Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The human members of the community are here mainly because out in the commercial world , they had been doing things they did not want to do , using skills they wished they did not have . |
| 2 | The petitioners wanted to know whether a legacy of liberatio to them in the first will could now be held to include debts they had first contracted after the making of the first will ; and whether , if the heirs were to sue them for that , they could be barred by an exceptio doli . |
| 3 | Yes I think , so erm er I , I think really it 's that as the movement gathers pace and landlords , or small landlords and other people who have prospered under the old scheme , try and gain admission they are blocked |
| 4 | ‘ Where children are given responsibility they are placed in situations where it becomes important for them to communicate — to discuss , to negotiate , to converse — with their fellows , with the staff , with other adults . |
| 5 | With their broader streets and freshly painted houses they might appear to be so , but , as Engels remarked , those streets were often unpaved and lacked a sewer , the paint was bound to fade within a decade , and their apparent solidity of build would then be revealed as no more than that of bricks laid end to end . |
| 6 | They 've got stacks of Christmas they got walkies they got everything . |
| 7 | Experience indicates that when investors lose money they are often unable to recall being warned of the risks involved and indeed may question whether the transaction was suitable for them at all ( see " Suitability " below ) . |
| 8 | Control of local authority borrowing began in the nineteenth century when central government was suspicious of the new local authorities and their potential to borrow money they could not repay . |
| 9 | People are always suggesting artists they like to me . |
| 10 | Businessmen sell products they think the market will wish to buy . |
| 11 | If the literary establishment had thought to compare notes they would have realized that every male aura on and off Fleet Street had come in for a bashing . |
| 12 | why they do n't change over in this country because we 're the odd one out and if they make cars they 've got ta make them with the steering wheel one side or the other |
| 13 | It 's a blow to University students who 've had to cancel performances they 've worked hard to produce . |
| 14 | Mr Chairman , if decent people find it necessary er to kill animals they believe be vermin they do n't dress up in red coats and call them pink and er charge er , er , er , about er drinking st stirrup cups and tooting horns , er they go out and kill the vermin , it 's a necessary job that has to be done and of course , er there are many ways in which foxes could be killed without cruelty if it is necessary to kill them . |
| 15 | Now the workers who brought the matter to light fear they could lose their jobs . |
| 16 | ‘ But the moment they lose concentration they forget everything I have told them to do . ’ |
| 17 | Where trade unions have joined Compacts they are in a strong position to ensure that young people in Compact schools are fully informed about the advantages of joining and supporting the trade union movement . |
| 18 | Trolls are extremely powerful and because they regenerate damage they are very hard to kill . |
| 19 | When Tories say freedom they mean money ; the freedom to send your child to a private school means the money to send your child to a private school . |
| 20 | Although these urban areas support a surprisingly large variety of nesting birds they can not be considered as a major nesting habitat for any except Swifts , Starlings , House Sparrows and hirundines . |
| 21 | As the economic crisis has got worse , the attention the government has given to education has got less to the point where instead of opening schools they are closing some of them , because — so they say — they ca n't pay the teachers ' salaries . |
| 22 | When , however , in one district , private hospitals attempted to provide data they found that in most cases they could not identify patients ' districts of residence ( S Israel , personal communication ) . |
| 23 | When the Spanish conquerors entered Mexico they found that a special variety , the fire opal , having a clear orange or yellow body , was held in high esteem by the Aztecs . |
| 24 | People expect risks they did not ask for and can not control to be much lower -by 10 or 100 times — than those which they run willingly . |
| 25 | The press did not reverse general perceptions of party leaders : it sharpened and reinforced images they already had . |
| 26 | When children are unable to find work they may have no option but to stay at home . |
| 27 | Despite many attempts to provide alternatives they remain however the most effective way of restoring dull finishes particularly on aluminium utensils . |
| 28 | The colonies known from 1970 to 1976 and the numbers of certainly occupied nests they contained were : |
| 29 | Some were dusty and cracked , oozing juice they were so ripe . |
| 30 | We see it in the newspapers and we see it among politicians particularly , who say things they really do not mean , or things they do not even understand … . |