Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teesside magistrates heard they put a terrier with an electronic collar down a badger hole . |
| 2 | This can be expressed by people saying that they feel they want a child for their fulfilment as human beings . |
| 3 | She writes , ‘ If anyone is visiting the South West and feel they need a knitting ‘ fix ’ , they would be very welcome to visit us . ’ |
| 4 | I know that some parents might become tense while waiting to see their children , and they feel they need a cigarette to calm their nerves . |
| 5 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
| 6 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
| 7 | He feels they need a prod . ’ |
| 8 | Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ? |
| 9 | ‘ Not once did they finish a job properly . |
| 10 | Did they make a mistake by their decision to oppose changes ? |
| 11 | ‘ My parents , when visiting to see the newborn , were always very careful to ignore , almost , the new baby and fuss the older one just as she was used to , and only after she had gone to sleep did they make a fuss of the new baby . |
| 12 | Tell me did you have a nice day at school , did they make a fuss of you ? ’ |
| 13 | Now , the wee pink tablets , did , when you started them , did they make a difference ? |
| 14 | Did they represent a time when women gathered apart from men , experiencing their own primal potency , and sharing their own secrets with one another and with the pubescent girls ? |
| 15 | ‘ Did they give a reason ? ’ |
| 16 | And did they do any Did they do a trade comparable to the Cooperative ? |
| 17 | Did they want a flower container ? |
| 18 | ‘ Did they want a boy do you think ? ’ |
| 19 | How did they draw a face ? |
| 20 | Why did they need a boat-house ? |
| 21 | Were they did they need a lot of attention ? |
| 22 | Where did they get a name like that ? |
| 23 | Not only did they get a promise from the secretary of the men 's union that they would be paid full wages by the union if they came out on strike ( unusual , if not unprecedented for non-members ) but the agreement subsequently signed with Neill 's management included some improvements in their piece rates . |
| 24 | ‘ Did they get a number ? ’ |
| 25 | How did you know they were in the street , did they have a call ? |
| 26 | Yes , yes , did they have a kind of marbled |
| 27 | Presently she said , ‘ Then why did they have a row ? ’ |
| 28 | The , did they have a piece and you cut off the bottom ? |
| 29 | ‘ Did they have a lot about the thing this afternoon ? ’ |
| 30 | Did they have a lot ? |