Example sentences of "[verb] they [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 | 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 | At the Mas Rose she hoped every day to see them riding down the white stony hillside track . |
| 9 | Still , it was great to see them go back into the wild when they were old enough . ’ |
| 10 | If he does n't , we 'll do it for him , so I like to see them trying out grass for themselves . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She was gratified to see them jump apart , eyes popping . |
| 13 | The banks are businesses too and we do not want to see them closed down . ’ |
| 14 | Francis added : ‘ I 'm all in favour of lots of goals , but I like to see them created properly rather than artificially . |
| 15 | It seemed a pity to see them going out of business . ’ |
| 16 | Harvey would like to see them bound more closely into the decision making process . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He disliked occidental empires and wished to see them ended as soon as practicable . |
| 20 | Now what sort of pay formula would you like to see them come up with ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ to see them crawling there , little animals . |
| 23 | They went back to the Franz Joseph together — she liked everyone to see them walking off together when the performance was over . |
| 24 | Class members would be most welcome in the team but few will come forward unless you as their teacher encourages them to do so . |
| 25 | This also encourages them to chase up the referees . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | This ‘ fair shares ’ system ( which , with the proliferation of news channels , is surely nearing the end of its useful life ) encourages them to think not in terms of earning that place on the news , but rather in terms of keeping the broadcasters supplied with positive images . |
| 28 | take better policy decisions by assisting them to work out the implications of their basic strategy in terms of policies in specific areas , to establish the relative priorities to be given to the different sectors of their programme as a whole , to identify those areas of policy in which new choices can be exercised and to ensure that the underlying implications of alternative courses of action are fully analysed and considered . |
| 29 | Finniston is in no doubt that making decisions and seeing them implemented properly are the most important aspects of a chairman 's job . |
| 30 | 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 . |