Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] they [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | We want to see them in action against South Africa . |
2 | But unlike Labour , who just want to extend national insurance contributions to all levels of income , we want to consolidate them into income tax . |
3 | The study 's author , Michael Cameron , thinks that roads should be treated like telephone lines or the electricity supply : if customers want to use them at peak times , they should pay more . |
4 | Now they want to use them at home . |
5 | yeah cos I want to put them on top |
6 | you wan na see the spellings in here , you want to leave them in Ton |
7 | Er the goods that what , not goods that we want to give them like junk food and ludicrous fashions , to find out what it is that they want this of equipment and no , and do n't forget the know-how , I mean we are , we have a hell of a Know-how in this country which is not being used . |
8 | Alright cos I think we 've been sent these on approval to see if we want to adopt them for course material |
9 | no , no , I , I , I just really want , cos I do n't think there 's any question of me this afternoon ruling on whether you 're right or not on these points , but I just er on second I thoughts I want to have them in mind |
10 | I always seem to get them at dawn , it 's something to do with the stuffiness of this room after I 've been locked in it for a night . |
11 | Whilst there are no ‘ free wins ’ to be had in the Premier League ( with the possible exception of Swindon ) the teams we 've beaten have generally been struggling ( exclude Wimbledon from that — but we always seem to thrash them at home ) and those we 've drawn against have been relatively good footballing sides hence the need to comeback after going behind . |
12 | I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect . |
13 | Yes , I just wondered if they could n't sort of do a , a deal , you know to get them by air , the only thing about it is if they got to sort of |
14 | Even those firms who have modern machines , tend to run them with software designed for earlier models . |
15 | Study their rates and then decide to throw them into touch and get somebody else to do it . |
16 | Since Leopold ruled a small State and had neither fears nor ambitions so far as territorial changes were concerned ( he wished to establish the perpetual neutrality of the Grand Duchy as a tradition of European diplomacy , to give it more or less the status which Switzerland was to enjoy in the following century ) he was able to accept radical ideas and even try to realize them in practice in a way quite impossible to Frederick II or Catherine II . |
17 | We shall just introduce them now , but try to bear them in mind as you read on . |
18 | In the next section , we shall bring together the models of welfare and levels of prevention which have been expounded in this paper so far , and attempt to relate them to child care policy and practice . |
19 | You will probably find that much of what they offer is excellent , but that something is missing ; certain aspects of movement are neglected — it is thought necessary to know about them or try to communicate them through teaching . |
20 | Below : When shooting cichlids they show their colours best when not stressed so try to shoot them at home in their shelters . |
21 | To make a character worse than oneself it is only necessary to release imaginatively from control some of the bad passions which , in real life , are always straining at the leash ; the Satan , the Iago , the Becky Sharp , within each of us , is always there and only too ready , the moment the leash is slipped , to come out and have in our books that holiday we try to deny them in life . |
22 | At home , women may have all the rights they could want on paper , but they often vanish in a cloud of prejudice when you try to put them into practice ! |
23 | Presumably when the ( outside ? ) directors of the company meet they will discuss the earnings of the top managerial staff , and attempt to keep them in line with the manager 's worth ( marginal product ) to the company . |
24 | They will work on the weakest MPs , and try to force them into line . |
25 | ‘ They will work on the weakest , and try to force them into line . ’ |
26 | Most journals send the referees ' reports to the authors , and authors try to take them into account , assuming they are true . |
27 | ‘ There are least three shops in Norwich I really like , and I tend to ring them in advance and say ‘ I 'm coming in for half an hour . |
28 | An , if we fail to support them at home , we 'll only have ourselves to blame . |
29 | With a rolling network we would have been there live to provide them with information of direct concern to all their lives — people , incidentally , who could not afford to pay for a service from any other source . |
30 | Only moss will do and 2 tons of it — freshly handpicked — has to be taken on tour to keep them in peak condition . |