Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Precipitation on the surrounding mountains may give rise to streams which quickly disappear where they reach the basin , as in the Taklamakan desert of the Tarim basin ( Stein , I933 ) The basin often consists of gentle slopes of graded sediments derived from the surrounding mountains leading to a central saline lake or swamp . |
| 2 | We shall be concerned here to establish what the main kinds are , and also to ask why they take the form , and occur in the species , that they do . |
| 3 | they 're not angels , they 're a hard regiment , but they 're also highly disciplined and highly trained , I 've got , I , I , the other thing I could n't see what good , I mean is it , is it the , I mean its not , its not the anniversaries or any thing so I do n't know why they brought the out , cos I ca n't see what interviewing people twenty years after the thing happen can do . |
| 4 | I said a bit , and I never let him know , I thought I 'll wait a little bit until he go so he says to me , he says I bet you do n't know why they put the damper in just before they 'd put the , bring the ball out do you ? |
| 5 | Akram added : ‘ I do n't know why they changed the ball but I am glad they did because the one they gave us was newer and in better condition than the previous one . ’ |
| 6 | " I do n't know where they keep the spades , " Robert stood , hopeless and static , his bulk exaggerated by his suit of plus-fours and his tasselled stockings . |
| 7 | ‘ In Holland if coaches do n't do well they get the sack , so I am philosophical about the matter . |
| 8 | If the officers could tell us that why did n't they tell the controlling labour group , I 'm sure they did and then the question is why did n't you listen to them . |
| 9 | ‘ Jesus and why did n't they send the Devil ? |
| 10 | ‘ And why did n't they eat the fruit themselves ? ’ |
| 11 | But why do n't they want the stable lads to know what weights ? |
| 12 | Why do n't they release the body , there 's no need to hold on to it |
| 13 | I mean it 's crazy , why do n't they have the conference time at ten o'clock in the morning , and have the conference and everybody go home at a decent time , it 's silly . |
| 14 | Why have n't they got the authority . |
| 15 | The government must have the figures , we know the government has the figures and the people of Britain will have to pay that extra tax so why have n't they got the guts to tell them how much they 'll have to pay . |
| 16 | ‘ I never see how they get the sales per square foot in these places , ’ Barton observed , without further greeting . |