Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've heard them rustling about but they 're staying out of our way . |
| 3 | The T & G traditionally have looked at the G M B as er look down at sometimes at the G M B. I 've heard them described before as the sweepers up union and various other things . |
| 4 | She had heard them come in very late . |
| 5 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 6 | As you may have heard me mention already , I am involved in organising a one month summer school for 40 soviet teachers of English this July . |
| 7 | But she must have heard me say so , because at seven she came down and said she 'd overlooked this marvellous Stockhausen concert on Two — well , I just put on my coat and flung out of the house … |
| 8 | My hon. Friend is a charming relative newcomer to this place and we are delighted that she is here , but if she had been here as long as I have — getting on for 18 years now — she would have heard me banging on about exactly that point . |
| 9 | From the smaller to the greater , the patterns always hold true , and the Factory has taught me to watch out for them and respect them . |
| 10 | You 've taught me to care again , and you 've taught me that I matter , that my life is worth something . |
| 11 | The changes were contreversial then , and many many people would still like to see them reversed now . |
| 12 | When they worked in their home town , the audience would queue round the block to see them perform twice nightly . |
| 13 | At the Mas Rose she hoped every day to see them riding down the white stony hillside track . |
| 14 | Still , it was great to see them go back into the wild when they were old enough . ’ |
| 15 | If he does n't , we 'll do it for him , so I like to see them trying out grass for themselves . |
| 16 | There are people who are genuinely trying to make money for themselves and their families at car boot sales , so I think , you know , I do n't , I would n't like to see them stamped on altogether . |
| 17 | She was gratified to see them jump apart , eyes popping . |
| 18 | The banks are businesses too and we do not want to see them closed down . ’ |
| 19 | Francis added : ‘ I 'm all in favour of lots of goals , but I like to see them created properly rather than artificially . |
| 20 | It seemed a pity to see them going out of business . ’ |
| 21 | Harvey would like to see them bound more closely into the decision making process . |
| 22 | He has sat and matched the former world amateur champions shoot up the rankings and said : ‘ I 'm glad to see them doing so well but it 's annoying when you know you are as good as them but are not able to do anything about it . |
| 23 | The drives we put on against New Zealand were things that we had worked on and it was very satisfying to see them coming off , not just for the forwards but for the backs as well . |
| 24 | He disliked occidental empires and wished to see them ended as soon as practicable . |
| 25 | Now what sort of pay formula would you like to see them come up with ? |
| 26 | The critical inability to see them comes partly from mere ideological reluctance ; partly , though , from unfamiliarity with the basic structural mode of The Lord of the Rings , the ancient and pre-novelistic device of entrelacement . |
| 27 | ‘ to see them crawling there , little animals . |
| 28 | They went back to the Franz Joseph together — she liked everyone to see them walking off together when the performance was over . |
| 29 | The buggers want to see me go under . |
| 30 | Mum 's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman . |