Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] they [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who try to hurt him usually find they come off a lot worse than he does . ’ |
| 2 | The company claimed last night that Mr Onanuga and Mr Newton now agreed they made up the whole story of Mr Lamont 's visit . |
| 3 | Why then did they seal off an area of Tottenham more than one mile across ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |