Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Last week , they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 tickets . |
| 2 | Last week they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 ’ Rangers ' statement |
| 3 | gives him an overdraft facility of so much money enable him to work when he moved , and they reneged on it ! |
| 4 | And that means that even the AS/400 is potentially at risk , and can only continue to be a winner if IBM builds in a big discount to compensate for the fact that it is proprietary — yet instead of recognising this vulnerability , with its incredible but consistent short-termism , the company is squeezing AS/400 users until they squeal with its software pricing on the machine . |
| 5 | But whatever they assimilated from other cultures and traditions , they applied in a specifically Judaic context . |
| 6 | They whispered to each other . |
| 7 | They whispered to each other that Tess was sure to marry that handsome gentleman . |
| 8 | She had spurned the hypocritical cant beloved of politicians and addressed herself directly to the people , showing how well she knew them , telling them what they whispered in their hearts but dared not speak , calling their bluff ! |
| 9 | They puke with great accuracy and surprising range . |
| 10 | The old by-streets now swarmed with passengers and vehicles of every kind ; the new streets that had stopped disheartened in the mud and wagon-ruts , formed towns within themselves , originating wholesome comforts and conveniences belonging to themselves , and never tried nor thought of until they sprung into existence . |
| 11 | Utterly absorbed with their cooking , none of the Halflings had noticed the Wolf Riders as they sprung from the mountain valley , neatly enveloping the camp and driving a wedge between them and the rest of the Emperor 's army . |
| 12 | While she sang a couple of blues tunes , and scatted on a version of Dizzy Gillespie 's Hot House which they inserted into What is This Thing Called Love , neither is really her style . |
| 13 | What did you think they lacked at the time ? |
| 14 | It has been the deliberate policy of the Supplement to give these the prominence they lacked during the period when the OED was being edited . |
| 15 | But both Mr Cook and Mr Clarke also seemed determined to make up in duration what they lacked in originality . |
| 16 | They were often designed by engineers , but what they lacked in architectural distinction , they gained in homely practicality and in the opportunities they afforded to local carpenters to display their skills in beautifully carved barge boarding and valances . |
| 17 | Many rural taxpayers at £40 and upwards on goods were yeomen who made up in substance what they lacked in status . |
| 18 | They fear for their own livelihoods if it is closed . |
| 19 | They fear in their hearts there will be no survivors . |
| 20 | They pierced into her sleep like some guttural -voiced metal beast , tearing at her ; breathing a terror . |
| 21 | And what about er Notts County 's name in Italy because obviously it 's th it 's the first football club in the world and er if legend is correct then Juventus took their kit from Notts County strip being black and white stripe so had they heard of Notts County before ? |
| 22 | Have they heard about babies and bathwater ? |
| 23 | Have you heard , has she heard from Ben , have they heard from Ben ? |
| 24 | Have they heard from Cara ? |
| 25 | The response of the Governors was swift : they announced on 14th March 1975 that the School would go " Independent " and they launched The Stopfordian Trust to provide the sort of bursaries which would be required . |
| 26 | They announced at Paris their intention to extend the range from 35ft ( 10.7m ) to 52ft ( 15.9m ) . |
| 27 | Now , belatedly , they tried to take them by force , an exercise in which they failed despite the loss of tens of thousands of irreplaceable soldiers . |
| 28 | At all events , he attempted comebacks twice , in 1982 and 1984 ; they failed to ‘ take ’ . |
| 29 | This may be explained , at least in part , by the greater antigen binding capacity of the solid phase , and might explain why some of the antibodies showed reactivity with antigens bound to nitrocellulose which they failed to recognised by ELISA . |
| 30 | If they failed at the game , Camazotz would swiftly behead them , and their spirits appeared as stars in the eastern sky . |