Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if you 're making people aware , they do start to question whether they actually need things . |
| 2 | Dr ‘ Patterson ’ … patients here are very much consultant oriented , and no matter how much you may feel you 're on the right lines for treatment , they do expect to go along and see a consultant . |
| 3 | I s so I showed him this tin full , I says well look they do break do n't they ? |
| 4 | When all allowance is made for such factors , it has to be said that as some people get older they do appear to show a marked increase in anxious self-absorption . |
| 5 | Since the alteration of the law on homosexual acts between consenting adults , there has been a startling increase in the number of male patients who are prepared to talk freely about their homosexuality , and this can only be to the good , as they do appear to have a considerably higher chance of acquiring certain of the sexually transmitted conditions . |
| 6 | Or if they do manage to put you in a bedroom , remember that you 've got a whole camera team there , and they usually want to do some extraordinary shot from very close up , so they put you right on the edge of the bed , probably on a board which you 're about to fall off at any minute . |
| 7 | But they do exist to deal with operators who fail , without reasonable excuse , to provide in a satisfactory manner the services registered . |
| 8 | For now the Council is looking at a number of ways to save money , if they DO decide to close the pool , these might be the only swimmers left later this summer . |
| 9 | If they do decide to make use of the formal publicly available resource , they will normally do so via what Taylor calls ‘ assistants and secretaries ’ . |
| 10 | Virus infections seldom kill , but they do tend to affect vigour , reduce the crop , delay ripening and generally impair the plant 's efficiency , although not all virus infections are necessarily harmful to the vine . |
| 11 | However , because their gain is high at high frequencies they do tend to exhibit high-frequency instability . |
| 12 | It is quite surprising how many of my particular clients do take out that particular plan and they do tend to mention the same type of er of benefits that y that er that you just mentioned there , it is er I think it is a good plan , universally appreciated . |
| 13 | Where they do tend to turn away is in cases where the effect of the work is aversive because its purpose is aversive and the intention to shock or appal is successfully realised . |
| 14 | One of the things they do tend to do is upset cells , upset the way cells replicate , which is why they start doing weird things and go off and get cancerous . |
| 15 | But the thing is , what they do tend to do is , they suddenly find themselves in a panic because they 've behaved like this about it and the person at the other end is shouting when are you coming to see this organ |
| 16 | If you 're an expert on these things these er Amstrad things because I know some they do tend to lose things do n't they to disappear of you just ca n't get it back out erm can anyone help cos she 's stuck with it , seven six double one three four . |
| 17 | Those defendants awaiting trial in custody might seem to be the most seriously disadvantaged by delay and they do tend to take priority . |
| 18 | I I 've probably seen them about four or five times in the last six months and they do tend to go a bit route one when Walsh is playing but today their link up play has been excellent . |
| 19 | Creamy cleansers are most effective at removing makeup , regardless of your skin type ( always use two applications for a thorough cleanse ) , but they do tend to leave a greasy residue . |
| 20 | I suppose they get on reasonably well , but they do tend to rub each other up . |
| 21 | Though the gold ones are good for finishing , they do tend to clog , although that probably depends on the choice of timber and level of finish . |
| 22 | Being another approachable bird , and very distinctive in their cinnamon-coloured plumage , with a crest on their head and bright red ‘ waxy ’ tips to the secondary wing feathers , they do tend to get noticed and reported . |
| 23 | The problem in the doctors ' surgery , I mean you 've got people taking ill sick children round there with high temperatures and , and they do tend want to park close to the surgery , er and if they see a space they will obviously use it . |
| 24 | These people can be difficult to track down , but they do tend to specialise in specific subjects . |
| 25 | They do tend to keep an eye on me anyway . |
| 26 | smoke and steam they do tend to keep going . |
| 27 | They do tend to have single nylon that 's a single strip that just folds round . |
| 28 | Nonetheless , very considerable experience of using groups for this kind of research shows that they do tend to produce very consistent results , even where different researchers cover the same problem . |
| 29 | Not , not , not immediate you know but sort of , they do go do n't they ? |
| 30 | he is he 's hop hoping to open it probably a week at Christmas but I would tell people if they do go to wrap up warm because the heating is as original except for a sort of Aga stove in the kitchen which they use as their sort of central point to live in . |