Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , Raymond spends his days trying to understand psychotic murderers ( ‘ they 're all bores because they see the rest of the world as flat , and extension of themselves ’ ) , serial killers ( ‘ invariably gifted men ’ ) and the police , for whom he has a particular sympathy . |
| 2 | Bob Shepton says that they sailed the atlantic and have been up to greenland so this was what was left to do … |
| 3 | He says that they considered the proposals contained too many uncertanties . |
| 4 | She says that they want the blossom , not stalks and leaves . |
| 5 | He says that they need the cafes because they 're cheap , but they 're not a safety hazard . |
| 6 | Chairperson at tonight 's meeting , Councillor Maureen Christian , says although they understand the needs of students , they ca n't ignore the views of local residents . |
| 7 | That way , if the worst happens an' they fire the house an' make a run fer it , we 'll drive most of 'em back towards the highway , where we 'll have a reception committee waitin' to meet ‘ em ! |
| 8 | The electrons must be multiplied in a cascade of closely space plate electrodes before they hit the phosphor , to give a bright enough display . |
| 9 | He reckons when they open the gates , the basin will be full of 'em . ’ |
| 10 | One element of the business community alleges that they need the right to pretend someone 's making an offer when no one actually is ’ . |
| 11 | This knowledge is also recursive , in that the competent policeman or woman needs to know which criminals have a common-sense knowledge about the activities and deployment of the police , which requires that they have the additional common sense to confound the criminal 's working knowledge of the police . |
| 12 | The UN maintains that the SWAPO units had no ’ aggressive intent ’ but it concedes that they broke the agreements by moving south out of Angola . |
| 13 | The tension rises as they sense the difference . |
| 14 | MIDDLESBROUGH suffered a major blow to their promotion hopes when they spurned the chance to climb into third place . |
| 15 | From this it follows that they satisfy the exclusion principle . |
| 16 | A cursory glance at some laws that might be regarded as typical components of scientific theories indicates that they satisfy the falsifiability criterion . |
| 17 | This means that they saw the death of Jesus as part of God 's plan . |
| 18 | Perhaps he just means that they like the sound of my voice ? |
| 19 | Individual traders can no longer be certain of the value of the exchange rate in the near future : this means that they face the risk that it will change in the time.between entering into a contract and the settling of the final account , involving one of the parties to the trade in a loss . |
| 20 | The contention that the human species can experience the sensations and instinctive urgings of all others put together , automatically implies that they carry the leanings towards the communal living such as is evident in the colonies set up by , for example , the social insects . |
| 21 | Apparently Hanna Brunner has offered to come forward and give evidence in court about your behaviour to your fellow artistes , and Hans has said he is making it plain to all the other agents that none of his clients will be allowed to sing in Hochhauser and he recommends that they do the same . ’ |
| 22 | But for some it only lasts until they reach the office — 31% felt that their work was not taken care of properly while they were away . |
| 23 | In Britain newborn babies are identified with name tags before they leave the delivery room . |
| 24 | On this floor was located a braked sheave wheel and loaded mine trams were controlled by this means as they descended the Middle Level Incline ( still a conspicuous feature at Paddy End ) to the reception floor below . |
| 25 | MARK TAYLOR made a spectacular debut as Australian captain yesterday , snapping up four slip catches as they beat the West Indies by 14 runs in a rain-affected World Series match at Sydney . |
| 26 | These figures , emanating from the Council of Mortgage Lenders , are challenged by Janet Ford who claims that they underestimate the number of people in arrears because they rely upon cross-sectional data , drawn from the experience of only the largest mortgage lenders . |
| 27 | The fact that other parties respond at just these code switch points suggests that they represent the boundaries of salient categories within the talk — or putting it another way , that they represent the participants ' perceptions of the relevant sections of talk which require or permit a response — even where these boundaries do not correspond with any syntactic boundary . |
| 28 | All bream , mature bream that is , will devour a small fish as and when the opportunity arises and they have the inclination to do so . |
| 29 | No one knows whether they discovered the technique for themselves , or learnt it from others . |
| 30 | Some people find that the trouble begins when they have the builders in and the house undergoes some kind of dramatic redesigning . |