Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also proposed they aim for all other dogs ( except known or obvious ‘ nasties ’ ) and people , and to speak encouragingly to Moby as they did so , to keep him relaxed . |
| 2 | Rough guesses suggest they number round 300,000 and all predictions are that their numbers will increase . |
| 3 | They 're told that the amount of medicine they take us under their control and I usually suggest they experiment after two or three days with either increasing the amount of the dose e.g. two squirts instead of one or taking the remedy twice a day . |
| 4 | When the music stopped they looked at each other for a long moment , then reluctantly drew apart . |
| 5 | The two men found they agreed on many points about today 's press . |
| 6 | Once hatched , they begin to feed on zooplankton and as they grow they prey on larger species and they are even cannibalistic . |
| 7 | As they grow they merge into one another . |
| 8 | Most Chief Education Officers say they come across fewer than one case a year , thus supporting the official line that it ‘ hardly ever happens ’ . |
| 9 | They say they come across thousands of examples of potentially lethal appliances . |
| 10 | Reports of sea serpents say they look like smooth snakes , but they are many times larger than the biggest snakes on earth : the longest seem to be about 200 metres . |
| 11 | ‘ And they say they care about those below ’ , said the commentary , as the monkey urinated against a wall . |
| 12 | And the grisly , whey-faced businessmen , queasily jocular , and what do they expect , drinking like pigs and pretending they travel by private jet every day ? |
| 13 | You show me someone who says they come from such a set-up and I will show you a very clever liar . |
| 14 | He says they care about all animals and want to do everything they can to help . |
| 15 | She says they bark at all times of day and night . |
| 16 | People were comparing their 1992–93 charge with just the ‘ water services ’ charge they paid in 1991–92 which was not comparing like with like , he said . |
| 17 | I not too bothered that Scum Could get to the league cup final and FA cup final ( as long as they lose ) , I hope they do with several replays along the way . |
| 18 | All the major firms in the industry are members of the SWA , who consider they account for some 98% of the industry 's employment . |
| 19 | As Lane points out for the Soviet Union : ‘ However much control they have over Soviet production enterprises , managers and administrators can neither dispose of their assets for their private good , nor can their children have any exclusive rights to nationalised property ’ ( Lane 1982 , p. 135 ) . |
| 20 | This reveals how insecure they are and how threatened they feel by other people 's opinions . |
| 21 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 22 | Wrong ‘ I know they go to great lengths to avoid paying up , but I did n't realise it had got this bad . ’ |
| 23 | You know they sleep with both eyes open and a rifle under the pillow-not to mention the fact that it 's still lambing season and most of them will be up all night ! |
| 24 | Given it up and he said oh well got no kids you know they live in this house , got no kids . |
| 25 | In Australia , you know they grow into great big huge trees in Australia , Mrs told me . |
| 26 | I 'll bet they hear of these mini breaks through the wh I ca n't remember |
| 27 | he sez they went to several addresses but then the driver surrendered himself at the police station . |
| 28 | Almost everyone else in the world must have loved it , Benny thought grimly , all over the place people left cinemas humming the tune and wishing they looked like either Kay Kendall or Kenneth More . |
| 29 | The drawing suggests a physical barrier to communication so that as the two parties approach they slide past each other . |
| 30 | Tories say industrial sponsorship helps pay for extra facilities at the CTCs and ensures they keep in close touch with prospective employers . |