Example sentences of "[vb base] they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pity they went astray in the middle . |
| 2 | ‘ Pity they do n't spend their time catching criminals , ’ observed the Commander , ‘ instead of wasting their time harassing respectable citizens . ’ |
| 3 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 4 | I think they 've filled it in yeah and they did it quite smooth , pity they did n't do this one as well while they were I did n't quite understand it |
| 5 | Pity they did n't do other stuff besides |
| 6 | Pity they did n't postcard ones were n't it , so they gave it . |
| 7 | The two-slit experiment neatly underlines a basic feature of quantum theory , that we only know where things are ( which slit they go through ) if we actually look and see . |
| 8 | Heaven send they had not given up on her ! |
| 9 | I suggest they tire out their bodies as well as their brains by doing more physical work . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect they 've already told you about those . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I expect they came back the next day , or the next week ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I expect they did n't . ’ |
| 13 | Talk about jumping the gun — the machines are n't even announced for another three weeks , but Hopkinton , Massachusetts-based Clearpoint Research Corp reckons that there are potential users out there that already realise they ordered too little memory for the things and want to be prepared by having add-on memory ready and waiting on site . |
| 14 | You realise they 've all been at it a lot longer than I have . |
| 15 | It is a situation of great humiliation for women when they realise they do not possess their bodies except in relation to a man who might give them something — either children or some economic advantage . |
| 16 | I do n't want to stand in the doorway and shake hands but it 's a great feeling to go into one of the restaurants and realise they do n't belong to the GrandMet or Imperial , but they are mine ! ’ |
| 17 | Listening to the old Model 500 records now , you realise they have n't dated at all . |
| 18 | As they grow they become more powerful vacuum cleaners , affecting a larger and larger volume of space , and themselves becoming ever larger . |
| 19 | The more nitrogen they have available , the better marine plants will grow , and as they grow they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
| 20 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
| 21 | Despite being very nicely presented in a slip binder with well printed manuals , shame they did n't follow the ‘ industry standard ’ for size , the first thing the new user sees is a license agreement that effectively disclaims all responsibility for anything . |
| 22 | Er and things like sort of er midday and a late evening er usually fine , and then you have y quite a lot of asthmatics say they wake up in the night , somewhere between two to five . |
| 23 | ‘ As a result the majority of young girls I have interviewed say they regret how they lost their virginity and would love to turn the clock back . ’ |
| 24 | Only a small proportion , however , ( 12 per cent ) of Oxfordshire teachers say they felt personally threatened to any great extent by the requirement to undertake their review . |
| 25 | Erm people say they come round they come round with their children |
| 26 | They say they go out of their way to avoid trouble , having left a bar in Haymarket earlier in the evening because there was a group that seemed intent on a fight , swearing and pushing their way through to the bar . |
| 27 | And people say they noticed how tightly O was holding Boy , pulling him closer and closer to him , as if he was clutching at him ; and how he smelt Boy too , taking in big draughts of the air around him , as if he was a man just escaped from drowning holding onto something and pulling the sweet night air down into his lungs in great grateful gulps . |
| 28 | The owners say they came up with the idea first . |
| 29 | And eventually you you either do and he drives off and nearly runs into rams into a lamppost or something like that on his way when he 's finally given up , or else sometimes as I say they get together and er everything 's hunkydory . |
| 30 | The company has been trading since 1876 and staff say they 'd always thought the firm was financially successful . |