Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] they [vb base] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It interknits with that world of chances and mischances , improbable or absurd or grotesque or just neutrally happening as they do happen , which we meet everywhere in later Dostoevsky and specially in The Possessed . |
| 2 | The use of plants is recommended as they help settle the catfish down and provide spawning sites . |
| 3 | ‘ But what shall we do if they do follow us ? ’ |
| 4 | Chimpanzees younger than two years old do not attempt to fish although they do watch their mother doing it . |
| 5 | They could have a headache depending on how it was caused , they could be confused , but not always and there could be that brief loss of consciousness and so you must check the memory recall if they do know what 's happened well then go back a little bit further to see if they can remember what they did last night or something but erm , make sure , on that memory recall . |
| 6 | Again these things happen as they do happen , the magic narrative containing spur-ofthe-moment impulse within trancelike inevitability . |
| 7 | They would n't need them because of the , this technology and that that 's but nevertheless they do ha they would be conscripted because they do have to have the ground troops of |
| 8 | A happy theatre a happy ship if you like a corny phrase to use is very very apparent and I 'm sure my colleagues and friends around here would appreciate because they do believe they ca n't get at the management committee and they would like to so please Tom will that be possible at some time in the near future ? |
| 9 | It just means if they do roll towards the edge it stops |
| 10 | Probably because they had n't re-used they got there by two or three or four years time when they came on to the next level of management the junior management erm we did this with them again and you would begin to find certain skills had evolved and certain certain team strengths had arisen because they do change over the years . |
| 11 | I must admit they 're lovely to cuddle because they do curl up into a ball . |
| 12 | Well you you need when they do harm they |