Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since they are both high-class batsmen this comes as quite a surprise , but looking through the records one sees that one of them has failed fairly often ; their strength is that when that has happened the other has usually gone on to a big score , thereby relieving the pressure on the middle order . |
| 2 | Indeed , the business of turning some of the Act 's most central provisions into the regulations needed to implement them has proved so exceedingly complex that some crucial regulations , more than six years later , are still in draft . |
| 3 | None of them seemed to last very long . ’ |
| 4 | Only later are unanticipated costs and benefits visible ; hindsight can make them appear deliberate all along . |
| 5 | ‘ Most of them seem to live quite happily in a rut , and put a settled home life and material possessions first . |
| 6 | She waited on the landing a long time , hating the awful quietness and longing for them to start shouting again so that she would know everything was all right . |
| 7 | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's Salon School of Management , the Open Software Foundation , Bull Worldwide Information Systems and the European Community are pooling resources to co-host Enterprise ‘ 93 June 16 to 18 at the World Trade Center in Boston : the programme , aimed at top executives , aims to help them manage computing more profitably and effectively . |
| 8 | They failed to recognise once again that the subjects of the discussion are in no way ‘ ordinary people ’ , either by their own or our admittance . |
| 9 | As he cleared off to lick his wounds in Canada he spoke of his displeasure — ‘ by trusting AIP ( Corman 's parent company ) to make a beautiful flick , I put my balls on the table and they got lobbed right off . ’ |
| 10 | And especially if they planned to go somewhere else today . |
| 11 | They became worried later on when Guy 's temperature went up dramatically , so he was transferred to a local major hospital . |
| 12 | When this had been done they made to go downstairs again , but I was in front of them going down two at a time . |
| 13 | Typically , the reptilian egg is laid on land and is encased in a shell to prevent its liquids from evaporating , but those eggs that are kept within the female until they hatch have either very thin shells or no shells at all . |
| 14 | In some prognathous insects they tend to lie more forward on the ventral wall of the head ( see p.29 ) |
| 15 | While specific expectations of education vary , they tend to do so around three key expectations , that the education service will support the national economy , make good citizens and enable young people to make the most of their various talents . |
| 16 | They tend to move very easily between agencies , in and out of temporary work and in and out of the labour market . |
| 17 | They tend to subside as quickly as they arise . |
| 18 | They know what to expect and what to ask for , and they tend to deliver extremely well . |
| 19 | They also saw it as an opportunity to get the packages of care that they sought implemented as early as possible . |
| 20 | Well they want to connect Mansfield then they want to connect eventually right up through Worksop and on out into the main lines . |
| 21 | They said they want to go straight through , so they 're gon na spend a lot of money . |
| 22 | They want to win so badly ’ . |
| 23 | Well I do n't know well that 'll be on there if they want to know anyway now , you 've just said it . |
| 24 | They expect to do so again . |
| 25 | I have heard of old women who forbid others in their lounge to go to the toilet when they appear to do so too frequently . |
| 26 | Then they tried to winch here out — it did not work , so they removed all the provisions during Sunday night to lighten her further . |
| 27 | The National Rivers Authority in Wales has called for a ban on conifer plantations in sensitive areas , but Nicholas Luard and the Bara Ceirch group feel they need to act more quickly to save the river . |
| 28 | At first glance , they seemed to do much better under hypnosis but the improved performance was mostly skin-deep . |
| 29 | Er Aaron can put his other gloves on , but with those ones they seemed to take twice as long to put on |
| 30 | Everybody working for the Maquis knew about her loss , but no one helped — although their local information gathering was first-class , and they seemed to know just about everything that happened in Paris . |