Example sentences of "[verb] they [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organizations are arenas within which some things will tend to hang together and be adopted by power-players as a bundle , while other forms of combination may be far less likely to occur as a coherent package , perhaps because they are less coherent or because the alliance which could make them so lacks a position in the field of power to be able to constitute the necessity of its choices . |
| 2 | You wired them together to make a kind of pyramid . |
| 3 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 4 | Describing London as ‘ a city of illusions , subject every now and then to a series of harsh awakenings ’ , The Echo ( 11 August 1898 ) believed that while some of the stones were undoubtedly exaggerated they nevertheless served a purpose : ‘ We steadily shut our eyes to the submerged lawlessness of less fortunate districts until a series of Whitechapel outrages , or Hooligan exploits , make us not only aware of what is going on , but actually afraid of our lives . ’ |
| 5 | The man ran off towards Banbury railway station , where police say they later found a weapon hidden in the men 's toilet . |
| 6 | People living near the former English Martyrs School in Poplars Avenue , Orford , Warrington , say they desperately need a centre for the young , elderly and disabled of the area . |
| 7 | We know Compaq wrote the specification when it was still a ploy — Systems Network Integration says they even have a prototype up and running — but whether this can ever amount to anything more than a high-end PC depends on sorting out fact from propaganda . |
| 8 | But I seem to have hit on a compromise , a way to make them feel they still have a stake in the treasure , but in addition an enhancement of their family 's reputation . ’ |
| 9 | Nina Miklin will be well known to many club members but anyone who has not been able to attend one of her talks will be pleased to hear they now have a chance to go to a choice of two workshops . |
| 10 | But he said he reckoned they probably shot a bit wide , and anyway the officers would see that they tried , and it was better to be shot by the other side rather than your own . |
| 11 | As the show opened they even enjoyed a beer with the first day crowds . |
| 12 | As as I said we 're we 're not very formal but er you know that also has its especially if people that er maybe erm , how can I put it , are not used t taking everything back to a meeting and you know they maybe make a decision and go ahead with it and then it gets shouted at a bit but I think we we can all take being shouted at a bit as well . |
| 13 | On the verge of tears , Mr Wolk went on television to appeal to people to refrain from taking to the streets , and urged them instead to keep a lit candle in their window . |
| 14 | Not all Thom 's conclusions are fully accepted , but to understand them properly requires a knowledge of mathematics , statistics , surveying , astronomy , and archaeology — not a common combination . |
| 15 | And that has encouraged the Geordies to believe they still have a fighting chance of keeping him . |
| 16 | ‘ We believe they only had a couple of gallons of fuel aboard . |
| 17 | I mean they do n't take they only take a board up where they put it on to erm put it leading through and er where they bring it out . |
| 18 | The bats just decided to smash me around the island , and for every bag of boundaries they hit they then made a mistake . |
| 19 | ‘ These service industries can provide a better short-term financial return but real sustainable growth must be founded on manufacturing industries which add real value to raw materials by combining them together to form a product for which people are prepared to pay a premium , ’ he added . |
| 20 | Managers , he notes , are taught to be tough , which can mean they sometimes take a decision regardless of its ethical consequences . |
| 21 | Did they also have a revolver each ? |
| 22 | But why did they ever think a roof on its own was enough ? |
| 23 | Did they ever have a foundry ? |
| 24 | Do they necessarily have a meaning as well as reference ; and if so , to what extent , if any , is their meaning.content relevant to their designatory function ? |
| 25 | If one goes by the ‘ inn and weariness ’ symbolism of Bilbo 's Rivendell song , that means they still have a zest for life . |
| 26 | ‘ To do that , you take a lot of identical molecules called amines and join them together to form a chain . |
| 27 | But those who take them there have a duty to spell out the risks . |
| 28 | And despite the AIDS menace 20 per cent of the students questioned by Cosmopolitan magazine said they never used a condom . |
| 29 | Killinchy Club spokesman George McCann said they originally wanted a date later in the year . |
| 30 | When The Art Newspaper approached the British Museum they pointed out that they do not possess the Altar of Cybele , nor had they yet received a letter from Ronchey . |