Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was this that led testators to value them and to confirm their wills in trust form . |
| 2 | DARLINGTON Conservatives say they are pleased with election canvassing returns showing they have the support of half the townspeople they contacted . |
| 3 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 4 | Spokeswoman Sue Heyslop said : ‘ Pupils will be encouraged to become as independent as possible and develop skills to help them on their way . ’ |
| 5 | Executives led clients to believe they were being put on the market immediately , and , indeed , this was what they themselves thought was happening . |
| 6 | Still , it is not that he wants biologists to give them more credit for maintaining the planet . |
| 7 | While there is no longer any premium relief on new life policies , higher rate taxpayers or people expecting to become so in the future , qualifying policies allow them to obtain a ‘ tax-free ’ lump sum when the policy matures although tax is paid at the basic rate on the fund by the life assurer . |
| 8 | I understand that more local communities have applied to TDC to be considered as ‘ host ’ towns for new prisons than TDC has plans to build them . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ Kaiserslautern will pack defensively , but Waddle has skills to open them up . |
| 10 | The EEC Directive on Less Favoured Areas seeks to identify DRAs principally , though not entirely , from an agricultural point of view , and to establish policies to assist them . |
| 11 | You had to frighten kids to make them behave , but there was no need to scare them too much . |
| 12 | The proposed ban was eventually carried by 7 votes to 5 , but hunt supporters believe they 'll win the full vote next month . |
| 13 | But hunt supporters say they 're not worried . |
| 14 | A group of families living beside one of the region 's busiest commuter routes are facing a five-mile detour to get home , because they 've been marooned by roadworks.They say it 's making their lives a misery , and want engineers to make them a special short cut to improve things . |
| 15 | Make sure it has been made with ripstop nylon and has good quality spars and reinforced pockets to receive them . |
| 16 | Surviving crew may continue to fight on foot if the player has models to represent them . |
| 17 | Erm with them , i they do n't need tins do they ? |
| 18 | Travel — Ferries : Ferry firms keep their heads above water With the Chunnel coming , ferry companies know they must smarten up their act if they are to keep custom . |
| 19 | They want brothels like they want to drink and stay up late : because in Britain such things are Not On , foreign , disreputable , on a par with rabies , garlic and sodomy . |
| 20 | Early March was scarcely the time of year for pleasure-sailing , but the young women insisted on going along ; and wrapping up warmly , they went down to the harbour and found fishermen to row them out in one of their high-prowed cobles . |
| 21 | But , but people when people when they come to your house and want things done they 're tight you know ! |
| 22 | Whatever the means by which they were transported to their present location , many evolutionists agreed that species must undergo changes adapting them to the local environment . |
| 23 | And it 's not easy to find ways to solve them . |
| 24 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that since it was the business of estate agents to act for numerous principals , several of whom might be competing and whose interests would conflict , a term was to be implied in the contract with such an agent that he was entitled to act for other principals selling similar properties and to keep confidential information obtained from each principal and that the agent 's fiduciary duty was determined by the contract of agency ; that since the plaintiff knew that the defendants would be acting for other vendors of comparable properties and would receive confidential information from them , the agency contract could not have included terms requiring them to disclose that confidential information to him , or precluding them from acting for rival vendors , or from trying to earn commission on the sale of another vendor 's property ; and that , accordingly , although the purchaser 's interest in acquiring both properties was material information which could have affected negotiations for the sale price of the plaintiff 's house , the defendants were not in breach of their duty in failing to inform the plaintiff of the agreement to buy the adjacent house , which was confidential to the owner thereof , and the defendants ' financial interest in that sale did not give rise to a breach of fiduciary duty ( post , pp. 941A–B , G–H , 942A–B , G — 943B ) . |
| 25 | Well I , I think they will give it to us , cos er , Martin what 's his name said that we 'd get complimentary copies , yeah you must n't touch those Tim cos those are matches and children never , never touch matches do they ? |
| 26 | ‘ I want police like they are on television , like The Bill , where they get stuck right in , ’ says one boy . |
| 27 | We order you to cause the said oaks to be delivered to him in the place which is most suitable for transporting them , and to assist him to find men to cut them down and carry them , at our expense . |
| 28 | For those without a car , there are daily coach tours to enable them to visit the surrounding areas . |
| 29 | A slide of children with gas masks provoked Wayne ( RH ) to comment on Mickey Mouse designs placed on gas masks to encourage children to wear them , and Stephen ( S ) to say they did n't bother to wear them very often . |
| 30 | One of the commonest rituals was for men and women to go into the fields and couple , as imitative magic , enabling the crops to germinate and flourish , followed by leaping dances to encourage them to grow . |