Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gloucester coach Keith Richardson says that the week may have turned around the team 's season … the win over a strong bridgend side was very rewarding and it reflects the old Gloucester dog attitude … when they think there 's competition a match to be won they respond and come through … there 's a big league game against Northampton coming up on saturday and Gloucester need all the inspiration they can get to win |
| 2 | Oh if they 've won they 've done it . |
| 3 | I also proposed they aim for all other dogs ( except known or obvious ‘ nasties ’ ) and people , and to speak encouragingly to Moby as they did so , to keep him relaxed . |
| 4 | It has been suggested that unless females are mated they remain in season for very long periods and lose condition and strength to the point where they die . |
| 5 | Pity they come from Manchester , that 's a real f—ing albatross now , is n't it ? |
| 6 | ‘ Pity they do n't spend their time catching criminals , ’ observed the Commander , ‘ instead of wasting their time harassing respectable citizens . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't doubt they know very well I 've come to you , and will be on their best behaviour if you call . |
| 8 | Our resorts have been carefully selected for the range of walking , rambling , swimming and boating they offer . |
| 9 | Or others may be asked to participate in lengthy discussions about what information needs they have — if this is RMI where is the computer ? |
| 10 | In order to provide maximum benefit to the company , new products must satisfy the requirements of the corporate plan in terms of the market needs they fulfil and their price/performance ratio . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Because it took anthropomorphism to the nth degree , Mr Lendrem 's conclusions may be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) When ducks sleep they close their eyes . |
| 13 | The minister Nicholas Breton , for example , noted in 1603 that his parishioners ‘ came to service more for fashion than devotion ’ , while the preacher John Angier of Denton in Lancashire believed that his parishioners came ‘ for no other purpose but to sleep , as if the sabbath were made only to recover that sleep they have lost in the week ’ . |
| 14 | Summat gel they call it do n't it June ? |
| 15 | When benefits have been claimed they have been small compared with the resources employed . |
| 16 | She 's a golden eagle like you and because she 's dying they 've brought you here to replace her . |
| 17 | report they make on the |
| 18 | If you look at the way they report they remember what their family environment was like , what their home environment was like as as kids erm you find that they generally have much less positive recollections than people who were n't abused as children . |
| 19 | Student welfare officers became concerned about the intensity of Life at oxford University , and in todays report they urge immediate action . |
| 20 | JUNE 9 : Two months AFTER the deal has been completed , BRDC 's financial advisers , Rawlinson and Hunter , report they consider it a ‘ high risk ’ investment . |
| 21 | Rough guesses suggest they number round 300,000 and all predictions are that their numbers will increase . |
| 22 | I suggest they tire out their bodies as well as their brains by doing more physical work . |
| 23 | The Manzi brothers , pictured here , are unafraid of clothes that suggest they need ironing . |
| 24 | If all this leads the controlling group to scream for more money from the Government , and it will inevitably , I suggest they start using the money they have more sensibly and not waste it on their more extravagant schemes . |
| 25 | Course manager Jack Bennett said : ‘ The going could be described as choppy , and if anyone wants to know the prospects I suggest they contact the coastguard ! ’ |
| 26 | But in case other soaps feel dull in comparison we suggest they do some rapid recruiting . |
| 27 | They 're told that the amount of medicine they take us under their control and I usually suggest they experiment after two or three days with either increasing the amount of the dose e.g. two squirts instead of one or taking the remedy twice a day . |
| 28 | The Tories acknowledge they have a fight on their hands against Nigel Jones for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 29 | The soldiers of Judas betrayed him , the soldiers arrested him , th the the the scenario works out , it all unfolds they nail him to a cross . |
| 30 | I looked down at the pretty patterns that streets do n't know they make . |