Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the show they squeal painfully for Ga-ry ’ and his co-host , Jakki ’ — Jakki Brambles , who despite her blonde bimbo looks is one of the new breed of thoughtful DJs . |
| 2 | They attenuate rapidly with distance from the interface . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you see ? ’ they whispered impatiently . |
| 4 | ‘ You are coming to destroy ! ’ they whispered back . |
| 5 | Sometimes a head-on collision with a lorry seems inevitable , but somehow at the last moment we or they swerve out of the way . |
| 6 | In one way or another they ‘ infected ’ the youthful planet with living organisms — perhaps , before their departure , they emptied out their chemical toilets , leaving a thriving population of bacteria . |
| 7 | SCOTLAND set out to salvage their under-21 season when they round off a disappointing campaign against the Welsh at Myreside , Edinburgh , today ( 3pm ) . |
| 8 | We er , er , had all these homes , they sprung up , and what they 've decided is , that is n't the way to go forward from here on in , what we 're going to do , er , we 're gon na have what 's called care in the community . |
| 9 | They trot lightly down the path on the other side of the dip . |
| 10 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 11 | I just mentioned it er we have we have had a suggestion from B class judges that er that the B class judges can show at er an , an open show providing , providing they declare beforehand |
| 12 | And they declare anew their continuous loyalty to the United Free Church in the present crisis . " |
| 13 | She wanted to punch and kick them , give them some of the treatment they doled out so carelessly . |
| 14 | They fear either that we are committed to move to stage three or that , irrespective of the provision in the treaty allowing us a free choice , we would none the less be obliged to move . |
| 15 | Sadly for them , their response to it works against them and encourages the very behaviour they fear most . |
| 16 | So efficient is the American-trained force that when asked whom they fear more , the drugs police or the thugs from the cartels , farmers say UMOPAR , without hesitation . |
| 17 | Today they announced how a future Labour Government will be : |
| 18 | They announced yesterday that they have signed a letter of intent to merge under the name Comarco International Inc . |
| 19 | QUEENS Moat Houses and Holiday Inn Worldwide , the Bass hotels subsidiary , have agreed to convert an initial eight QMH hotels to the Holiday Inn brand — four in the UK and four on the continent , they announced yesterday . |
| 20 | They announced yesterday that their treatment also eliminates the genetic defect in laboratory mice , bred with cystic fibrosis . |
| 21 | In some camps Red Cross parcels arrived less regularly than in others and when they failed altogether people talked about food all the time instead of , as usually , about food or football or politics or the theatre . |
| 22 | They failed also , it is said , to have regard to the violent incident on 23 November 1991 when violence was used and also failed to have regard to the fact that the mother had refused an offer to be accommodated with her children in the foster home . |
| 23 | And if undermining the left was the intention of the reforms , then it must be said that they failed dismally . |
| 24 | In the Second Duma , although their urban vote held up , they fared much less well at the hands of more politically-conscious peasants , they failed dismally to attract working-class support , and their representation fell by half . |
| 25 | And of course they failed then . |
| 26 | And they they failed then you see with cutting the crop with a scythe and they hired then a tractor and binder to cut the crop . |
| 27 | And they revealed how the secret of a happy marriage is compromise . |
| 28 | Under assault by Muslim Arabs , they found that these pinnacles provided their only protection and they clung on there , up amid the remains of the ancient cedar forests . |
| 29 | However , they clung on to a victory which served to rekindle hopes among the travelling support that all was not lost after all in the title race , especially after news leaked through of Rangers ' demise at Celtic Park . |
| 30 | They clung together in silence , the dread of their disease and its mortal power oppressing them . |