Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we 'd just attacked they 'd have killed you immediately , so I thought it best to try and get you to a safer distance before anything happened . ’ |
| 2 | Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table . |
| 3 | As long as individuals are different and have personal aims , ambitions and needs they will seek to achieve those for themselves . |
| 4 | She raked round their rubbish heaps at night ; she stole from them — peats from the stacks outside their huts , oats gleaned at night from the fields where they drove her away by day , once a half-grown lamb with a broken leg , that she killed with her knife and carried furtively back to the hut , praying they 'd think an eagle or fox had taken it . |
| 5 | The greater part of the debate on part-time day continuation schools centred around what it was claimed they could achieve . |
| 6 | As they entered they could hear someone playing a cello . |
| 7 | But if Labour do win they will make the usual hash of things and then the whole merry-go-round will begin again . |
| 8 | Though he declined to say who he thought would win tomorrow , one gets the impression that he will be in Scotland 's corner , remembering that if they do win they will head for Twickenham and possible Triple Crown glory . |
| 9 | Experts say chicanes do work but wrongly designed they can speed traffic up . |
| 10 | The forecasts for the rest of the year suggest they could level out slightly higher at 5.4 p.c. with companies in the south budgeting for awards of 5.7 p.c . |
| 11 | Corticosteroids would not usually be prescribed for people with Aids , since their immune response is already suppressed , but recent reports suggest they can reduce the inflammatory process associated with PCP . |
| 12 | Pilot schemes suggest they can add greatly to the citizen 's sense of security and build support for the police . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's certainly true that if people suggest they will go to the appeal procedure then we will do almost everything we can to avoid that , which means in some cases we 're letting people get away with something that you would n't let others get away with , simply because they 're being difficult — well , not being difficult , they would be just exercising their rights . ’ |
| 14 | Draw attention , if necessary , to the fact that words may not be pronounced the way their spelling suggest they will sound . |
| 15 | When astronomers could build a large enough telescope they would see the lunar inhabitants going about their daily lives . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , but how did he know they would stay on that course ? ’ |
| 17 | But I do know they would weigh up the dangers and think about the very fact that they could fly . |
| 18 | let you know they 'll come back from the letters . |
| 19 | It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we |
| 20 | Patrol leader Captain David Hall said : ‘ We 're letting them know they can get food without instability . ’ |
| 21 | Students in trouble will know they can get help where they see the sign . |
| 22 | What they did not know they could imagine . |
| 23 | Let children know they must do as they are told . |
| 24 | ‘ Your friend would know they 'd kill him . |
| 25 | ‘ We did n't know they 'd run away before you 'd finished with them , ’ one of the soldiers was grumbling sullenly . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , how did they know they 'd get the Admiral ? |
| 27 | I do n't know they used to cart it away . |
| 28 | but two to ten shift they 'd have power cut |
| 29 | Before the brigade of receptionists change shift they must ensure that all work has been processed as far as possible and that any messages or matters to be dealt with are brought to the attention of the evening shift . |
| 30 | If the Puritans refused to compromise they would have to be ruthlessly suppressed . |