Example sentences of "they [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they want to join us in this enterprise , so much the better . |
| 2 | ‘ They just want to do the job they are paid and trained to do and they want to do it in suitable clothing , ie in uniform . ’ |
| 3 | Cambridge liked undergraduates reading theology to have two years over the work and believed that if they tried to do it in fourteen months they would do it superficially , or else they would be sure to hurt themselves by overwork . |
| 4 | Did they try to victimize you in any other way ? |
| 5 | Garfinkel 's interest is not in whether they are right or wrong in perceiving it in this way , but rather in how they come to perceive it in this way , and what effect this perception has on their actions . |
| 6 | They have to cope them in accepted rites |
| 7 | this is a school one , yeah , they have to write them in this little |
| 8 | I suppose the reason was one of policy really — they had the youngsters hooked and they wanted to keep them in that position by not rocking the boat . |
| 9 | Lowering the tender took care and patience if they wanted to keep it in one piece . |