Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it does seem to be a little less pernicious , in that male respondents less often say that they want to marry only a woman who is a virgin than they used to , it is still alive and well in that women are more often criticized than men for engaging in non-marital sexual activity . |
| 2 | The next day the RUC tried to block a 4,000 strong Paisleyite protest march from the centre of Belfast , but the marchers broke through and rampaged through the centre of the city breaking shop windows , stoning the Catholic-owned International Hotel and going on to Sandy Row where they tried to burn down a bookie 's shop which employed Catholics . |
| 3 | The police were attacked as they tried to break up a crowd of about 10,000 people gathered in a field at Sidlow Bridge , near Reigate , Surrey . |
| 4 | In 1880 , this had already been discerned , but most men gave a growing acceptance to democratic institutions because they seemed to provide not a threat to , but a guarantee of , liberal standards . |
| 5 | It felt like they 'd missed out a stage or two . |
| 6 | She said now apparently they 've got a horse somewhere round here and she said when she came back there was this car about half hour later after they 'd left here a car been broken into . |
| 7 | After they 'd cooled off a bit , you 'd have to go and water them . |
| 8 | And er quarter to eight er quarter to nine in the morning , all the commuters are running around half asleep , wish they 'd got up a bit earlier but they did n't . |
| 9 | They seem to talk quite a lot up high in the in their nasal passages . |
| 10 | Then they seem to take on a mind of their own , then they become positively malignant ! ’ |
| 11 | They seem to have rather a thing about , I do n't know , nature , ’ he tells Howard . |
| 12 | Was he limping , were they deciding to send out a runner ? |
| 13 | Although acrylic varnishes are dry in about 30 minutes , they continue to harden over a period of 24–48 hours , but here again this time may vary between different makes . |
| 14 | As they started to move off a woman touched Oliver 's arm and handed him Rain 's shoulder bag . |
| 15 | Joanne Menzies arrived quickly and they started talking over a glass of whisky . |
| 16 | In 1826 , when the members of the British Factory were worried by reports that a daily newspaper was about to be published in Funchal , they decided to set up a find for the protection of any British subject attacked by the newspaper . |
| 17 | They decided to set up a nursery in the house and objections by Renfrew District Council were overcome . |
| 18 | ( iii ) Lastly , non-causal nomic connections are stated by numerical laws different in that they do specify how a magnitude varies with time . |
| 19 | Yeah , but they do grow out a bit too . |
| 20 | Well then when they start looking about a bit more , that is when it costs you because anything that Les has to get involved in , cos they go back to Les and say well why did he do this and why did you do that ? |
| 21 | And I liked er the the polishing you know , the what they call building up a body . |
| 22 | They fail to explain when a CSO will be used or how it would be implemented . |
| 23 | The bit where he like jumping on the lake they 've cut away a bit of the platform so the only way you can do it is jump onto this bit of wood then fly , and literally he was like that , just going in mid air and landed right in the water ! |
| 24 | They 've dug up a lot of human bones at my old uncle 's house … ‘ |
| 25 | As we feel that they missed a fair bit out what they 've written is very good but erm they 've missed quite a bit out |
| 26 | Yes , it 'll be worth following that up , cos that 's , that 's one of the erm , they , they 've done quite a lot of work of Amnesty and general studies in the past , there was a sheet of sort of quotes of , how good the Amnesty was , and there was one from the teacher at Birchwood or what , what 's Margaret Dane School , so erm , yes , if , if you could definitely follow that up erm John |
| 27 | So they went up there and did that , and then , I ca they 've done quite a lot and then they 're going up London tomorrow , I think . |
| 28 | Whenever the Fedpol think they 've built up a case on one world or another , they find platoons of sharp lawyers appearing , kilocreds are spent , evidence vanishes , witnesses have strange accidents … |
| 29 | ‘ They 've put out a pamphlet , have n't they ? ’ |
| 30 | They 've put together a side of young lads and journeyman pros , and that is meant as a compliment . |