Example sentences of "they [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They channelled rainwater away from the guttering through open-mouthed figures , which occasionally contained a short section of pipe . |
| 2 | Why do they plant clover with the grass ? |
| 3 | They emptied boxful after boxful on the counter , in front of the small boy — lions , bears , devils , witches ( pale green with hair made from real straw ) . |
| 4 | This was intended to help them return to civilian life until they round employment and , to conform with the allowances they had received in the services , this sum included additions for dependants . |
| 5 | But what the Romans really needed from the Greeks was the description and interpretation of a foreign land as a whole ; they lacked orientation in ethnography . |
| 6 | They lacked adventure and their first corner came in the 75th minute . |
| 7 | Not as well , either , if last week 's evidence is to be believed — they lacked pace and invention , though had an abundance of straight runners with the habitual powerful frames , so Scotland will be stretched . |
| 8 | Related to this was a feeling amongst students that they lacked independence . |
| 9 | The group found that many such courses existed , but that they lacked co-ordination . |
| 10 | That some of the articles were ill-argued , that they lacked style , or that they attributed to schools and teachers almost every ill that mankind was heir to , went unnoticed in the popular press ( which reported , usually without reservation , the ‘ findings ’ of each Black Paper ) . |
| 11 | But they lacked conviction , because she could not believe in a God who answered prayers . |
| 12 | Police were unable to make an arrest because they lacked evidence . |
| 13 | ( They lacked track brakes . ) |
| 14 | In the years before the oil crisis dismissals were frequently justified by arguing that individuals did not merit tenure because they lacked commitment or because of their poor educational qualifications . |
| 15 | One said that a lot of people did n't understand what Making Belfast Work was all about because they lacked information on it . |
| 16 | Widnes , without eight squad members , had the territory and the possession to have won the game but , after five successive defeats , they lacked confidence and penetration . |
| 17 | They lacked confidence in their own values . |
| 18 | The government views the colleges as being too expensive and unsuited to the task ( e.g. they lacked quality control ) . |
| 19 | The Russians continued to enjoy plenty of possession — but they lacked penetration . |
| 20 | However , Leese quarrelled with the ‘ BF 's ’ , as he called them , because he thought they lacked dynamism and credibility . |
| 21 | They know that the foreigners have no love for a country that pays them and despises them , and they fear looting and riots . |
| 22 | However , states are often under pressure to act because they fear history will turn against them if they do not . |
| 23 | During my researches for material to complete this book I have found that railwaymen in particular have been reluctant to allow their names to be used in a story , and have sometimes insisted that even the name of the location be changed ; perhaps they fear leg pulling from their workmates ! |
| 24 | Middlesbrough people fear crime generally more than other boroughs , but they fear burglary in particular . |
| 25 | If they fear Chaos , they begin to mutate in horrible and painful ways . |
| 26 | The death of Shio Tyiven , 26 , in Mount Vernon Hospital , Hillingdon , west London , yesterday will further focus attention on efforts by more than 3,000 Alevi Kurds to avoid being returned to Turkey , where they fear persecution . |
| 27 | Often they fear ridicule or a rebuttal . |
| 28 | We all know people who want trade union protection , but dare not join because they fear victimization . |
| 29 | They fear victimization especially if the harasser is their boss or someone senior to them . |
| 30 | They fear torture , sexual brutality and death at the hands of organised death squads allegedly paid by tradesmen to ‘ clean up ’ the streets . |