Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] they [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be made clear that if anyone does not understand what someone has said they should always ask , and that this is meeting time well spent . |
| 2 | The jockey club confirmed today that two favourites in this year 's St Leger at Doncaster had been drugged to ensure they would n't win . |
| 3 | In these clogged defiles they could never wash off all the truck-belch and car-fart bubbling upwards in vapours of oil and acid and engine coolant . |
| 4 | Turned out the last time the staff had seen him he was a student here and he 'd made such an arsehole of himself they 'd sworn they 'd never let him back in ! |
| 5 | Although Bigwig might succeed in talking over one or two , most of the rabbits they could expect to join them would not come from the Owsla . |
| 6 | The finding in Sir David Calcutt 's report on privacy and the press that the Press Complaints Commission 's lay members were dominated by the industry was baseless , Lord McGregor said , as their standing in the worlds in which their reputations had been made ensured they would never kowtow to proprietors or editors . |
| 7 | A I was going to say they 'd probably get a more realistic |
| 8 | The cricket section , despite being joint owners , have been advised that it seems likely that if one of the owner clubs should decide to sell they could well proceed unilaterally . |
| 9 | The housekeeper hovered in the background looking very distrustful and Jess began to wish they 'd never come . |
| 10 | Having died they can not do this themselves , but the Roman Catholic church teaches that the cleansing can be effected by the ‘ prayers and … good works ’ of those still alive . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , I might have known they would n't want Rosie there for too long . |
| 12 | Problem No. 1 : My husband and son started to complain they could not hear the TV . |
| 13 | So instead of saying kept they 'd just say kep . |
| 14 | People are led to believe they might not get their mail if they use the townland . |
| 15 | Now does that matter , so far as being at school is concerned , if they ca n't really do proper experiments does that mean to say they ca n't do proper chemistry ? |
| 16 | That does n't mean to say they should n't achieve inside the home too , but it does mean that they should have the chance of doing both if they want it , and I think perhaps most do . |
| 17 | People tend to think they can just draw like Picasso without having any basic learning of drawing . |
| 18 | People tend to think they can just draw like Picasso without having any basic learning of drawing . |
| 19 | The Dean in Chapter of Hereford Cathedral have yet to vote for the privatisation scheme although I do believe they might just vote for it . |
| 20 | A happy theatre a happy ship if you like a corny phrase to use is very very apparent and I 'm sure my colleagues and friends around here would appreciate because they do believe they ca n't get at the management committee and they would like to so please Tom will that be possible at some time in the near future ? |
| 21 | In fact women are clearly already making this kind of calculation for themselves and many do decide they would rather run the gauntlet of contraceptive side effects than risk a pregnancy and cope with the consequences . |
| 22 | If they do find they can not cope , services are available to look after the child . |
| 23 | But even if you do , I 've heard they 'd rather die than be captured . ’ |
| 24 | Well erm if I 'm crystal ball gazing , I would hope that all the women in this country , whatever their colour and whatever their class , would have access to first-class provision for their young children , so that if they wished to work they could actually work in jobs that paid them enough and gave them job satisfaction . |
| 25 | He had n't wanted to sign anything , but they had said they would n't give him any money unless he did , so he 'd pretended to read the papers carefully and then signed them . |
| 26 | Another , compiled in June , stated that no one believed any longer in an early end to the war in Russia , and that soldiers on leave had said they would not go through a second winter there . |
| 27 | Shares in Bond group companies were suspended on the Stock Exchange after the receivership decision but the group said other lenders had said they would not take immediate action . |
| 28 | The ANC had a court permit for the rally — but Ciskei ruler Brigadier Oupa Gqozo had said they would not enter his territory in eastern Cape province . |
| 29 | Apart from Steve , I do n't think there appeared to be anyone who turned round and said look they could n't do it . |
| 30 | But she had thought they would still have tonight . |