Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those totems were my warning shot ; anybody who set foot on the island after seeing them should know what to expect . |
| 2 | John Selwyn Gummer , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food There is no point in producing a list of microwave ovens without giving the detailed instructions so that those using them can improve their performance . |
| 3 | I mean them let's face it one out the three of us should of thought a bit more . |
| 4 | Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table . |
| 5 | As they entered they could hear someone playing a cello . |
| 6 | ‘ Your friend would know they 'd kill him . |
| 7 | I do n't know they used to cart it away . |
| 8 | In the end , I expect they 'll make her read the news . |
| 9 | I expect they 'll tell you how many to take . |
| 10 | I expect they 'll release us soon . |
| 11 | But I expect they 'll charge him some time today . |
| 12 | No doubt if their theses eventually appear they will contradict my oversimplified ideas on the matter , but this seems to me an ideal place to demonstrate " event stratigraphy " . |
| 13 | ‘ It pays well and has brought valuable jobs , but if the demand for slate drops they will close us down without a second thought , ’ one said . |
| 14 | Finally 5 Corps stated to Eighth Army : " it would appear that unless these formations are taken over by us as formed bodies and disarmed they will force their way across border as individual bandits plunder the country disorganise economic life our zone and threatened our security . |
| 15 | If he moved they would see him ; if he stayed still they would find him . |
| 16 | ‘ I met thousands of people who pretended they could teach me how to do it . |
| 17 | It was a local concern , employing whole families , and everyone knew that in order to flourish they must give it their all . |
| 18 | No-one 's ever bungee-jumped from a balloon before , but as Ian went up , up and away , none of his home town fans ever doubted they 'd see him again . |
| 19 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 20 | Other readers , trying to buy houses , might be glad to find they could afford them . |
| 21 | They had no church affiliation : some were hurt , others were strong , but they all found they could commit themselves heart and soul to what we were doing . |
| 22 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 23 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |
| 24 | Students of literature , traditionally resentful as they often are to be told they might be engaged in anything severely useful , found they could sell their talents abroad as teachers , and had to tolerate the uncomfortably realistic view that the nation might recover through the teaching of English some small part of the wealth it had lost on technical adventures like building and running Concorde . |
| 25 | So if it holds they 'll replay it and if it breaks |
| 26 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 27 | Those who live nearby say they 'll do everything in their power to try to stop it . |
| 28 | They say they 'll do whatever it takes to save their livelihood . |
| 29 | Chelsea say they 'll announce their new manager in the morning . |
| 30 | Police say they 'll treat her remarks as a formal complaint . |