Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he said something about he 'd once they 'd once had to work all one day and all one night a near the Regent Centre because er , something had gone wrong with the gas pipes because erm of flooding . |
| 2 | I dare to go further : some of the most gifted and earnest among my contemporaries — I think of Edgar Dowers in the United States and Geoffrey Hill in the United Kingdom ( though I except Hill 's wonderful Mercian Hymns ) — fall short of pleasing me as they might , because they seem not to have followed this rule of thumb , and their language is habitually for my taste a shade , or several shades , too grandiloquent or ‘ literary ’ . |
| 3 | On 25 July , the Official Solicitor visited the dockers in prison , but they made clear that they did not intend to give any undertakings of obedience to the NIRC or to apologize — which is normally essential before those in contempt are released . |
| 4 | Migrants who said they did not want to do another course or were unsure , generally said that they wanted to finish the current course before considering anything else . |
| 5 | erm One of our buyers , Spain , er was not in favour of that solution because they were not a member of the tornado team and they did not want to see some kind of old boys club er running this project which was very important to them . |
| 6 | They did not want to pull another track from the album for their next single and recorded four brand new ones with ‘ Nobody 's Twisting Your Arm ’ as the key song . |
| 7 | They did not want to know this . |
| 8 | They did not want to hear another missing child public-address call again . |
| 9 | ‘ It was all so quick — the judges just said they did not want to hear any more arguments , convictions quashed and then got up and walked out ! |
| 10 | However , they did not seek to achieve these ends merely for reasons of age prejudice , though this was always an important consideration ; indeed , many of the other reasons grew out of this prejudice . |
| 11 | They did not seem to follow any particular pattern , but occurred at random and with varying intensity . |
| 12 | They did not seem to have any idea of what a sandwich course was about ; they seemed to pretend that their students were all mature men with industrial experience . |
| 13 | Throughout the eighteenth century and well into the following one , politicians could aid or hinder the career of a revenue officer , and they did not hesitate to employ that ability for their own ends . |
| 14 | The habit of going to see the movie — that sophisticated notion — no , people went to ‘ the pictures ’ , they did n't go to see such-and-such a film . |
| 15 | They di they did n't want to feed those on strike , they wanted to try and get them back to work did they ? |
| 16 | Their mothers , they told me , often complained when they did n't want to take any food to school for their lunch . |
| 17 | Anyway , that meant that the whole thing was top secret , because they did n't want to risk any leaks in case somebody followed up the work and got in first with a patent . ’ |
| 18 | They did n't want to understand that |
| 19 | Not because you were bad but because they did n't want to pay any more money . |
| 20 | They must have felt pretty safe , confident , you know , because they did n't bother to use much evasive language . |
| 21 | They did n't need to do that , charging in the way they did . |
| 22 | Then there was plenty of work for them but then when the erm , the one man buses really got going and they introduced the night safe on the buses , the ticket office was cut drastically , they did n't need to have all this information . |
| 23 | the licensing they sent a reminder this morning , I said they did n't need do that , I know it 's last day of April , it 's gone up |
| 24 | They did n't need to know much more . |
| 25 | They tried to be friendly ; they frequented the cafés and even ventured into people 's houses , and they did n't seem to do any harm . |
| 26 | If they do n't want to do that they can still practise as unregistered practitioners , using an adjective that might offer their clients the same frisson as ‘ alternative . ’ |
| 27 | er er they do n't want to do that . |
| 28 | Residents say they do n't want to witness any more carnage on the road . |
| 29 | They do n't want to work less hours , see , and they 're afraid to upset Mr Harker . ’ |
| 30 | They do n't want to have that . |