Example sentences of "and they [vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll think it 's gon na be easy , and they 'll want to get it done . |
| 2 | They know that and they 'll try to prevent it — but we must pre-empt their every move . |
| 3 | We 're sticking to our original plan , and they 'll have to accept it , although I sometimes think that , if we knew we were about to die , I 'd rather post Oliver through the nearest letter-box and just let him take pot luck . |
| 4 | But I think we 'll update not so much is over public authorities would probably take your advice , but I 'm thinking of people who are not public authorities who might in a way suffer , that your advice may cause them some expense , and they might choose to delay it , and well I am guilty we ca n't afford to do that this year , so it never gets done . |
| 5 | Now they could then say well that particular group of people , if they looked at this evidence that I 've got , would want to say this about it and they would want to change it in such and such a way , and there 's another group of people who perhaps have rather different views on what history might be doing and they would view the evidence and argue about it in this way . |
| 6 | Once Sheila was securely set towards the civil service as well , as if out of weakness or guilt Moran began courting her with vague , tentative offers ; if she were desperate to go to university they could still look into ways of how it could be managed and they would try to manage it somehow no matter how hard it was . |
| 7 | She says the ferret is a hunter , and they will want to ban it next . |
| 8 | And they used to have to put it like that on these er pins all the way down . |