Example sentences of "they [verb] the [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Astronomers have long suspected that flares also produce neutrons that reach the Earth 's orbit , but they lacked the instruments needed to detect them . |
| 2 | Yeah , erm , I mean , I think , what you 've , what you 've actually done is identified quite a lot more areas than they , they had four , which which they did in in some detail , and they got the stories classified , erm , what you 've actually thought of , is is far more areas , which I think 's good , erm , and maybe other areas to consider as well . |
| 3 | Erm and once they got the problem resolved , you know , then they became different people . |
| 4 | The following examples , though they lack the reliability demanded by today 's standards of reporting , nevertheless provide some indication of the importance of socialization . |
| 5 | It is particularly noticeable in his discussion of what he regards as ‘ irrational ’ protest movements , such as those associated with witchcraft and satanism , and for our purposes these are of special interest since they highlight the strategy used by the members of the Annales school to explain individual beliefs and actions . |
| 6 | These require more detailed examination in order to determine whether they disprove the hypothesis formulated above . |
| 7 | If Christians wished to be educated , as some always had , and as more and more inevitably did after Constantine , they shared the education received by their non-Christian fellows . |
| 8 | The dominant class in feudal society consisted of the landowners who owned urban land , from which they extracted rents , and non-urban land , from which they usurped the surplus generated by peasants . |
| 9 | They capture the heat produced in electricity generation and distribute it through underground pipes . |
| 10 | Of course there is the ever-present possibility of resistance because of client fears that you are out to chase up more fees ‘ but you have to be open about it and say , yes , there may be fees further down the line but it 's still up to the client whether they want the work done or not , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Lesbians and gays are expressing themselves differently from the way they were before the Clause , but they are still saying as openly and as proudly as ever that they want the boundaries changed . |
| 12 | Police say the vandals ' actions could have had horrific results and they want the culprits caught before they strike again . |
| 13 | They 're being backed by the landowner , but villagers say the area has been ruined , and they want the travellers thrown off . |
| 14 | Villagers are adamant they want the travellers thrown out . |
| 15 | They want the group presented as an equal four-piece , and yet Gedge writes most of the songs , sings them , and is by far the most charismatic member . |
| 16 | ‘ They want the inquiry suspended for twenty-four hours . |
| 17 | After a mile or two which took an hour to cover they found the way blocked by sodden ground . |
| 18 | They used the skills acquired during the social science degree courses many of them had followed in the early 1970s to scrutinize rule books and exploit every line and loophole in their favour . |
| 19 | They underlined the pain inflicted on the conquered Gauls and their courage in facing death — alone or with their families . |
| 20 | They visited the stream called Catamaran River in the Fort au Nord . ’ |
| 21 | The dilemma is that Kenyan companies can not export effectively until they command the volumes needed to justify investments in both knowledge and quality , but they can not obtain those volumes without investment . |
| 22 | They described the man seen leaving the rear of the building as male , white , between 5ft 8in and 6ft tall , and wearing a hooded jacket . |
| 23 | But they say the repairs needed would cost three times that amount . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) The solicitors agree that exchange shall take place from that moment and holding solicitors confirm that as from that moment : ( a ) they hold the part signed by their client to the order of the other ; and ( b ) undertake that day to post by first-class post or to deliver their signed part of the contract to the other solicitors , together , in the case of the buyer 's solicitor holding both parts , with a bank draft or a solicitor 's clients ' account cheque for the deposit . |
| 25 | They surveyed the menu given to them by madam , and with a loud guffaw chose the room of golden showers . |
| 26 | Had they seen the chaos left by a clumsy intruder ? |
| 27 | Included in this force were eighty Aichi D3A1 bombers led by Takashigi Egusa from the Soryu , they were to bomb the aircraft carriers , but as there were no carriers to bomb they bombed the ships dotted about Pearl Harbour . |
| 28 | They stop the process known as mitosis , in which the chromatin of the nucleus is divided into precisely matching portions for each daughter cell . |
| 29 | Country weavers and knitters were to become better remembered for the long sad days of their early nineteenth-century decline , but they had happier days when they consumed the products made by their fellow artisans in Burslem , Sheffield and Birmingham . |
| 30 | They compared the readings taken remotely with those at the cell and found that the rate at the cell was three times that of the background . |