Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constanza shelved it by promising to take him to Rome after the war for some slap-up ceremony ; meanwhile they made do before a registrar . |
| 2 | Incarcerated in Terry 's room , they made do with sandwiches for dinner , and endless cups of tea . |
| 3 | Yeah do n't know how many films they made do you ? |
| 4 | I feel it was an enormous privilege to have known them because they made work such fun . |
| 5 | Figs , on the other hand , could be guaranteed to ‘ stere a man to veneryous actes , for they doth urge and increase the sede of generacyon ’ . |
| 6 | The suggestions they make build in the views described in section 9-3-1 , as follows : |
| 7 | It is , rather , that the errors that they make permeate their philosophy of mathematics , their account of its foundations , of what their subject is about , and in what direction it should develop . |
| 8 | In virtually equating doubt and unbelief they make doubt the opposite of faith in a way that is true neither to the Bible nor to what we know of human knowledge . |
| 9 | But , whatever form they make take , language demands will almost certainly be greater than in the past ; more pupils will be studying foreign languages for longer periods of time , and children 's perceptions of foreign languages are likely to change . |
| 10 | Out of season they helped build up local defences by filling sandbags . |
| 11 | In Australia , he rewrote the history books in a display not seen since the days of Jim Clark and Graham Hill — they helped revolutionise Indycar racing with their rear-engined Lotus Fords — when he started from pole position , won the race and smashed the lap record in his debut race . |
| 12 | In 1870 they helped organize the first All-Russian Industrial Exhibition and the first All-Russian Congress of Manufacturers and People Interested in Native Industry . |
| 13 | As well as serving as informed sources themselves , they helped identify additional experts who were interviewed . |
| 14 | The attempts failed , but they helped keep the issue of electoral reform on the agenda of political debate . |
| 15 | But by then their finances were already weakened by the takeover frenzy of the late 1980s and by their alliance with Robert Campeau , whom they helped buy Federated Stores in the United States . |
| 16 | Doctors were hurrying to him now , lifting him with careful , expert hands , speaking soothingly as they helped support him and half carry him back towards the wards . |
| 17 | We 'll see what they say see what they say afterwards . |
| 18 | and what 'll they do buy the shares back off people which 'll |
| 19 | ‘ John , ’ she said , ‘ could that figure they saw have been somebody in one of these ? ’ |
| 20 | They did repeat the rush goal from every angle and it DID hit him on the head … more later … they also discussed the penalty and concluded that was a joke . |
| 21 | The pressure — it 'll be off them , they are no longer champions — but let's remember they did finish in fourth place and I 've got a feeling that they 're not giving anything away at Oxford Speedway , because they never do . |
| 22 | Sudbury had the advantage of the wind in the first half , but when they did press forward failed to unsettled Cornard 's well-knitted defensive combination . |
| 23 | On the other hand they did mean that the defendant had considerable mitigation . |
| 24 | I wanted their approval , even if they did smell so terrible , the reek of their hair in its stiff , bright tufts mixing with the fumes of alcohol . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , they did conclude an Agreement on 15 June 1905 to supply electric current to the Company 's Penge tramways at 2 pence per unit from Churchfields Road Power Station . |
| 26 | They did not speak of permanent hostilities between sections or lineages , but they did speak of peaces between lineages . |
| 27 | Their conversation , when they did speak , was brief . |
| 28 | Whilst Robert Legg Snr and his cronies were enjoying a short-lived grandeur within the ill-fated United Company of Undertakers , the Upholders ’ Company continued to support those members who furnished funerals as part of their everyday trade , though their list of admissions does not identify persons trading as coffin-makers or undertakers though they did admit upholders and mercers , who included funeral furnishing as a sideline to their main trade . |
| 29 | Serum urea , electrolyte , and liver function tests infrequently pointed to the cause of anaemia though they did identify coexisting disease . |
| 30 | There was still the possibility that when they did meet outside , it would be a beginning , and not the end that neither wished for , but both half-expected . |