Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many of them feel cheated by the government 's refusal to hold a referendum over Maastricht , that is not the defining issue . |
| 2 | Some of them become trapped beneath the thatch , and whirl above me as diminutive galaxies of light . |
| 3 | They remain dedicated to the task of setting up a group of integrated schools as a sector of education complementary to the existing system . |
| 4 | To understand what the issue is really about , we must look more carefully at the premises they bring to bear on the discussion of reduction ; for this debate functions as a strait-jacket , stifling the very assumptions and aspirations which lie at the heart of the dispute . |
| 5 | Hippos are large vegetarians and must munch away at many different herbs , along with the other plants they eat growing along the river bank |
| 6 | They sit staring at the sunlight reflected off the monotonous river . |
| 7 | They sit staring into the sun and telling each other stories . |
| 8 | Take sentries — they sit squinting into the dark , waiting to see something move , and naturally their eyes droop . |
| 9 | Other protestors , including the Cleveland-based Neon , also gave details of the evidence they intend to give at the inquiry . |
| 10 | ‘ When clients have gone to a firm and believe that they have been treated badly , they tend to complain against the firm , not the engagement partner , and are surprised when the Institute tells them that they can not do so , ’ said Elwyn Eilledge , head of the working party . |
| 11 | However , paper labels should not be used for those sections destined for use in cathodoluminescence and scanning electron microscopes or microprobe , as they tend to char in the beam and may interfere with conductive coatings . |
| 12 | In the more seasonal forests , hummingbirds may be migratory , but in all forests they tend to breed at the time when the flowers on which they depend are most abundant , though as with the thrips and the Shorea species , there is some staggering of flowering times and avoidance of competition for pollinators between plants . |
| 13 | Local authority loans for house purchase are more likely to be made to manual groups and they tend to concentrate on the purchase of older dwellings . |
| 14 | ‘ They live , or they 're supposed to live , in the paddock between the Rectory and the House , but the fencing needs seeing to , so they tend to wander round the Rectory when they want . |
| 15 | Because police procedurals , though they tend to have from the nature of their subject matter rather more social content than the straight murder puzzle , are still books written primarily as entertainment . |
| 16 | Apart from being expensive to produce they suffer wear in the course of use and as a result are excluded . |
| 17 | In Scotland , however , where the same property ( or any part of the same property ) is subject to two floating charges they rank according to the time of registration unless the instruments creating the charges otherwise provide . |
| 18 | More specifically , they arc focused on the home , with self-provisioning ( DIY , gardening and so forth ) representing a sphere of autonomy where they can literally ‘ be themselves ’ . |
| 19 | They want to talk about the AOL , of course . |
| 20 | They want to vote for the party which makes them better off . |
| 21 | When making maps you might start simply by asking the children to draw something on a sheet of paper that they want represented on the map — a house , a shop , the well , the woods … |
| 22 | So what we 're doing now is , and we 'll do again this year , when we publish the telephone directory again , is to send out to divisions any numbers that they want saved on the system . |
| 23 | The mixture will leave young cricket-lovers wondering whether they want to ascend to the spotlight or make do safely with their humdrum jobs . |
| 24 | Tory vice-chairman Andrew Mitchell has written to all candidates asking if they want to remain on the list and requesting a new CV . |
| 25 | The majority of potential users of desktop publishing systems have a definite idea of what they want to do with the system ; publish a newsletter , produce catalogues , spruce up company reports , etc . |
| 26 | So the time for meals should be determined by when people get up , when they go to bed and other things that they want to do during the day . ’ |
| 27 | The erm he said soon they want to do for the room in the porch there . |
| 28 | Have they got any ideas about what they want to do in the future ? |
| 29 | well no , but not on , to town , but there might be somewhere they want to go on the way |
| 30 | Many of those attending the doctor 's surgery with physical symptoms , such as headache or diarrhoea , actually have serious emotional , sexual or family problems that they want to discuss with the doctor , but find it difficult to start on such sensitive topics . |