Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr and Mrs Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter . |
| 2 | They failed to make anything like the sort of headway the following day when they met the Wallabies in the rain at Newlands . |
| 3 | They agreed to do nothing ; self-winding up was inconceivable . |
| 4 | They agreed to do nothing which could be construed as recognition of the current Soviet government . |
| 5 | Landowners ca n't do exactly what they want for a start , and if they intend to do anything which might damage the site they have to inform the Nature Conservancy Council in writing and try to work out a compromise . |
| 6 | And they have proved that they intend to let nothing stand in the way of a World Cup triumph when they stage the finals next summer . |
| 7 | But explore all the options first , such as cost-cutting and restructuring borrowings , before calling in an insolvency practitioner : they tend to see everything in terms of insolvency legislation . |
| 8 | ‘ They tend to want everything handed on a plate to them instead of adding their own personal touch . |
| 9 | They want to own everything . |
| 10 | something that it , either it is successful in itself and it no , no longer needs to be subsidized or something that they want to see go to the wall , if they want to see something going to the wall , it |
| 11 | I think they 'd say that they 'd like to see an officer in a car because they do n't see anybody , what they really mean they want to see somebody they can talk |
| 12 | But a lot of our client 's finance sections , do n't see the difference between a big and a little job they see some pigeon holes in their spreadsheet and they want to put something in there . |
| 13 | Others want first editions from greed for rarity and will pay almost any price to secure it , and yet others because they want to put one over on other collectors . |
| 14 | A a a member of staff may feel that they want to say something about a kid , and it does not necessarily have to agree with what the kid |
| 15 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman will ask his constituents to remember that if they want to do something about that matter there is one answer — to buy the best food that there is , and that is British produced . |
| 16 | A lot of us ignore the fact that people do have their own development and they want to do something a bit more exciting , but unless we 're given the opportunity ask will they want to demonstrate it ? |
| 17 | They want to do something . |
| 18 | What 's in it for the businesses is this : at the moment they can see Eastern Europe as an emerging market , but it 's very difficult to get in there because the hard cash and the skills that they need do n't exist in those countries , but they want to do something , they want to demonstrate their interest , they want to make contact , and what Enterprise Europe gives them is the opportunity to make a good business contact amongst one the young generation of er of business leaders in those countries er in order , and keep those contacts in order that when they do have an opportunity to go into those markets they 've got some young people there to start off with . |
| 19 | The child will indicate exactly how important it is and you 've got to really find out whether they want to do something about it . |
| 20 | They want to do something with it maybe . |
| 21 | ‘ I think they want to hear something encouraging and uplifting . ’ |
| 22 | They want to run one up to see what the maximum speed is , well of course that 's gon na destroy it . |
| 23 | Two days later he tells me : ‘ It 's like they want to copy everything down to the smallest detail . |
| 24 | Briefly summarised , our scheme is likely to be attractive to those researchers who have reached a stage in their careers , either young post docs or those of more mature years , where they want to try something new or unconventional . |
| 25 | WHAT do arts documentary-makers do when they want to profile someone who prefers not to appear on camera ? |
| 26 | No that 's true Alan , no , aha , I know , aha , and they want to pay somebody a fee to do a service , how many service have we had done ? |
| 27 | ‘ The guys ca n't play , ca n't write , ca n't produce , ca n't do nothing , and they want to tell everybody who can what to do . |
| 28 | Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net . |
| 29 | They want to trace anyone who might have seen the incident . |
| 30 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |