Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way of allocating groups quickly and randomly , ensuring a good mix , is to ask the children to sit in a circle , allowing them to sit where they want , and then counting round the circle , giving each child a number — one to eight , then starting again . |
| 2 | The motorhome will be the lucky winners ' base for the next two weeks , offering them freedom to go where they please to explore New Zealand 's unspoilt areas of breathtaking , natural beauty . |
| 3 | We guarantee nothing — wild birds are free to go where they wish and , though we can give them the best possible conditions , we can never be certain that they will stand in front of a hide ! |
| 4 | And some of the great families had n't been too happy about nomes being able to go where they pleased , without having to ask permission . |
| 5 | Bombs made from plastic lavas tend to remain where they fall , but denser , more solid bombs sometimes bounce off the sides of the scoria cone at a glancing angle , and acquire a rapid spin . |
| 6 | The MG was a seasoned trooper , steadily eating up the distance , and it left her thoughts free to wander where they chose . |
| 7 | In general , this does not apply to local employment , because the newcomers either retain their employment in nearby towns and commute to work or they have come to the countryside to retire . |
| 8 | A great many crocodile tears were shed , for , since Unionists had such an elevated view of the principle of leadership , they were unable to accept that they had just driven their own leader from office . |
| 9 | Whether you agree or disagree with what they do , you have to accept that they 've worked out a very complicated system of values . |
| 10 | I criticise them for refusing to accept that they made a mistake and for refusing to take any action to put matters right , when it was patently obvious that everything was going disastrously wrong . |
| 11 | We can not expect teachers of science , history of geography to accept that they need to know about , say , the nature of language or the multiplicity of its functions , unless we can show how the need for this knowledge derives — by a chain of relevance sufficiently direct to be convincing — from their own search for greater pedagogic effectiveness . |
| 12 | But the shaming should not be of a ‘ stigmatizing ’ nature which will tend to exclude them from being accepted members of the community ; it should be of a kind which serves to reintegrate them within it , by getting them to accept that they have done wrong while encouraging others to readmit them to society . |
| 13 | It 's interesting that gay men on Switchboard found it much easier to accept that they did n't automatically know best for lesbians than white people on Switchboard find it to accept that they might not know best for Black people . |
| 14 | I am happy to accept that they did not know that the payment that they stood entitled to receive was limited by the list size criterion . |
| 15 | though he did not want Lindy to know that they listened until they heard a noise again Then Bill laughed . |
| 16 | She wanted their parents to know that they had had an accident , were safely aboard a Royal Navy ship and would be home soon . ’ |
| 17 | Betty would have been upset to know that they had been talking of the devil . |
| 18 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 19 | Plants need to be nurtured they need to be looked after and they need to be made they need to know that they come out with id with their ideas . |
| 20 | Many people wish to plan their funerals in advance , and to know that they have set aside the money to pay for them : |
| 21 | Responsibility for those who deliver the education service requires people to feel and to know that they have a professional responsibility and can be trusted to discharge that . |
| 22 | Both are happy with the set-up and for people to know that they have come to an arrangement on leading separate lives . |
| 23 | To know that they belong to God is , for many Christians , the crowning joy of their lives . |
| 24 | The councillors all agree that your floral displays and hanging baskets are magnificent and want you to know that they appreciate your efforts . |
| 25 | It is difficult not to infer that they grew to suffer deprivations more impatiently and to believe more strongly that earthly happiness was attainable . |
| 26 | Surely marriage and prostitution are separate and it insults marriage to infer that they thrive on one another ? |
| 27 | They also generally have to establish that they understand some of the unspoken rules relating to public participation : that they do n't embarrass their sponsors by the use of direct tactics or indiscreet communications with the press or unseemly behaviour in committee situations . |
| 28 | Writing appears to demand that they use muscular movements which are not natural to them . |
| 29 | With more nitrogen , less condensed tannin and less enzyme inhibition in the young leaves of Shorea compared with Eugenia , it is not surprising to discover that they suffered more damage . |
| 30 | It had n't taken her long to discover that they had nothing whatsoever in common . |