Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police say they have n't the time or resources to worry about hashish . |
| 2 | Although he concedes that shareholder perks are primarily a marketing exercise , Mr Hume says they benefit both the company and shareholders . |
| 3 | These new men showed they had neither the time nor the political inclination to instigate a programme of Whig reform ; indeed , partly reacting against the Jacobite challenge of 1715 , they introduced a number of measures designed to ensure their and the new dynasty 's political security which seemed to represent an abandonment of what Whiggery had traditionally stood for . |
| 4 | There were five of them , and whenever they arrived they came up the woodland track on a big spreader wagon with a battered old van bouncing along behind . |
| 5 | When the wasps returned they landed where the entrances ‘ should ’ have been , in the centre of the circle of pine cones . |
| 6 | these wee pencil brushes that colouring in bring out different er sort of , you know , knots and you know they bring in the pencil |
| 7 | The union section of the college has 40 per cent of the votes and the leaders of five unions , controlling 24 per cent , have publicly declared or privately indicated they will back the Shadow Chancellor . |
| 8 | As they worked they monitored continuously the condition of the sea and the sky , the direction of the wind and the length of the day and the night . |
| 9 | Drivers collecting bags from the wards were also trained to ensure they understood why the bags colours had changed and were not apprehensive . |
| 10 | More bodies of street children — over 200 so far this year — are found in a stagnant ditch in a place called Nove Gerusaleme ; killed by extermination squads paid by city businesses that believe they frighten away the tourists . |
| 11 | The trial of two blackmailers who preyed on homosexuals , by threatening to publicise their activities unless they handed over money , has ended sensationally , with the two accused admitting they carried out the crimes . |
| 12 | How did they sort out the mess ? |
| 13 | No I think they went out the side door , cos they were in the computer room with us and they sat there Louise goes , what 's going on ? |
| 14 | Do they conjure up the impression that children are engaged in some form of pre-Victorian drudgery at school ? |
| 15 | This means they slow down the volatility rate of the top and middle notes thus improving on the ‘ staying power ’ of the perfume . |
| 16 | The driver of the jeep said they picked up the Arab for questioning because he could not explain what he was doing in the area . |
| 17 | Why had they held up the train ? |
| 18 | They sometimes fancy they pick up the voices of the past , answering their prayers , and after presenting their gifts of flowers and fruit , they come away filled with hope that the great loas have agreed to grant whatever they were being implored to do . |
| 19 | However , as time progressed they took up the argument of legislation requirement and professional competence as a form of self-defence and as a means of maintaining their professional standing not only in their own eyes , but in the eyes of other planners , and in the eyes of their fellow colleagues in Kirkwall . |