Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | All these species ( except Woodlarks and Red-backed Shrikes ) breed in other habitats , for example Stonechats in downland scrub , and Nightjars and Tree Pipits as commonly in young forestry plantations ( many of which were once heathlands ) ; but only on heathland do they form a distinct community , which is rapidly declining . |
2 | Alexander , the King 's son , who was at that time twelve years old , called out to his father : ‘ What an excellent horse do they lose for want of skill and courage to manage him ! ’ |
3 | Could they sack the shareholder ? i i if there 's a shareholder do they sack him ? |
4 | Bottom line , it is too premature to talk about DME losing market , ‘ What alternative do they have , ’ Gossels said . |
5 | How do assault victims consider the perpetrator should be dealt with ? ( what remedy do they consider appropriate , if any ? ) 3 . |
6 | What kind of deal do they think Americans Indians have had over the past 200 years ? |
7 | the decisions of the club do they get another committee ? |
8 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
9 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
10 | Now , Professor , can you think very carefully about those noises … which side of the corridor did they seem to be coming from ? ’ |
11 | THE development of successful models for predicting volcanic eruptions hinges on answering two questions : how long do volcanoes live , and how much magna do they store ? |
12 | What influence do they have ? |
13 | We have to dig deep into records to find these and then only if they have committed a crime or some other act do they get their names recorded . |
14 | Yeah , how do f , in terms of the police , I mean how do , what kind of work do they do in d in response to the crime ? |
15 | And what influence did they have on the Walsall Football Club ? |
16 | MS Do they get very upset if you talk Patois ? |
17 | It is understandable , in terms of natural selection , that an animal whose natural habitat is the underside of stones should congregate in the dark : but bow do they do it ? |
18 | ‘ Only if we teach our children anxiety do they begin to move fearfully through life . |
19 | The National Rivers Authority in Wales has called for a ban on conifer plantations in sensitive areas , but Nicholas Luard and the Bara Ceirch group feel they need to act more quickly to save the river . |
20 | How do they , what sort of aura do they get that they know that they 're going into a fit ? |
21 | At what point did they cease to represent family groups and turn into a coherent social group , a local bourgeoisie , or even ( as perhaps in the case of Protestant and Jewish bankers ) a more widespread network , of which family alliances form merely one aspect ? |
22 | What sort of team did they have ? |
23 | Nor at any time after the Second World War did they seem likely , despite several important developments relating to areas of common interest . |
24 | Only at the Opéra do they beat time without obeying it ; everywhere else in Europe they obey it without beating it . |
25 | What , what sort of stuff did they give you ? |
26 | They 're asking each other did they know what was going to happen ? |
27 | ‘ Where the devil did they come from at this time in the morning ? |
28 | he never said what colour did they want |
29 | What did they have , what colour did they have before the blue ? |
30 | So what sort of person do they see ? |