Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have also managed to persuade most of the England squad to join the campaign , which already has some 225,000 donors on record . |
| 2 | This latter point is not intended to imply that scientists have suddenly ‘ got God ’ ; rather that they have generally refused to admit that , if some event is widely reported in religious writings , there is a very good chance that it did in fact happen . |
| 3 | Mr and Mrs Jones would like Olwyn in bed by 8pm but they have never managed to achieve this and have given up trying because , when they did try , Olwyn flew in a violent temper and then ran away . |
| 4 | When children have been taken into care at a very early age , and have lived in institutions until after their third birthday , or have experienced several changes of foster mother during this time , they have sometimes failed to form any secure affectional bond or attachment . |
| 5 | As Asian countries have built up their own knowledge industries and have begun to export knowledge products , they have naturally moved to regulate this complex trade . |