Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pessimistic thing was , the Hobbesians always looked back to the past , some golden age of order in the past , you know , when , when people knew what to do and er , and er , things were right as it were , and th they tend to want to restore some ideal state of order and authority that existed in the past , which was much better than now , because civilization has gone to the dogs , and been corrupted and so on . |
| 2 | Occasionally they appear to have had some direct influence on the formulation of the documents — the particular mention of the Anglican communion in the decree on ecumenism for example , as of the ‘ hierarchy of truths ’ — and their advice was sought , at least by the Unity Secretariat ( whose guest they were ) on religious freedom . |
| 3 | They fell into step , heading for the pub where they 'd arranged to meet some of the other girls prior to going on to the dance . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the Engineering Council ran into trouble with the fact that they did want to put some penal clauses in whereby engineers were responsible for a lot of their actions . |
| 5 | But we 've just got to wait and see , I mean , I know the sort of questions they 're going to ask , and they do deserve to hear some answers , I promise you that Jane . |
| 6 | Erm , I 'm not in a position to add anything very much to the article for next year , I spent most of Friday afternoon with the Tech last week , erm , but there 's still obviously a good deal of uncertainty about programmes for next year , erm , what I think has been very positive is that we have now er , this year for the first time since the Tech 's formation , they 've started to discuss some of the issues about the programmes with a group of providers . |
| 7 | you give them another ten minutes they 've got to make some banging to knock it round |
| 8 | They 've got to make some money out of that have n't they ? |
| 9 | Yeah so yeah they 've got to add some conditions on top of this things so it 's like should we do an age range thing ? |
| 10 | They 've got to buy some equipment . |
| 11 | They had stopped to get some fruit for her , and the stall-holder had insisted that it was a gift , refusing Michael 's money as if it was the norm to give his produce away for free . |
| 12 | And when , by good fortune , they had contrived to attend some glittering function Cynthia would delight in describing it , with especial reference to the people she had met , the important positions they occupied , and the deep respect in which they held her husband . |
| 13 | It was as if they had served to draw some morbid agent from her blood , as if they had been a great black and damson poultice to draw off her petulant humours and leave her as placid as a Madonna . |
| 14 | Previously , the 1969 and 1977 NOP surveys had broached this problem , with a question asking people whether they had considered using some form of credit but had not actually done so — and exploring their reasons . |
| 15 | While the New Towns often built up relatively successful and prosperous new communities , they have done little to relieve the problems of the least privileged in the old communities from which they drew , and hence , while by providing for ‘ overspill ’ they have helped to solve some inner-city problems , they have exacerbated others . |
| 16 | They have got to have some natural talent to home in on them , at first . |
| 17 | They have managed to sell some of the statues though I ca n't think who 'd want to buy them . |