Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd arranged to meet for dinner , but it seemed he had n't been able to wait . |
| 2 | Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ? |
| 3 | In some of the comments which follow , we can see that students are discussing more than a subject which they happened to choose to study at college : they are discussing issues which are central to their lives . |
| 4 | The question for us is whether the evidence now available establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that they did intend to act in contempt of the court 's authority . |
| 5 | And er , I did er , er invite members , all members yesterday , and I do have a feed-back here , again , that they do write to lobby on behalf of us , because I , if this is going to be the patent for the future , it 's gon na have very serious implications as to what we do in terms of improving the highway infrastructure at Lincolnshire . |
| 6 | Well they 've got to go into quarantine , and that 'll cost them wo n't he ? |
| 7 | So once a person becomes unconscious , remember they 've got to go to hospital because they can only get worse , right , there is n't any , enough sugar in that body to , to be able to work properly so they 'll only get worse . |
| 8 | Their skin will be very flushed and dry you 'll get deep sighing and this is the one you 'll get the smell of acetone , not always , you know the nail varnish smell , the pear drops , and then from there they 'll get , they 'll go into gradual I 've put coma there , but gradual unconsciousness treatment the same sugar , if it 's sugar they want they 'll come round almost immediately , if it 's , they 've already got too much well you have , that little bit 's not going to make them any worse , they 've got to go to hospital anyway . |
| 9 | They know what areas they 've got to cover in maths or English and it 's a question of their motivation . |
| 10 | They 've juggled to entertain at college balls and parties this summer , but for their latest production , their first in a theatre , for safety fire has been replaced by ultra violet light . |
| 11 | In addition , FERL will issue a request to the Belgian authorities to consider retaining the licences they had intended to withdraw from community radios . |
| 12 | They had hoped to appeal to Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke to overturn the decision . |
| 13 | Matthies ' group , like ours , was interested in the glycoproteins , which they had shown to increase in synthesis during various forms of more conventional training procedures in rats , and Jork had scanned the biochemical literature to find specific inhibitors of glycoprotein synthesis . |
| 14 | But they had had to operate without anaesthetic and with only limited supplies . |
| 15 | They remained obstinately silent , abject looking as well , the camouflage they had learned to use for safekeeping . |
| 16 | King Edward had used them in Wales as war dogs but later had them killed because , in their blood lust , they had failed to distinguish between friend and foe . |
| 17 | As this liaison officer recognised , the basic level of skills training equipped them only for unskilled work and they had to learn to cope with compromise : |
| 18 | More important , perhaps , as they have begun to operate in practice , a higher degree of localized bargaining has developed , often with agencies ( including unions , community groups and local authorities ) which are not formally represented within the official structures . |
| 19 | Opera librettos , as Hans Keller has written , should never be discussed away from the music they have helped to bring into existence . |
| 20 | Because so much has been put into making such fine volumes , they have tended to increase in value year by year . |
| 21 | They have tried to take on board Ayer 's claim that theological language is meaningless , but have made of this meaninglessness a kind of superior divine logic . |
| 22 | Men and women whether single or married who have been unable to work regularly because they have had to stay at home to care for children and/o-r a disabled or elderly person may be able to safeguard their pension by claiming Home Responsibilities Protection . |
| 23 | Many companies have already found that to maintain commercial confidentiality they have had to register for VAT and appoint agents in other member states just to comply with the new reporting regime . |
| 24 | Women are , however , very often left with the responsibility because , in the same way that they have had to worry about contraception over the years , men often do n't see it as an issue for them , or are reluctant and afraid to discuss it . |
| 25 | Many veterans have revisited Archangel and Murmansk in peacetime , but until now they have had to travel by air or overland . |
| 26 | We can now add that controlling ensures that the travellers know how well they are progressing along the route , how correct their map is , and what deviations , if any , they need to make to stay on course . |