Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] they [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By about 1000 BC much smaller cattle began to appear and they came to be called the Celtic oxen , their different skull shape giving rise to the term Bos brachyceros or Bos longifrons , though they were not in fact of a separate species but members of the Bos taurus species like other longhorns and shorthorns in temperate regions . |
| 2 | With the tension reaching boiling point , it was finally announced that the French officials had allowed the result to stand and they had to be applauded for a sporting decision . |
| 3 | wh I remember that when I was at home it was a mixed sort of meeting in which some of the people from the village were coming who you did n't really know but they had to be asked |
| 4 | What would happen is that the physiotherapist would actually train the mother to do it , she would show her what exercises need to be done and they have to be done almost constantly , several times a day and whenever there 's a spare moment , so therefore it 's not feasible for it to be done in a hospital is it ? |
| 5 | Like all other words , like the word ‘ jargon ’ itself , the technical terms are changed with use : corrupted , as they are used more and more cavalierly : enriched , as their origins are taken more and more for granted and they begin to be used as metaphors . |
| 6 | They cost about we reckon seventeen to twenty five pounds to buy and they have to be fitted to a door one and three quarter inches thick . |
| 7 | Maturities vary but they tend to be longer than those for conventional stocks ; only three of the 13 stocks outstanding at end-September , 1991 had maturity dates before the end of the century and several still had terms to maturity in excess of 20 years . |
| 8 | Most toddlers experience a severe shaking of the foundations when the next child is born and they cease to be the baby . |
| 9 | They need food , shelter , a space to live and they need to be protected . |
| 10 | Nurses should not pry but they need to be sensitive to any cues which indicate a patient 's desire to discuss anxieties . |
| 11 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ Fashions changed and they went from being very trendy to being very suburban . |
| 12 | The need for flexibility in plan making was stressed ; something more than land use maps were required and they had to be more responsive to the rapid changes then being experienced in the 1960s in terms of economic and social trends , population forecasts and traffic growth . |