Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … and carve them into art forms which the Coriads purchase and contemplate to stimulate their lateral thinking . ’ |
| 2 | Receivership is anathema to corporate financiers , who hate to see their fat fees going to those who just pick over the bones . |
| 3 | Regarding the second theme , market liberals concur with radical liberals like Illich that professionals and bureaucrats tend to promote their own interests rather than meeting the needs of their clients . |
| 4 | Most attacks on stock occur in the autumn , when the young mink disperse to find their own territories , and in the spring , when males wander in search of females . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to see their little nest . ’ |
| 6 | They want to see their own chaps , keen as mustard , potting Jerries ( or Tommies ) whenever the opportunity arises . |
| 7 | This is usually a very popular event as parents want to see their own children involved in something special . |
| 8 | More importantly , however , teachers want to enjoy their own teaching . |
| 9 | It has taken the black South African Rugby Association and the ‘ coloured ’ South African Rugby Federation under its wing , and they no doubt now want to flex their own muscles . |
| 10 | Whether the men of the Eighties want to risk their ageing bodies against such threats , only the Nineties will reveal . |
| 11 | They want to arrange their own lunches , decide for themselves how to spend some days . |
| 12 | the French are convinced that the Germans want to preserve their monetary hegemony as EMU approaches : the more dominant the Mark is , the more Germany will be able to dictate conditions and draw up plans for a European central bank based on the Bundesbank . |
| 13 | The horses and ponies , varying in age from 4 – 30 , are well cared for and certainly appear to enjoy their busy lifestyle . |
| 14 | The Tories desperately want to claim their befuddled education policy is working while schools running their own budgets strain to publicise exam results , hoping to attract pupils . |
| 15 | The volunteers now want to establish their own orphange in Moscow . |
| 16 | The volunteers now want to establish their own orphange in Moscow . |
| 17 | If fast-food take-aways want to find their best prospects they can do a lot worse than identify areas which have a high proportion of ‘ households sharing access to a bath ’ . |
| 18 | The two men just want to brew their traditional beers and make enough money to live on , but as things stand it 's becoming more and more difficult . |
| 19 | They both want to own their loved ones and have their complete faithfulness , but Gatsby wants to earn Daisy 's respect and wants her to choose for herself to belong to him only . |
| 20 | They also want to sell their own house as well probably |
| 21 | Swindon Town expect to sell their entire allocation of thirty-six thousand tickets for the First Division play-off final . |
| 22 | And we want to enhance their democratic power too . |
| 23 | The 1983 budget increased the ceiling from £25,000 to £30,000 , on the grounds that the lower limit was ‘ beginning to hinder a growing number of families who want to buy their first home , or to move ’ ( Hansard , 15 March 1983 , cols 145–6 ) . |
| 24 | Because nobody is proud of them , the whole principle is undermined — even lefties are now saying the people want to buy their own homes ? |
| 25 | But who 's taking care of those guitarists who want to use their 100 watt stack in the bedroom ? |
| 26 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 27 | To determine this they want to do their own biopsy , and will require a sizeable lymph node to go at . |
| 28 | General practitioners ( GPs ) who want to run their own budgets will be able to do so . |
| 29 | But , as I say , this is about ten years ago but we 're now run into another problem whereby the erm institutions are beginning go back again and want to project their own images , right the way through . |
| 30 | ‘ If people are trying to reduce weight gain , especially because obesity affects blood fats and they want to protect their coronary arteries , then reducing sugar would be a good idea , ’ he said . |