Example sentences of "and [vb base] [subord] they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here lies the greatest pleasure of greenhouse gardening , since there is little to equal the satisfaction of raising most of your own plants from seeds and cuttings , watching them grow and develop until they fulfil their potential planted out in the garden . |
| 2 | He ca n't go to Australia and hide because they hammer him there — the press there are very cruel . |
| 3 | McAllister , happily unaware of who made up the party , watched these inhabitants of the world in which she had lived since she was eight years old stare and chatter as they made their way through the doorway , Mr Sands bowing and scraping at them as befitted a poor relation to whom they were doing a favour , the rest of the bazaar 's patrons staring at these strange beings , male and female , as though they were visitors from another planet , perhaps one described by Mr H. G. Wells . |
| 4 | Their faces were filled with horror and fear when they saw me . |
| 5 | He would show them examples of different sorts of pages and wait until they found one they liked . |
| 6 | The air was thick with them , and lumps were beginning to appear on my hands and face as they thrust their needle-like heads into my skin . |
| 7 | They see the crime and the violence and the misery , and they shake and tremble because they think it might happen to them . |
| 8 | Simply write to the people or the business next door and ask if they know your customer 's new address . |
| 9 | If it 's a private job , then it 's only common courtesy to have a word with the owners of the house and ask if they mind you helping yourself to an old door , or whatever . |
| 10 | Amid the banter and foul jibes of the crowd — drunk as all crowds are at a blood-letting — the God-bearer Mary and a few disciples stood numb with horror and dread as they saw their Lord and their champion humiliated , despised and broken . |
| 11 | Try to find from the salvage dealer the police station from which he collected the vehicle and enquire if they know its original number from their files . |
| 12 | So what I was gon na say was , that , that partic , partic er participant observations typically involves actually living with the , the study for a fair amount of time , so erm although they might tell you a pack of lies initially you can actually observe what they 're like , what they do and see whether they fit what they 've said and as time goes on you ha hope to develop some kind of rapport with them so that they might totally understand . |
| 13 | We obviously on top of that want to make sure who lives in the camps and see if they match our descriptions . |
| 14 | Why do n't they have a big old disaster and see if they feature it on the news |
| 15 | Take a look at the examples in the manual and see if they look anything like what you are trying to do . |
| 16 | Can erm one of you look in this week 's Advertiser , and any sort of talks and things that are on this week if they 've got a phone number to contact , give them a buzz and see if they mind us recording it . |