Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
| 2 | Rather like pathological ‘ organisation men ’ , they seem so addicted to bureaucracy that they ca n't get enough of it in their day jobs . |
| 3 | With the ex-Callie , they took longer to adapt to nationalization I think , than the rest of the railway . |
| 4 | I M P A C which was formed to protect the pensioners had threatened an injunction if they did not go to Court . |
| 5 | If they did n't want the coal they did n't go to work . |
| 6 | ‘ They did n't go to war , not abroad . ’ |
| 7 | They did n't go to playgroup sessions , but they just went the mums and toddler session . |
| 8 | The company 's response was to issue notice to the original 40 that if they did n't return to work they 'd all be sacked . |
| 9 | They 're mostly Northerners , and they do n't want to muck about . |
| 10 | They do n't want to louse it up any more . ’ |
| 11 | And Norma used to say , I do n't put them to bed with Charlie because they do n't go to sleep , in and out of bed she tried the bed 's . |
| 12 | it can stop them going to court or if they go in and pay it off they do n't go to court . |
| 13 | But coming here means they do n't go to prison . |
| 14 | Whatever , these are the people the publishers really want to nobble , and they do n't come to conference . |
| 15 | But they do n't apply to Apex fares . |
| 16 | If artefacts do not accord with the consumerist needs of people , if they do n't submit to exploitation and marketing strategies , they can be voted into oblivion . |
| 17 | They cite Germany 's Abitur , where school-leavers are graded in eight subjects , and where their grading wins them entry into an apprenticeship if they do not go to university . |
| 18 | They do not relate to assessment arrangements , although these are covered in the Working Group 's Report . |
| 19 | At least this time they do not threaten to stone Moses as they did in Exodus 17 . |
| 20 | They hide behind the TECs , they do not listen to constituency Members who know what is happening in their areas , and they do not listen to the TECs , either . |
| 21 | He wants to be where the people are , and if they do not venture to town to visit the Tate or Walker , he 'll bring art to them . |
| 22 | They do not come to school as empty vessels . |
| 23 | Women who expressly state that they do not consent to intercourse may nevertheless be considered to consent to it . |
| 24 | They voted unanimously to return to work . |
| 25 | ‘ Had to go and leave my dandelions to look for you , now they 've all gone to sleep . ’ |
| 26 | They had also come to school earlier in the year for the annual assessment meeting , a statutory requirement for children who are the subject of Statements . |
| 27 | In fact on the day they signed the contracts with Wonderland for the King 's Hall they had just gone to No 1 in the charts with their new album . |
| 28 | During continuing negotiations with mediating union officials , the government threatened on Aug. 26 to dismiss strikers if they had not returned to work by 8 am on Aug. 28 . |
| 29 | During continuing negotiations with mediating union officials , the government threatened on Aug. 26 to dismiss strikers if they had not returned to work by 8 am on Aug. 28 . |
| 30 | Not in front of the children but later , when they had all gone to bed and to sleep . |