Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm usually if there 's space you ask them to sit just to listen to the introduction and then move on . |
| 2 | They are not intimidated by short-term bans and , as long as the rewards for success are so great , the temptation for them to cheat again seems to be irresistible . |
| 3 | The house they lived in belonged to a German lady , a Miss Wacker , who had been home in her own country when war broke out and was unable to return . |
| 4 | Although many of the great scientists and philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century were Christians , they became increasingly attached to the supremacy of reason . |
| 5 | They gathered themselves and began to walk , their steps light though at first a little unsure , until they became more used to the uneven pace . |
| 6 | They have to be outstanding academically , and must show that having served pupillage and completed a limited period of practice in this country they intend subsequently to return to their country of origin , and that the experience of English pupillage and practice will be of significant benefit in establishing a practice in their home country . |
| 7 | When Anglo-American political analysts use this term ‘ civil society ’ , they tend often to refer to the example of contemporary Poland . |
| 8 | It was good to hear voices echoing around the sometimes solemn house and the laughter of the women as they moved around attending to their chores . |
| 9 | They promised not to speak to their wives of what the fairy had said . |
| 10 | Many of these enterprises are controlled by external corporations or by a landed élite that comprises only a small proportion of the population , and while they are responsible for a great deal of environmental degradation they provide little benefit to the majority of the indigenous people . |
| 11 | The group broke up as they wandered off to see to their spouses , children or cups of tea . |
| 12 | In March they learnt how to react to an office accident and how to prevent such accidents . |
| 13 | There were the papers produced by the political groups , but they seemed fatally restricted to the obsessions of other times , and to backbiting amongst themselves . |
| 14 | She pretended not to see David Rosen who appeared on the step as they drove off to talk to the men at the place where they gathered before work . |
| 15 | Cook 's skipped it , and the others said they 'd already talked to you . ’ |
| 16 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
| 17 | K. R. Whenever they had a raid on the Chinese gambling , they took them all in the cells and they all sent out for Chinese meals , and when they 'd all gone to the Main Bridewell in the middle of the night — ‘ 125 , scrub out ! ’ — and I had to take my tunic off and scrub out after the Chinese had been . |
| 18 | She 'd been very happy that Sunday , 13 years ago , when they 'd all gone to Adam 's for lunch . |
| 19 | I kept reminding myself of how much trouble they 'd all gone to . ’ |
| 20 | If they 'd really wanted to . |
| 21 | The group is encouraged to bring out everything , including things they 'd never admitted to themselves before , then other members provide support . |
| 22 | They 'd never amount to a fortune — not at a penny a hundred points — but at least they paid for a few packets of cigarettes . |
| 23 | ‘ They seem more committed to the club than the county which is the way they want it but I have my own opinion on that , ’ said the highly respected Jones . |
| 24 | Rather like pathological ‘ organisation men ’ , they seem so addicted to bureaucracy that they ca n't get enough of it in their day jobs . |
| 25 | Somebody like Meiselas is like that , Gilles Peress ; they do n't work on a story unless they get emotionally connected to it — why bother ? — to them . |
| 26 | They varied only according to whether the approach was from the right or left . |
| 27 | They appreciated only answers to their own questions . |
| 28 | The general public might have been disappointed but they needed only refer to a contemporary poem then available : |
| 29 | Moreover , they become mentally attuned to American tactical doctrines , which are often devised to sell US equipments to the Western Alliance . |
| 30 | Always sleep by the guns , he said , and never let the men dig bolt holes , lest they become too attached to them when the bombs begin to fall . |