Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their clothes were locked away so they had to remain in the dormitory . |
| 2 | He had raised his glass civilly enough in recognition of Vernon 's presence whenever their eyes had met across the floral displays , and he had always been very effusive if they chanced to meet in the queue for the cloakroom or on the pavement outside the State Restaurant , but he had held his distance in mixed company , had never introduced him , for instance , to Mrs Harcourt . |
| 3 | Are the Government prepared to put up money to assist local authorities if they decide to prosecute in the interests of what they believe ought to be the law , and in fact is the law ? |
| 4 | These will prove especially useful if they refuse to stay in the shade between the hours of 11am and 2pm , when the sun is at its hottest . |
| 5 | And they had been asked if they wanted to stay in the fort , since more soldiers had now been put into it , but they thought , since they could n't fight , they would rather go and hide with their people . |
| 6 | Both sides need the points if they want to finish in the top two . ’ |
| 7 | If they have to stay in the trench long enough for new roots to develop , they are not so likely to be damaged if you lift them from loose , friable soil . |
| 8 | This is not because they wish to act in the public interest as exemplified in the values of their political masters , but rather because they wish to succeed in their careers and the way to do so is to appear efficient . |
| 9 | Friction effects in an electro-mechanical system are generally undesirable , since they lead to wear in the moving parts , and are variable , because they are a function of this wear . |
| 10 | Surely it is up to boards of directors , executives and investment managers to decide whether they wish to invest in the short or long term . |
| 11 | In the present case the Crown Prosecution Service were informed of the order made by Buckley J. including paragraph 33 and were asked whether they wished to intervene in the hearing before the Court of Appeal or otherwise make representations in the appeal . |
| 12 | The children 's clothes are clean before they go to play in the street . |
| 13 | Which would have been very attractive , unobtrusive and none of us would have been against it , and when they came to put in the application to convert it , making it a meter wider and turn that into an extra bedroom or whatever was , we said that there was no parking , and we said what would happen and East Devon went ahead and approved that , and exactly in everything we 've said which was recorded in this council |
| 14 | Old acquaintances would cut them dead when they chanced to meet in the Covered Market . |
| 15 | We retired to our chamber , made ourselves as comfortable as our bleak quarters would allow , and later joined the rest of the household when they gathered to dine in the small hall . |
| 16 | It was also common for groups of people , organized into trade guilds ( collegia ) to make corporate offerings , as they continued to do in the Middle Ages . |
| 17 | Leek Town 1 Southport 0 : The Sandgrounders ' 20 match unbeaten run came to an end as they failed to score in the HFS League for the first time this season . |
| 18 | She forced it up and down , just as they seemed to do in the movies . |
| 19 | However , paper labels should not be used for those sections destined for use in cathodoluminescence and scanning electron microscopes or microprobe , as they tend to char in the beam and may interfere with conductive coatings . |