Example sentences of "[vb base] they [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Pity they come from Manchester , that 's a real f—ing albatross now , is n't it ? |
2 | Pity they went astray in the middle . |
3 | 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 ! |
4 | ‘ Pity they do n't spend their time catching criminals , ’ observed the Commander , ‘ instead of wasting their time harassing respectable citizens . ’ |
5 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
6 | 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 |
7 | Pity they did n't do other stuff besides |
8 | Pity they did n't postcard ones were n't it , so they gave it . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 ’ . |
12 | Summat gel they call it do n't it June ? |
13 | 12–7– They dealt with " Mary Trotter who before joining the Free Church has been guilty of antenuptial fornication and that while a communicant . " |
14 | Heaven send they had not given up on her ! |
15 | And then I amd they said I think that one is worth something |
16 | report they make on the |
17 | If you look at the way they report they remember what their family environment was like , what their home environment was like as as kids erm you find that they generally have much less positive recollections than people who were n't abused as children . |
18 | Student welfare officers became concerned about the intensity of Life at oxford University , and in todays report they urge immediate action . |
19 | JUNE 9 : Two months AFTER the deal has been completed , BRDC 's financial advisers , Rawlinson and Hunter , report they consider it a ‘ high risk ’ investment . |
20 | Rough guesses suggest they number round 300,000 and all predictions are that their numbers will increase . |
21 | They call themselves Rektum , and all signs suggest they enjoyed what you might call a safe passage . |
22 | I suggest they tire out their bodies as well as their brains by doing more physical work . |
23 | The Manzi brothers , pictured here , are unafraid of clothes that suggest they need ironing . |
24 | If all this leads the controlling group to scream for more money from the Government , and it will inevitably , I suggest they start using the money they have more sensibly and not waste it on their more extravagant schemes . |
25 | The geologists suggest they coalesced and collided with the coast about 55 million years ago , adding large parts of the San Francisco Bay region to the landscape . |
26 | Course manager Jack Bennett said : ‘ The going could be described as choppy , and if anyone wants to know the prospects I suggest they contact the coastguard ! ’ |
27 | But in case other soaps feel dull in comparison we suggest they do some rapid recruiting . |
28 | They 're told that the amount of medicine they take us under their control and I usually suggest they experiment after two or three days with either increasing the amount of the dose e.g. two squirts instead of one or taking the remedy twice a day . |
29 | The Tories acknowledge they have a fight on their hands against Nigel Jones for the Liberal Democrats . |
30 | Fortunately for Gower 's tour , India quickly returned to calm after Mrs Gandhi 's death and while a nerve-frazzled team lost the Bombay Test they overcome adversity to win the series 2-1 . |