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Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] they [verb] [coord] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	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 !
2	They want him to have injections every month — I do n't know if they help or not — but he says they slow him up and make his legs ache and he ca n't think straight .
3	I do not know if they talked or if they went to bed together on that first night .
4	‘ Enjoyed while they lasted and ended by mutual consent when the time came to move on , usually because both the woman concerned and I knew from the start that it was n't going to be a lifelong affair . ’
5	That 's where they report before they start and that 's where they report after they 're finished . ’
6	I do n't know whether they gone and complained about it
7	I do n't know whether they do or they do n't .
8	‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well .
9	Figures taken from an American survey indicated that ‘ learners retain about 10% of what they read , 20% of what they hear , 30% of what they see , 50% of what they see and hear , 70% of what they say as they talk and 90% of what they say as they do a thing ’ .
10	What would you do if they came and built a hotel on this stretch of coast ?
11	They can do if they want or they can progress onto other rooms to get time back that way , but anyway , ca n't you ? we have er a target to meet on the programme of X percentage time and they will meet that far Wednesday afternoon so we have n't continued and shown
12	The fund managers have said that any investors who have suffered because they bought or sold at incorrect prices will be compensated .
13	Just wait till they bring and get down and to get on down
14	Slaves are fed whether they work or not . ’
15	If these are collected before they sink and are placed in a jar of water in a cool airy place , they will start into growth much sooner , and , by providing much needed surface shade , can do much to combat the algal growth that is invariably experienced in early spring .
16	She stirred as they entered and gave a creaking groan as she began to waken .
17	This is usually easier said than done as they rust and are difficult to find .
18	Even so , she had meekly done as they wished and taken on a responsibility that was clearly a bit of a burden .
19	The advantage of the service , Mr Lickiss points out , is that the subscribers can choose when they want or have the time to study .
20	You curse when they fail and when you bring what you feel is the perfect bloom against others you still fail
21	Areas are subtracted or added as they leave or come into view .
22	Councillors were jeered and heckled as they emerged and the mayor was given the Nazi salute as he drove off .
23	Everyone will order me around and I will just have to smile and do as they say or they will not look after me when I am an old woman .
24	‘ That young man will advance far , ’ Cranston murmured as they dismounted and knocked on the door .
25	‘ We 'll have to see if they live or die , ’ I said .
26	In answer to Tamar 's claims that she had no clothes suitable for a visit to the capital , Stephen persuaded her to wait until they arrived and then she would be able to buy something .
27	Perhaps a point was never reached where no more could get in , but they would be pushed and crushed until they died or the sides of the car burst with the pressure of them .
28	Burun reined in and sat waiting while they circled and closed in .
29	They are asked to visit one of the 17 windfarms operating in England and Wales and assess whether they enhance or disturb the beauty of the countryside .
30	They stripped these books down to their narrative skeletons , then scattered a string of incidents on to the screen without caring whether they moved or excited the audience .