Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted them to continue to distrust each other , continue to irritate . |
| 2 | The complexities of these situations are shown by the case of an applicant and his family who left what was described as an ‘ overcrowded tin or galvanised structure with no basic amenities ’ in Bangladesh and who were treated as intentionally homeless by one London borough ( who considered that it was reasonable for them to continue to occupy that accommodation ) but not intentionally homeless by a second London borough who referred the applicant back to the first . |
| 3 | On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing . |
| 4 | Sure , nearly 60 per cent of them admitted committing some sort of crime or incivility in the nine months prior to being questioned . |
| 5 | Always work a sample for tension with these lace patterns , fabrics with holes in them tend to need fewer stitches because the work becomes more elastic . |
| 6 | There was a silence after this during which both of them tried to integrate this information but could not . |
| 7 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
| 8 | It simply refers to all the things the retailer does to look after the customers — the things that make them enjoy visiting that shop or store . |
| 9 | There are few places on the globe unmapped , but there are millions of people in the world who have never seen the sea , or mountains , or a desert , or a snow-covered landscape , and many of them want to experience such places because the unknown is one of the great pleasures of travel . |
| 10 | None of them seemed to set much store by where the Toraja themselves say they came from . |
| 11 | to find out the needs of parents of children under five and work with them to help facilitate those needs , … to help parents help their children acquire useful skills and act as a bridge between home and school , … and to increase a shared community spirit and foster an attitude of sharing and support between parents and other parents in the local neighbourhood , alongside the paid professionals and voluntary agencies . |
| 12 | Social workers can manipulate their ‘ system ’ in favour of some clients because their agency grants them licence to deploy such commitments . |
| 13 | We have seen the Chicago School making the important distinction between the biotic and cultural levels of human behaviour , and we have seen them attempting to combine these understandings of individual and social behaviour in the study of the ‘ natural area ’ . |
| 14 | In this case , it is not unusual for them to decide to get another dog to keep their first dog company , and this is where the problems can arise — especially if the second dog is younger , or of a more submissive character . |
| 15 | Nevertheless they do represent different ways in which psychotic vulnerability can manifest itself and reference to them helps to provide some clues as to which of its aspects might mediate any association that exists with creativity . |
| 16 | The subject attracted no interest , and they failed to secure enough participants for the proposed 2-hour discussion . |
| 17 | The baby was put through extensive tests during a 10-day stay but they failed to find any signs of the fits complained of . |
| 18 | But although Frank took two wickets for South Africa and cousin J.T. took one for England , they failed to get each other out . |
| 19 | Mr Justice Hobhouse dismissed B's claim , saying that the statutory intention behind the Regulations , stated in s 203 , TA 1988 , was that income tax should be deducted by a person making any payment of or on account of any income assessable to tax under Sch E. There was a statutory obligation to deduct tax unless either the Regulations showed that there was to be no such obligation or they failed to provide any machinery whereby the payer could make a deduction . |
| 20 | If they failed to consider any change of heart she may be tempted to make in the future , that is down to their own stupidity and naivete . |
| 21 | There would be times for tenderness , and one such time came later , in the aftermath of passion enriched by the knowledge of love , a bonus as they lay touching each other languidly and lovingly , luxuriating in the freedom of being able to express their feelings in this alternative way , confidently but without urgency . |
| 22 | That meant he and Sara had hours and hours of hanging around together waiting to be called — and they got to know each other rather well . |
| 23 | But as they got to know each other Annabelle discovered that Steven liked the arts as much as the sciences/hiking as well as driving/driving cars as well as repairing them . |
| 24 | A little later on she dropped Edna and Karen in Oxford Street , where they planned to do some shopping before catching the train home . |
| 25 | Some 51.2% of those questioned at the end of 1991 said that they planned to buy more hardware but only 40.3% actually did . |
| 26 | They agreed to invite more men to the next meeting ( two attended the Harare workshop ) and to make a concerted effort to bring their concerns to the AACC leadership . |
| 27 | I feel it was an enormous privilege to have known them because they made work such fun . |
| 28 | So that when they sit facing each other on either side of their fire-place , both grins take off in the direction of the mantelpiece , as if drawn by the draught . |
| 29 | And how do you know for a fact that they intend to bring these sorts of techniques in to Britain ? |
| 30 | Even if , like Cox ( 1981 ) , they represent Hispanic , Native-American , Asian-American and Afro-American women 's experiences , they tend to treat these categories as equivalent , and ignore differences within them , which may be more important than differences between them . |