Example sentences of "that they [verb] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | British industrialists are getting agitated about an £8bn interest-free loan that they 've made to the Government . |
| 2 | ‘ Ven ! ’ she whispered , and was barely aware that they had moved to the darkened area of her bedroom . |
| 3 | During the study days , the patients were fully ambulatory and could follow their preferred daily routine except that they had to return to the laboratory for their meals . |
| 4 | Girls who are very aware of parental disapproval may not feel able to take this step and also not want to run the risk of parents somehow finding out that they had gone to the doctor or the clinic . |
| 5 | In truth , there were those in the American camp who admitted that they had to bow to the Europeans where the Solheim Cup uniforms were concerned . |
| 6 | Hailing each other , they found that they had come to the same conclusion : that so far as they could tell , in the gloom and confusion , the night was theirs , the camp completely broken up , the enemy scattered and leaderless and unlikely to rally now . |
| 7 | Brian felt that they had come to the end of that day 's talk . |
| 8 | Ali Bacher , managing director of South Africa 's United Cricket Board , said yesterday that they had recommended to the Indian Board of Control that a third umpire assist the standing umpire by viewing the replay in close calls . |
| 9 | So is the range of the gifts , which included not only items of direct utility to a church , such as the ecclesiastical vestments and bells received by St Cuthbert , but also objects whose chief characteristic was that they had belonged to the king , like Æthelstan 's cap and Edgar 's cloak . |
| 10 | And so therefore if anybody has amendments that they wish to make to the deliverance as it is , we will take them if necessary one by one and vote for them as they are presented to us , and then we 'll come to any other counter motions that may be on hand . |
| 11 | And it was on that basis that they decided to go to the point near Sand Hutton where provision has now been made for them . |
| 12 | 4 to 5 is relatively easy and if someone starts off at 5 they do n't need any persuading at all ( attempts to persuade them may irritate them so much that they start to move to the left ! ) . |
| 13 | One day later the Ringaskiddy residents announced that they intended going to the High Court to seek an order enforcing the asbestos dumping regulations . |
| 14 | However , they were then asked to put circles around every word or phrase in the passage that they considered to belong to the genre of SF ( all choices made have been italicised in the passage above ) . |
| 15 | And we 've written into our arrangements with any contractor , in the tender documentation that they have to adhere to the er requirements of the master plan . |
| 16 | I congratulate all hon. Members on the support that they have given to the Government in fighting that battle . |
| 17 | Finally , I would also thank Professor James Murray , Vice-Principal , and lan Muir , Chairman of the Enterprise Steering Committee for the tremendous support and enthusiasm that they have given to the work of the Enterprise Centre . |
| 18 | It 's a very striking book because while on the one hand he admires the Bolsheviks very greatly for the hope that they have given to man , for the feeling that they have given to the world that new potentialities are there to be realized if only we had enough courage , yet on the other hand , even at that point , he was acutely conscious that the Bolsheviks ' attitude towards the equality of power was leading them in a fatal direction , and long before Stalinism began to take shape , he described in advance what he expected to come . |
| 19 | There is an alternative to either of these courses which may be worth considering and that is that the Government should take the line that they have come to the conclusion that , while some restriction ought to be made in the infliction of the death penalty , the time has not yet come for its complete abolition . |
| 20 | Rather than seeing the electorate as independent and politically minded , it has been argued that they were easily susceptible to manipulation from above , and that they tended to defer to the wishes of their social superiors . |
| 21 | They have said that they need to listen to the voices of women and they are ready to do so . |