Example sentences of "[prep] they [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A profile that provides far too many irrelevant references is of little use ; such lists normally find their way into a wastepaper basket because the user sees that they are full of irrelevant material and is not prepared to search through them hoping to find some relevant references . |
| 2 | ‘ I accept , of course , that judges must be vigilant concerning the liberty of the subject ; but , if Parliament gives them discretionary powers , as section 13 of the Act of 1960 seems to do , it is not competent for them to refuse to exercise those powers . |
| 3 | On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing . |
| 4 | The complexities of these situations are shown by the case of an applicant and his family who left what was described as an ‘ overcrowded tin or galvanised structure with no basic amenities ’ in Bangladesh and who were treated as intentionally homeless by one London borough ( who considered that it was reasonable for them to continue to occupy that accommodation ) but not intentionally homeless by a second London borough who referred the applicant back to the first . |
| 5 | In this case , it is not unusual for them to decide to get another dog to keep their first dog company , and this is where the problems can arise — especially if the second dog is younger , or of a more submissive character . |
| 6 | A lot of them failed to reach that desirable goal . |
| 7 | But in this sterner , older world , the iron entered into the children 's soul , and many of them had to learn that being alive ought simply to be enough , a gift that must be ultimately paid for . |
| 8 | Some of them had to learn this . |
| 9 | ‘ My lads did all that could be asked of them , especially as a couple of them had to work all night in order to get time off to play . |
| 10 | None of them seemed to set much store by where the Toraja themselves say they came from . |
| 11 | There are few places on the globe unmapped , but there are millions of people in the world who have never seen the sea , or mountains , or a desert , or a snow-covered landscape , and many of them want to experience such places because the unknown is one of the great pleasures of travel . |
| 12 | It is a major procedure with a small but not insignificant mortality rate and some patients experience severe and persistent side-effects , although many of them seem to regard these as preferable to being ‘ superobese ’ . |
| 13 | There was a silence after this during which both of them tried to integrate this information but could not . |
| 14 | This is all the more necessary because , although some facilitating devices such as information agreements may be made the subject of prohibitions , the majority of them appear to escape these . |
| 15 | Now some of them used to find that a bit irksome . |
| 16 | Neither of them appeared to represent any particular party , and the election was being fought entirely on personalities . |
| 17 | Always work a sample for tension with these lace patterns , fabrics with holes in them tend to need fewer stitches because the work becomes more elastic . |
| 18 | Apart from them having to win each one of their remaining matches their fate rests largely with Hearts who yesterday suffered a goalless draw at home to St Mirren . |
| 19 | Erm they were talking about moving it and everything there was a big fuss about it last week well now there 's a fuss about they want to pull all the trees down around it as well . |
| 20 | ‘ Since this campaign began , not a day has passed without them trying to spin some story or other about me to the local paper . |
| 21 | Nevertheless they do represent different ways in which psychotic vulnerability can manifest itself and reference to them helps to provide some clues as to which of its aspects might mediate any association that exists with creativity . |
| 22 | so she 's er , she 's waiting for 'em to come to do that , anyway she 's er , somebody rang her did n't they and they asked her if she 'd have a little boy of four months old , Thursdays and Fridays all day and she started this week with him , so I said well Pauline |