Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the English Lake District I have heard them mimicking the curlew , a bird not found in the Cambridge area . |
| 2 | The only reason why I go to see a Nirvana show is just to see them wreck the gear ! |
| 3 | We came out to see them putting the body in a bag . |
| 4 | Hopefully they will go there as champions but I would love to see them win the Irish Cup , ’ said Flanagan . |
| 5 | If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock . |
| 6 | In history and in modern times , any sporting pursuit which seriously engages blacks is sure to see them become the leaders in the field . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd like to see them get the plans through the government housing regulations . |
| 8 | Even though the portrayal of police work on celluloid is not a realistic description of policing in Easton , the conceptualizations they have of their role as fighters of ‘ big crime ’ , which they have to be continually prepared for , encourages them to see the media portrayal of policing as accurate , thus completing the circle . |
| 9 | Yet the importance attached to this scheme of distributive justice by advocates of choice theory encourages them to ignore the contradiction which we noticed above between the liberal ideal of individual autonomy and the moral paternalism of the principle that promises ought to be kept which lies at the heart of their theory of contract . |
| 10 | Having recovered the sail , we made them bleed the line . |
| 11 | This made them hold the glider down and often caused overspeeding or even overrunning of the cable or parachute . |
| 12 | My soldiers were guarding the master copies of the very instructions that made them do the guarding . |
| 13 | ‘ I had the chance to go out when there were only four cars on the track , but I made them change the car which meant I went out in the busy section . ’ |
| 14 | Made them envy the lucky swells who would be escorting her to nightclubs and restaurants , but also gave them a sense that she was n't stuck up , that she was a genuine person . |
| 15 | Personal experiences made them reject the new truism that the children of fatherless families become delinquent . |
| 16 | So the challenging headline " our creams and lotions are all used up " made them read the rest of the copy . |
| 17 | The jelly which separates them gives the organism a degree of rigidity needed to withstand the buffeting of the sea . |
| 18 | He could double and halve small numbers , decompose the calculation into components and recombine them to find the solution . |
| 19 | In fact we expected them to solve the problem for us . |
| 20 | Wilson 's own choice of metaphor was no longer that of the centre forward , but the seasoned centre half feeding passes to his experienced forwards and allowing them to score the goals . |
| 21 | Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one . |
| 22 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 23 | It is difficult to see how the rock platform can entirely dissipate the wave energy , as , if the waves break on it , they must presumably erode it , thus ultimately allowing them to reach the foot of the cliff again . |
| 24 | On the other hand , two other cases involving individuals seeking asylum in foreign embassies were resolved by the authorities allowing them to leave the country . |
| 25 | The horns from the Zimbabwean project are kept in storage by the National Parks Department , in the hope that present international bans on rhino trading may be lifted , allowing them to sell the horns to raise money for conservation . |
| 26 | On Aug. 18 Finance Minister Tsutomu Hata had attempted to restore confidence by announcing a series of measures aimed at discouraging financial institutions from selling shares until the end of September , and allowing them to postpone the reporting of unrealised losses on share holdings until the end of the financial year , in March 1993 . |
| 27 | The Deee-Lite canvas has been stretched even tighter , allowing them to twist the dance beats of the last two decades into ever more kooky shapes . |
| 28 | The elections were conducted under a new electoral law passed by the NUP-controlled Assembly in October 1989 , under which additional seats were given to the larger parties , thus allowing them to gain the maximum number of seats with the minimum of votes . |
| 29 | The question , therefore , was how to satisfy the aspirations of the political groupings , without allowing them to gain the upper hand ; how to make use of their mobilizing capacities , without these being used to ends other than those approved by the Commander-in-Chief , Generalísimo Franco . |
| 30 | The crucial experiment is to rear male crickets without allowing them to hear the song of other crickets . |