Example sentences of "[to-vb] they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The changes were contreversial then , and many many people would still like to see them reversed now . |
| 2 | When they worked in their home town , the audience would queue round the block to see them perform twice nightly . |
| 3 | At the Mas Rose she hoped every day to see them riding down the white stony hillside track . |
| 4 | Still , it was great to see them go back into the wild when they were old enough . ’ |
| 5 | If he does n't , we 'll do it for him , so I like to see them trying out grass for themselves . |
| 6 | There are people who are genuinely trying to make money for themselves and their families at car boot sales , so I think , you know , I do n't , I would n't like to see them stamped on altogether . |
| 7 | She was gratified to see them jump apart , eyes popping . |
| 8 | The banks are businesses too and we do not want to see them closed down . ’ |
| 9 | Francis added : ‘ I 'm all in favour of lots of goals , but I like to see them created properly rather than artificially . |
| 10 | It seemed a pity to see them going out of business . ’ |
| 11 | Harvey would like to see them bound more closely into the decision making process . |
| 12 | He has sat and matched the former world amateur champions shoot up the rankings and said : ‘ I 'm glad to see them doing so well but it 's annoying when you know you are as good as them but are not able to do anything about it . |
| 13 | The drives we put on against New Zealand were things that we had worked on and it was very satisfying to see them coming off , not just for the forwards but for the backs as well . |
| 14 | He disliked occidental empires and wished to see them ended as soon as practicable . |
| 15 | Now what sort of pay formula would you like to see them come up with ? |
| 16 | The critical inability to see them comes partly from mere ideological reluctance ; partly , though , from unfamiliarity with the basic structural mode of The Lord of the Rings , the ancient and pre-novelistic device of entrelacement . |
| 17 | ‘ to see them crawling there , little animals . |
| 18 | They went back to the Franz Joseph together — she liked everyone to see them walking off together when the performance was over . |
| 19 | I do n't want to miss them growing up . ’ |
| 20 | Note the sluice in the end gate , which was fitted after completion to flood the space between the gates to enable them to lift more easily . |
| 21 | Power to enter private premises at all reasonable hours , on production of a duly authorised document , if requested , is given to environmental health officers to enable them to carry out their duties under the Acts , and any person who wilfully obstructs an officer in the execution of his duty shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £50 . |
| 22 | They should also press for the training necessary to enable them to carry out their duties of securing provision for individual pupils and working to ensure that special education is esteemed as highly as any other form of education within a system in which schools will have greater control over resources and the setting of priorities for their use . |
| 23 | What procedures have the authority established to enable them to carry out their curricular responsibilities under Section 23 of the Education Act ( 1944 ) ? |
| 24 | Q. What procedures have the Authority established to enable them to carry out their curricular responsibilities under Section 23 of the Education Act 1944 ? |
| 25 | There has also been a growing recognition that MPs need help to enable them to carry out their duties effectively . |
| 26 | There will always be an element of the old school that insists that proper cooking must be done using traditional methods , but increasingly , chefs , catering managers and kitchen staff in general are putting their trust in 1990s ' technology to enable them to carry out their work . |
| 27 | Here , here , I second that on H on page thirty one very important one , the county council welcomes the recognition by the joint working party of the importance of meaningful support services to the elected members and the recomme recommendation that the Secretary of State should review and clarify the powers of local authorities to meet costs of services provided to members to enable them to carry out their duties as councillors Now the erm members appointments , appointments of member services sub have been discussing this issue and I would like to point out to members that we are not claiming the amount allowable for the paying members allowances we erm we 're way below the limit that 's allowable by the government Now before anyone say well what have you done about it ? |
| 28 | Trim flower stems to a similar length and bash the ends with a hammer to enable them to draw up water . |
| 29 | Furthermore , as a result of high levels of unemployment in the 1970s and 1980s ( and possibly also as a result of the capacity of the more affluent to accumulate enough resources to enable them to retire early if they wish ) , the percentage of those in their late fifties and early sixties who regard themselves as permanently retired has increased ( Walker 1980 ; GHS 1986 : 73 ; Johnson 1989 ) . |
| 30 | In effect , the requirement of the last paragraph is a requirement that visitors to museums should be initiated along a path of learning , and should be given enough information ( for example by means of captions , or via supplementary information in , say , the museum guidebook ) to enable them to proceed further , if they so desire , in a reasonably sensible and efficient way . |