Example sentences of "[noun] they [verb] be [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it was the only way to go if the labels they represent were to compete with the might of the majors . |
| 2 | The next tactic they use is to give us advice . |
| 3 | Their answer to the question they pose is to say that education systems are to be justified on the grounds that they develop ‘ intellectual competence that would otherwise go largely undeveloped ’ ( 1978 , p. 4 ) . |
| 4 | But they can count the number of times they 've been to see Elvis the Musical ; 38 to date and it will be forty by the end of the week . |
| 5 | When the majority of athletes begin to take vitamin supplements the most basic mistake they make is to take too many without considering which is going to help them most . |
| 6 | They do n't mind helping you out getting the diverts in the right position , because the last thing they want is to put the calls through to the wrong person . |
| 7 | They lose their teeth and hair , they forget the names of their families , and the only thing they want is to die . |
| 8 | Their names were Donald , Ian and Hugo , and they told us that they were extremely grateful for all the food but that the last thing they wanted was to put us in any danger : they begged us not to come again because there would almost certainly be someone in the village who would denounce us to the Germans or the Fascists . |
| 9 | When you go into hospital the first thing they do is to stick a scalpel or a needle into the burns and if it hurts it 's not that bad . |
| 10 | It is not surprising therefore , to find Tim Devlin quoting the harassed teacher as saying , ‘ The worst thing they did was to ignore you completely . ’ |
| 11 | He said : ‘ Many of them were aware of him and the job he does , but the first thing they did was to rush over and ask him for his autograph . ’ |
| 12 | Asylum Aid , which represents immigrants who 're seeking refuge in Britain , says the last thing they need is to spend more time behind bars . |
| 13 | The best idea they had was to travel back to the Wars of the Roses and bring two armoured knights with them into the age of the Krooms . |
| 14 | So far most of the conclusions are broadly in line with other studies , but there is a brief , but interesting , discussion about carers ' groups , where the authors state that , contrary to the present emphasis professionals give to self-help , ‘ the last thing ( carers ) wanted to do with the little free time they had was to talk about elderly people ’ . |
| 15 | The only time they spoke was to quarrel , and in the dressing room and round the dining-room at the Benson 's Theatre Home from Home they rarely sat beside each other . |
| 16 | What in fact they want is to find out the basis upon which the plaintiff is making the claim , to tie the plaintiff down to a particular set of allegations before the engineer goes in . |
| 17 | The first step they took was to estimate figures for national income after the war , so that the scale of spending necessary to raise employment could be estimated . |
| 18 | The solution they adopted was to assess , in respect of each category of problems identified , what would constitute ‘ … a risk of substantial loss or disadvantage which would be important for the individual concerned . ’ |