Example sentences of "they [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And upon the way they round a leper , struggling in a quagmire , who cried out to them with a loud voice to help him for the love of God ; and when Rodrigo heard this , he alighted from his beast and helped him , and placed him upon the beast before him , and carried him with him in this manner to the inn where he took up his lodging that night . |
| 2 | Lenders fell into two camps , depending on how much they fear a further drying up of already moribund mortgage demand . |
| 3 | They fear a backlash from the war . |
| 4 | I have here a petition with about 22,000 signatures , principally of visitors and the staff of the royal parks who are concerned about the proposed privatisation of those parks because they fear a consequent fall from the high standards established in them . |
| 5 | If they fear a fall in prices , selling a future or acquiring a put option are alternatives to selling the underlying securities . |
| 6 | They fear that responsibilities and attitudes once a prominent part of a teacher 's life may no longer be regarded as essential ; they fear an erosion of the teacher 's role and status , and see changes as signalling moves to squeeze him out of concerns that were and are rightly his . |
| 7 | They fear an end to the open outcry system and a lack of arbitrage opportunities on the new system . |
| 8 | In this way they are seen by others as having authority and they gain a new measure of confidence in dealing with matters on your behalf . |
| 9 | Compacts should strongly recommend that trade unionists should be released on full pay to work with teachers and students so that they gain a balanced understanding of how industry works . |
| 10 | Through CFD simulations , they gain a more detailed understanding of the heat and mass flows within a process and this helps them to : |
| 11 | They also like things which are quite so if the activity involving chairing a meeting , doing a role play , doing a presentation although they may be nervous they actually enjoy that , they find they gain a lot from that and they also like activities where to an extent there 's a freedom from constraints , policy structures , they do n't like to feel bound because if you think about it a lot of are actually exploring deep end situations trying new things out , they do n't like to feel that constrained . |
| 12 | With the catapults they use to keep birds from the crops , they launch a couple of parting stones far over my head . |
| 13 | ‘ Travel firms are right on target when they launch a huge range of discounts , ’ said an Abta spokesman . |
| 14 | Many of the UK 's rarest birds of prey are under continuing threat of persecution , claim the RSPB as they launch a campaign to raise £400,000 to help eradicate the problem . |
| 15 | They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April . |
| 16 | They taste a lot better when you are hungry . |
| 17 | But in Mexico , peasants pulverise the plump triticale kernels in stone mortars to prepare tortillas ; they taste a little different from those made from traditional maize , but are relished nevertheless . |
| 18 | They taste a bit different actually to the ones we had . |
| 19 | Even if they scratch a lot , it is more likely that their gills are being irritated by particulate matter in the water ( coral sand is a common culprit ) or incorrect water chemistry/quality . |
| 20 | Corbetts are not inferior mountains because they lack a little bit in height . |
| 21 | Further , they lack a strong leader . |
| 22 | Chandos Herald , the Black Prince 's biographer , makes the prince reply to Charles V 's letter citing him to appear before the parlement of Paris by saying , ‘ Lords , by my faith it seems to me that the French think I am dead ; but if God gives me comfort , and I can get up from this bed , I will do them a great deal of harm even now , for God knows that they lack a good case , and they will have real cause to complain of me . ’ |
| 23 | Though they lack a shell , they are not entirely defenceless , for some have acquired secondhand weapons . |
| 24 | Japanese companies have chosen Australia and Switzerland because they lack a domestic industry that might protest against the import of ‘ free ’ high-performance computers . |
| 25 | Many essays suffer from exactly this problem : they lack a clear sense of what the main issues are which are being addressed . |
| 26 | One of the most frequent criticisms of the Cadbury committee 's draft recommendations is that they lack an adequate enforcement mechanism . |
| 27 | We can therefore hardly expect change from individual departments : they lack an appreciation of the curriculum as a whole and are inherently inclined to defend their own interests . |
| 28 | So , governmental reasoning runs , because they lack an economic interest in saving energy , such occupants can not be trusted to conserve it . |
| 29 | Although the solo danseuses perform sur les pointes , they still mark the appropriate beats by stabbing their toes into the floor , i.e. they dance a series of retirés passés forwards or backwards without descending and use typical Hungarian ports de bras . |
| 30 | In some cases the hotels are party to the commission arrangements : the Savoy , for instance , pays its own concierges commission every time they book a car through its own limousine company . |