Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | You 've taught me to care again , and you 've taught me that I matter , that my life is worth something . |
| 6 | The changes were contreversial then , and many many people would still like to see them reversed now . |
| 7 | When they worked in their home town , the audience would queue round the block to see them perform twice nightly . |
| 8 | She was gratified to see them jump apart , eyes popping . |
| 9 | Francis added : ‘ I 'm all in favour of lots of goals , but I like to see them created properly rather than artificially . |
| 10 | Harvey would like to see them bound more closely into the decision making process . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He disliked occidental empires and wished to see them ended as soon as practicable . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ to see them crawling there , little animals . |
| 15 | Mum 's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman . |
| 16 | Shiona could n't have agreed more , but her tone was taunting as she told him , ‘ What a pity you 'll have to wait until tomorrow to see me led away in chains . ’ |
| 17 | They are happy to see me doing well , but they would never force me into anything I did n't want to do . ’ |
| 18 | While Kāli fumbled , striking the flint against the steel , trying to produce a spark that was strong enough to light the little piece of cotton , they told me how pleased they were to see me working just like them . |
| 19 | Class members would be most welcome in the team but few will come forward unless you as their teacher encourages them to do so . |
| 20 | No one would accuse the Americans of being frightened of the new , or the Indians of refusing to show emotion , or of inability to communicate , but all need to work in an environment which encourages them to give of their best , and encourages them to look outwards rather than inwards . |
| 21 | Verse 5 Then worms 'll come and eat thee up etc . |
| 22 | Finniston is in no doubt that making decisions and seeing them implemented properly are the most important aspects of a chairman 's job . |
| 23 | For the woman who is already a mother , the challenges are now those of coping with growing children and seeing them leave home ; the challenges are always somehow different from how you have imagined them . |
| 24 | Mothers enjoy protective and caring episodes in dealing with their children as much as they enjoy seeing them grow more independent Such episodes are a simple arid direct affirmation of the maternal role . |
| 25 | Rory , seeing them moving past , abruptly opened the driver 's door and hauled himself out . |
| 26 | The prosthetists with amputations noted that patients could be discouraged by seeing them cope so well . |
| 27 | Both were short , dumpy and energetic and , seeing them scurry together down the street in their black garb , they looked like a pair of hunting spiders . |
| 28 | On the other hand , I remember seeing them dancing together at a ball shortly before the birth of Prince William . |
| 29 | Hating the enemy as he did — it was , after all , their aim to deprive his father of the throne — Cumberland was incensed at seeing them get away . |
| 30 | They were a friendly family and very helpful when Breeze , seeing them take so much trouble over finding a suitable board , told them what she hoped to do with it . |