Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They deny recklessly pushing a car down the stairway off Byshot Path , Possilpark , on 17 May last while acting with another person . |
2 | But they seek also to have a religion which is in tune with the world in which we live . |
3 | They do occasionally emit a mild ‘ By Jove ’ or ‘ Bother everything ’ but their emotional range bears little comparison with that of most children . |
4 | I mean personally I think one of the difficulties in the colleges is that they do still have a sense of being at schools , and when you have an atmosphere which is like school you 're tacitly given people permission to act as if they were at school , and so we have a and that activity may not always be very adult , so we have to find a way of changing the environment of the colleges . |
5 | Since their directives are binding even when mistaken , they do then make a difference . |
6 | I think I would come down on voles really and they do actually dig a hole like that they go for erm small boulders and things like that in the garden or roots and they will send out clods as well cos they can uproot quite , quite a fair piece of er soil and of course they would eat berries as well , but again I 'm with Walter , I would like to see the end product . |
7 | To be fair , the C E C have not tried to say that everything in the garden is rosy , they 've also highlighted a number of problem areas that still exist . |
8 | So prices have tend to have fallen on world markets for agricultural goods because of support right , and they 've also become a lot more volatile and that , and that is the er the source of the international frustration with erm the common agricultural policy and this is why we 've got agriculture er being introduced into the G A T T. Not only does it impose huge costs on domestic tax payers and consumers , it also in incurs erm a large cost on third country exporters , right now if you think that most of those countries may well be developing countries and agricultural output is their only source of foreign exchange erm then er the policies of the rich countries in the West are erm a actively erm hindering the development prospects of developing countries alright and that may not be the desired intention . |
9 | They 've also got a song called ‘ Creep ’ ( the next single , natch ) , which has a habit of making innocent bystanders go , ‘ Jeez , what the f— is THAT ? ’ |
10 | They 've also got a boxing club for about seventy boys . |
11 | Cos you have erm is normally four , four , sorry tenth and eleventh years in sixth formers , and they 've also got a subject choice section as well , which I have used in the past for ninth years and it wa , it just got them thinking about things in a completely different way from what we , they 've ever done |
12 | The images can be , but they 've also got an edge of grim humour — Heartfield and police president Zorgiebel ( below ) shows the artist 's response to the man held responsible by the Communists for the killing of May Day demonstrators in 1929 . |
13 | At the headquarters of Pelham Puppets in Cheltenham they 've just received an order to make 10,000 models of Lady Penelope and friends . |
14 | FEW people outside Skinningrove have heard of the Tom Leonard Mining Museum yet they 've just received an SOS from a remote Bulgarian monastery asking for food parcels . |
15 | They 've just got a snooker team and a golf club and |
16 | Well , well they 've just sold a player to Leicester for eighty five thousand and they , they bought a fella from Port Vale on a free transfer , well he 's a Richard they 've bought him back again , only with a , all due respect but er now he 's got he 's playing very well with Leicester now , and he 's , he 's scored two goals and made one the other Saturday , and , and everyone , every match since he 's been there every time he 's played . |
17 | And they 've just won a tourist award for providing some of the best accomodation in the area . |
18 | when they 've just had a call in , to start on Monday . |
19 | ‘ The Inspirals look like they 've just had a charisma bypass operation . ’ |
20 | She 'd say they 've just had a restaurant there , that would n't be so bad as a take away But getting back to the finances , I mean the Two Hundred Club over the years it has been in operation , I mean with what it gets this , what they get this year , supposing it 's not a thousand , supposing eight hundred , it might even be about eight thousand might n't it ? |
21 | HEART op patients often wake thinking they 've just had a baby — even if they 're men , according to American doctors . |
22 | Now if you know that somebody is a drug addict and they 've just had an injection you keep away from them , erm if they 're having a bad trip , whatever they call it , because you do n't , they become very violent , they can do a lot of damage , now the only time you will step in and help is when they go unconscious , but at the same time remember protect yourself , we 're talking about needles here and probably shared needles , you must be terribly careful that you do not get pricked by a needle , especially if , they have a habit of sticking needles under lapels , so always be aware of this , if a person is a drug addict , in fact if you can find some easier way of turning them into the recovery position , do so , erm , you can then obviously either call the ambulance . |
23 | It 's all been condensed into two hours , and they 've even built a replica set of city gates over an old railway bridge . |
24 | They 've even got a telephone so you can open an account now , then phone each time you run out of anything . ’ |
25 | Er , oh that particular one was one of erm I do n't know if they 've even got a lighting showroom in London now , er |
26 | At th you know at the side of the airport where you said ooh and they 've even got a swimming pool ! |
27 | Fuck me , they 've even brought a chopper . |
28 | The most significant point here is that , whilst being ultimately sharp , quick-witted and astute , there is an alarmingly modest side to them as well ( maybe to be expected seeing as they 've barely put a distance between themselves and their former life in factory jobs and college courses ) . |
29 | The travellers say they 've already started a clean-up operation and when they do go , nobody will ever know they were there . |
30 | They they 've already put a claim on this one . |