Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] they [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether we ignore the inner planets , or assume they add a tiny contribution to the overall effect , the key dates that come out of the analysis are the same — and I should have made that clear in the article . |
| 2 | Or do they do a public service by tilting government towards more openness and accountability ? |
| 3 | Could they be introduced as token , surface changes or do they necessitate a fundamental reorganization of the way the school operates ? |
| 4 | Is it me or do they whistle a lot ? |
| 5 | Or do they exhibit a regular alternation , recalling the systematic mosaics seen in some non-mammalian species ? |
| 6 | Or do they need a mass literacy programme ? |
| 7 | Are theories just another kind of story , or do they constitute a radically distinct form of discourse ? |
| 8 | Do you get results quickly and often , or do they take a long time to come through ? |
| 9 | Do individuals lose all sense of time and become erratic , or do they maintain a rhythmicity in their lifestyle and bodily functions ? |
| 10 | Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ? |
| 11 | Have they moved in search of the preferred food or have they accepted a second choice ? |
| 12 | ‘ Nor do they return a wallet with money still in it . ’ |
| 13 | Nor do they contain a sound historical analysis , for Beatrice 's personal life is set in a matrix of ill-digested sources that show no knowledge of recent 19th-century gender studies , while the minor errors make the reader wince . |
| 14 | Nor do they do a lot for me as erogenous zones . |
| 15 | On top of this , inevitably but it seems rather unfairly , they have to deal with the problem that faces every teacher in a new school : the fact that they do not know its geography , its structure and its rules , both explicit and unwritten , nor do they have a chance to get to know the personalities and quirks of more than a handful of either pupils or teachers . |
| 16 | Legislators will not normally have had prior experience of governing , nor do they provide a government-in-waiting , as in the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | Nor did they want a vast editorial board . |
| 18 | Assemble a collection of long objects ( or any objects will do ) in a pile and say they represent a number , e.g. four . |
| 19 | They write of " Moille of Keann-outh , or Mull of Oe " and say they found a cheerful and commodious hotel at Port Askaig " nestled securely among well-grown trees . " |
| 20 | They write of " Moille of Keann-outh , or Mull of Oe " and say they found a cheerful and commodious hotel at Port Askaig " nestled securely among well-grown trees . " |
| 21 | The Family Policy Studies Centre ( address on page 146 ) calls women carers ‘ the forgotten army ’ and says they provide a service which saves the government billions of pounds a year . |
| 22 | Laws are needed to protect women 's rates of pay and ensure they get a fair day 's pay for a fair day 's work . |
| 23 | I went to Grenoble and discovered they had a small project on the outskirts , which had been a piece of wasteland ; they ploughed it all down , replanned it , had a complete new housing estate , hotel , the lot , in less than five years , where the City Council would be thinking about which bit of land to use , what to put there , how to do it , and ten years later they might think about producing a plan , and ten years after that ( that 's twenty years on ) something would appear . |
| 24 | Julie now owns several different types of crystals and finds they have a comforting and calming influence whenever she feels stressed . |
| 25 | In the second , more optimistic ending , Pip returns to the forge after working abroad for eleven years and goes to Hoe and Biddy and finds they have a son , also called Pip . |
| 26 | She writes , ‘ If anyone is visiting the South West and feel they need a knitting ‘ fix ’ , they would be very welcome to visit us . ’ |
| 27 | They did so in the face of widespread steel closures , rising unemployment , and knowledge about their poor prospects of re-employment , or they had had enough of work and felt they deserved a rest . |
| 28 | She was proud to be seen with him , and knew they made a picture when they rode up together . |
| 29 | Villa are at White Hart Lane this afternoon with Livermore saying : ‘ We have watched them closely and think they have a great chance of winning the League . |
| 30 | The witness began to cry , and said they had a quilt and other little things . |