Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently they 've got more power than most organizations or , you know |
| 2 | Apparently they 've got this tiny fish which is attracted by the heat or whatever and can swim up your pee as you 're peeing . |
| 3 | They thought it was broken , then they said it was just a bad sprain , but apparently they want to do another X-ray , so I simply do n't know what 's happening . |
| 4 | As large cities , like Bristol , have grown outwards they have surrounded some old villages . |
| 5 | The front cover of Secrets depicts Mary in dishevelled crinoline anxiously awaiting , while Gothic script informs the reader that ‘ for too long — for too long they had savoured those anxious moments … . ’ |
| 6 | And he 'd been rubbing for that long they 'd gone that colour . |
| 7 | And especially they want to find that ship . ’ |
| 8 | Or were they , perhaps , a nation of satirists ? perhaps they had come all those billions of miles for the purpose of taking the piss out of us . |
| 9 | Perhaps they had thought such a warning from one soldier to another might have seemed an impertinence . |
| 10 | Perhaps they 'd known all along what was going to happen to him . |
| 11 | Perhaps they 've got more in transit Eric do you think ? |
| 12 | Perhaps they 've had some sort of trouble that 's left them sad . " |
| 13 | Perhaps they have had some effect , by importing into English prisons a tradition of collective action by prisoners in pursuit of demands made of the prison authorities . |
| 14 | So they had managed some sort of breakfast , and without waking me . |
| 15 | So they 've kept that tradition so we go there for the colours , and they provide a palette each year , er that 's the ninety one ninety two . |
| 16 | So they 've got that great big intake . |
| 17 | Fourthly that each child on that action plan would have outlined where they would hope to go and following that have found out what the requirements are , the possible pathway through and if they are n't sure , I was gon , what I was gon na ask was , if I could have a careers teacher in to talk to form about possible pathway through , i in the general terms so they 've got these four outcomes there . |
| 18 | Together they decided to resolve this prejudice . |
| 19 | Already they have had some success with soil around a leaking petrol tank at LLNL , and Matthews ' group thinks that TCE-contaminated soil should be a practical target . |
| 20 | Already they have forced those people to work for them . |
| 21 | In the light of this evidence it would be necessary to observe what pupils do in order to decide whether or not they have achieved this criterion . |
| 22 | No that was er that 's a picture of er 's erm er I think before they took that off they 've taken that off have n't they now ? |
| 23 | Once you 'd done a new paragraph like they did like this blah blah blah in here . |
| 24 | Also they refused to make any press statement on the study , and did not print sufficient copies of the report for adequate distribution on the pretext of financial difficulties , yet promptly hired a panel of consultants and academics to conduct a study of the Alliance 's study . |
| 25 | By now they had walked some distance along the Haymarket , and were on the edge of Piccadilly Circus where Dr Neil was relieved to see that Stair 's party had disappeared and the crowds there had grown less . |
| 26 | Now they 've done such a good round we 're a bit nervous , but I think we 'll be OK provided the winds stay the same |
| 27 | This is twice now they 've done this to us . |
| 28 | Perhaps by now they 've asked some other budding young artist to do a new painting for that wall . |
| 29 | I do want sugar , I ca n't have them now they 've gone all soggy in the water , in the milk ! |
| 30 | And course , they had , with us you know at one time and now they 've got that holiday again now , so I mean none of them would of been cheap when they did it . |