Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend to say we must overthrow the existing social order and establish a new just social order , when human beings will be liberated from the corrupting erm , alienating er forces , that er , make them bad , and everything will be , everything will be okay . |
| 2 | Apparently , the authors have concluded from published research that women get interrupted because they ‘ allow themselves ’ to be ( does this ‘ contributory negligence ’ argument remind us of anything ? ) and if they want to succeed they must emulate male speech . |
| 3 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 4 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 5 | Once they have realized what they want to achieve they can talk about this to their child . |
| 6 | This and other scientific statements are so convincing ( and get away with being called ‘ laws ’ ) because they appear to determine what will happen in the future . |
| 7 | He chose a stance high up in a plane tree where he knew that if they tried climbing he would see them long before they reached him . |
| 8 | Every weekend that they came to visit me would end in tears , and I was fourteen before I could manage without them , and before I stopped kissing my father goodnight . |
| 9 | As usual , Queen 's have n't their sorrows to seek at the start of a new season while they wait to see who will turn up for the new University term . |
| 10 | Tony Jacklin had won the 1960 Open and the 1970 US Open , and his huge British following was going to make sure that he did what they 'd hoped he 'd do in 1970 at St Andrews , and win the 1971 Open at Birkdale . |
| 11 | They 'd decided they could tell me , they could trust me . |
| 12 | They 'd decided they could use the lunch break on changeover day to review the first part of the week and plan the second , so they would actually be working more hours than most . |
| 13 | ‘ I think the first time they 'd felt they must accept an honest mistake . |
| 14 | They seem to think everyone should look past their appearance and get to know the ‘ real person ’ . |
| 15 | Unfortunately when other divisions come and use it they seem to think they can pick up the caravan and there 'll be a wonderful display in there |
| 16 | ‘ They seem to think I should stand on my own two feet — which is only right and proper , ’ she added hastily in case he should think she was whingeing . |
| 17 | They seem to think you will move him from the Tower . ’ |
| 18 | When they get married I 'll tell them to use family planning because prices get higher every day and it 's impossible to support a large family . |
| 19 | If they go skiing they might break their leg … |
| 20 | Because males and females of this species encounter each other so infrequently , when they do meet they will remain stuck together for several months . |
| 21 | Because these canisters when they do blow they can spread debris quite some considerable distances . |
| 22 | Though he declined to say who he thought would win tomorrow , one gets the impression that he will be in Scotland 's corner , remembering that if they do win they will head for Twickenham and possible Triple Crown glory . |
| 23 | Repeatedly we are told that if its characters fail to resist the Shadow , they will be taken over , but if they do resist they may get killed ; similarly if they reject the vagaries of chance ( if Frodo for instance had refused to leave the Shire with the Ring ) , it 's likely something highly unpleasant will happen , but if they accept and obey things could grow even worse . |
| 24 | It does n't make them more adventurous but when they do climb you can see them looking for footholds . |
| 25 | And they start saying they would do it to people now . |
| 26 | And how they choose to spend it can affect things that happen in the world . |
| 27 | They 've said they 'll do what they can for you , and I believe them . |
| 28 | So we 're parking illegally but the police actually have almo they 've said they will turn a blind eye to it if providing that we all do it sensibly and without and face like in the line of the traffic . |
| 29 | They 've said I can record a s an upcoming seminar that 's on Wednesday . |
| 30 | ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff . |