Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no particular reason why they should , but that is what they mostly like to do . |
| 2 | soc : Yes , but they mostly seem to have people like you assessing the proposals . |
| 3 | Many of them are not used to disabled people , and , being temporary , they rarely get to know her anyway . |
| 4 | For example , bureaux in the Home Counties will often boast of a waiting list of volunteers such that , in fact , they rarely need to mount recruitment campaigns . |
| 5 | General practitioners , however , may not be confident in the use of an ophthalmoscope since they rarely need to use one . |
| 6 | But they rarely bother to come . |
| 7 | Those who fail see , at the far end of this room , something which they most wish to see — be it gems and gold , a magical weapon , a religious icon , a powerful Grimoire . |
| 8 | Two needy people in competition for caring are more likely to end up bitter , hostile and dissatisfied , when what they most need to do is weep on each other 's shoulders . |
| 9 | The rise in the quality of French tennis over the last 20 years , culminating in the emergence of players such as Yannick Noah , Henri Leconte and now Guy Forget , coupled with the transformation of the French Open at Roland Garros into what the majority of players regard as the best organised of the four Grand Slams ( even though Wimbledon remains favourite as to the one they most want to win ) are due very largely to the leadership he has shown . |
| 10 | They badly need to re-establish some credibility , after Warrington , and even they have found it hard to say ‘ no ’ to such a public appeal , from such an unique individual . |
| 11 | A Merseyside based analysist said last night : ‘ Sadly they are still in a mess , they badly need to reduce debts of approaching £1bn even though we expect to see a improvement in profitability this year . ’ |
| 12 | This will give accepting shareholders a market for their shares when they eventually decide to sell , which is an advantage over unlisted securities . |
| 13 | When they eventually start decaying , they use up oxygen dissolved in the water . |
| 14 | Oh do n't worry about putting them in piles , they only get chucked in the bottom of the box |
| 15 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 16 | If the adventurers free the man , they only get attacked for their pains ; he is actually a Doppelganger . |
| 17 | But when companies are fined for breaking the health and safety laws , they only get fined a pittance , compared to what damage is caused to employees through companies ' neglect and law breaking . |
| 18 | ‘ They only stop pestering because he a child , ’ Jancey declares . |
| 19 | You know as well as I do , they only stop talking about you when you 're six foot under . ’ |
| 20 | They only like to listen to rubbish . |
| 21 | Wildebeest movements follow , at a distance of a few days , the pattern of rainfall ; but they only keep moving so long as rain is falling or has recently fallen within the area scanned by their senses . |
| 22 | They only try to keep people out just before Christmas , to stop them stealing the fir trees . ’ |
| 23 | Circuses which use animals do so for profit , and there is no satisfactory scientific evidence that animals benefit in any way from their experiences in such an establishment — they can not educate the public in the artificial environment of performing tricks , they only serve to entertain . |
| 24 | It is true that after the age of thirty certain poets seem to be incapable of writing much that is worth reading ; there are notable exceptions , but they only serve to prove the rule . |
| 25 | — They only pretend to prefer it . |
| 26 | at the moment , only on a Sunday we get the odd meals on a Sunday , we get the odd meals on a Saturday night but nine times out of ten they only want to sit in there there 's a |
| 27 | Families who 'll be watching to see what changes are made say they only want to make sure further tragedies are avoided . |
| 28 | For people who do n't want to do the pools ; they only want to win them . |
| 29 | It is far easier from their point of view if they only need to deal with one entity and they will probably prefer that to be the purchaser as it is the purchaser that has taken over the business . |
| 30 | We put this to you as an answer to all slimmers who say they only need to look at a single cake or bar of chocolate to put on a substantial amount of fat . |