Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1980s , there has been a marked decline in the proportion of secondary students who gain the Sudan School Certificate which enables them to go on to higher education or enter the civil service . |
| 2 | ‘ Still want them to go home in one hour ? ’ |
| 3 | And if they come out with that line : ‘ Oh but mum , everyone else 's mum lets them stay out until three in the morning/hitch a lift home from Glastonbury/take the short cut across the meadow at night/ride a bike without wearing an orange band … ’ then find out what other parents really think . |
| 4 | It will be mainly concerned with pensions , education and health care , because there are well-developed private and occupational services in all three areas and because state services in them make up about three-quarters of state welfare spending . |
| 5 | Just the two of them hanging on in that decaying old house , ’ Schellenberg said . |
| 6 | ‘ But it does n't seem right for them to drive about like that , ’ said Sister Dew . |
| 7 | Gooch , manager Keith Fletcher and England chairman Ted Dexter all praised the Whittingdale sponsorship which has allowed them to gather together for two days in each of the last six weeks . |
| 8 | And most of them moved down to Green as soon as it was built . |
| 9 | The easiest way I have found to assess the strength of this group of goals is to give individuals a single sheet of paper and to ask them to write down in five minutes what they hope to achieve in the next five years . |
| 10 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 11 | This was the essence of the problem : the press could only be managed by someone who knew their methods and who would not expect them to come round to Central Office to search for news . |
| 12 | I know I should n't really cos I should n't expect them to come back at all , but it annoys me when |
| 13 | My educational colleagues are a hard-bitten lot and I had not expected them to come out as complete ‘ quality ’ converts . |
| 14 | If you are encouraging them all the time to consider propositions or arguments and then what evidence has been marshalled in support and the like , then you want them to come out like that … . |
| 15 | In addition , there may be too few children in each age group for them to benefit fully from some of the recommended classroom activities . |
| 16 | They are generally thicker and harder-fired than wall tiles , to enable them to stand up to heavy wear without cracking . |
| 17 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up with more self-esteem and confidence than those who are allowed to get away with behaving in any way they like . |
| 18 | This morning I observed all of them returning home in single file after their dawn patrol around the valley and as usual mother was leading the way with father in the middle keeping the unruly youngsters in hand . |
| 19 | It visited chiefs , and worked through them to find out about local resources , tools , apprenticeship patterns and market locations . |
| 20 | They asked you to cut worms in half , watch them wriggling off in two halves , made you draw blood with a compass , and watch it oozing out . |
| 21 | Some firms ' behaviour suggests that it did , but not simply by making them invest more in Japanese factories . |
| 22 | Hence the mansi remained absi , in the sense of not having a dwelling on them , since those who worked them came out from existing farms and it was from those that dues were paid . |
| 23 | The independent directors are satisfied that the thoroughness and quality of information provided to them by management enables them to participate fully in all key policy , development and management issues . |
| 24 | The colour microfiche is accompanied by a catalogue detailing each image and statements by all the artists , many of them written specifically for this publication . |
| 25 | ‘ We see them communicating easily with one another , trying to communicate with us , solving problems , reasoning enjoying a joke . ’ |
| 26 | A total of 9.4 per cent , equivalent to 33,000 miles , were destroyed during the period 1984-90 , some of them dating back to Anglo-Saxon times . |
| 27 | Three participants said that the exercise had encouraged them to consult more with all of the above . |
| 28 | Contestants who have finished relax with a drink or cheer on those struggling up the last stretch , some of them grasping frantically at disintegrating bales of straw . |
| 29 | It fell to the diminutive and very tired Mr Havel to declare that a message had gone from the Forum to Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev , urging them to look closely at 1968 and the invasion when they meet next month . |
| 30 | Rehearsing the likely interview with a friend and asking them to look out for these points can help . |