nth degree , Mr Lendrem 's conclusions may be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) When ducks sleep they close their eyes . |
| 26 | The minister Nicholas Breton , for example , noted in 1603 that his parishioners ‘ came to service more for fashion than devotion ’ , while the preacher John Angier of Denton in Lancashire believed that his parishioners came ‘ for no other purpose but to sleep , as if the sabbath were made only to recover that sleep they have lost in the week ’ . |
| 27 | Summat gel they call it do n't it June ? |
| 28 | I 'd go for a night out and I 'd be praying they did n't take off my trousers . |
| 29 | At Tiverton in 1809 they had claimed they had received the same rate for 300 years ! |
| 30 | When benefits have been claimed they have been small compared with the resources employed . |