Example sentences of "[vb base] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hear they do n't like failure . |
| 2 | ‘ I hear they 've poured oil on the sea and set it alight ’ said a shore boy . |
| 3 | ‘ I hear they 've got a camera in the stumps ’ |
| 4 | The Beach-heads hear they 've been cursed by a Swells SOTW |
| 5 | ‘ I hear they 've got a problem to worry at there , but details I do n't know . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I hear they have very cheap packages to the Gambia in January . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Now we hear they police . |
| 8 | This can be expressed by people saying that they feel they want a child for their fulfilment as human beings . |
| 9 | When they have moved forwards as far as they feel they want to go they then leave one of the bottles , place both their hands on the other and have to get back without touching the the floor with any part of their body . |
| 10 | Er and but others just feel they want to do it that way , other companies . |
| 11 | If pupils feel they want to smoke there they 'll have to stick to the bikesheds . |
| 12 | Just write it on a memo form Paul and send it round with a circulation slip , and those who feel they want to get involved put their name down , probably the quickest way of doing it . |
| 13 | It 's a very small minority of people who just feel they want to inflict their political will upon others . |
| 14 | With the greater prevalence of cohabitation as a prelude to marriage , many couples feel they make their public commitment to each other when they set up house together and sign the joint mortgage form . |
| 15 | Even in the best run schools there are times when children , staff , parents and neighbours do n't receive the quality of service that they feel they deserve . |
| 16 | They may bear grievances about the fact that they are locked up in prison , perhaps for longer than they feel they deserve or for longer than other offenders whom they regard as comparable . |
| 17 | ‘ I am committed to these elderly people and I feel they deserve more than this . |
| 18 | Mr Harper said : ‘ I am committed to these elderly people and I feel they deserve more than this . |
| 19 | However , when used in poorer conditions , particularly thawing ice , some climbers feel they tend to cut down through the ice and give poor support . |
| 20 | How do you think they feel they live in a place |
| 21 | Who is my neighbour ? becomes a difficult question to answer for people who feel they know the characters in Dallas better than the folk on the floor beneath them in the multi-storey . |
| 22 | Children after the age of 2 are often so keen to prove their own independence and ability that they feel they know much better than their parents and so argue or ignore parents ' normal requests . |
| 23 | They often feel they know it all and tend to give the impression that they are ‘ experts ’ on blacks . |
| 24 | Then there is the increasing problem of Spanish students who feel they know some English and decide to teach it . |
| 25 | They 've played here so often in the past they feel they know the place intimately . |
| 26 | ‘ Can you guess … ? ’ can be used to help those who are stuck but feel they understand where they are going . |
| 27 | One of the reasons why they 're having such a hard time with trying to privatise the Health Service is because the British public actually feel they own it , they feel a part of it , they feel it 's theirs , they know where the hospitals are , they know they can get treatment and they do n't abuse it . |
| 28 | Some couples feel they enjoy intercourse more after abstaining during the fertile time . |
| 29 | The National Rivers Authority in Wales has called for a ban on conifer plantations in sensitive areas , but Nicholas Luard and the Bara Ceirch group feel they need to act more quickly to save the river . |
| 30 | Lineker 's double at Meadow Lane brought Spurs one of the two victories they feel they need to avoid the relegation fate that now seems inevitable for Notts County . |