Example sentences of "they [verb] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them want to just talk , to feel secure that they 've seen a policeman . |
| 2 | Other situations where a landlord has a guaranteed right of repossession are : lettings by temporarily absent owner occupiers ; lettings of retirement homes — a letting that enables people to let a home to which they intend to ultimately retire ; lettings by servicemen . |
| 3 | They tend to just tell you whether he 's eaten up his dinner and things like that . |
| 4 | They erm they tend to perhaps have a different attitude if they 've been given company shares , because they 're handled shares er fairly regularly , and that 's a different matter , erm I mean erm are there many people here who have privatized issues ? |
| 5 | While this weekend 's open afternoons ( 2–5pm today and tomorrow ) are aimed at spreading the word about croquet and encouraging people to join in and have fun , potential members , including families , will be welcomed whether they want to simply play for singular enjoyment or to national or international standard . |
| 6 | Several Test players have told Mirror Sport they want to publicly get behind their gutsy team-mate , but fear Big Brother is watching closely and ready to get tough if anyone steps out of line . |
| 7 | Like the woman said there , there seems to be a lot of help for people who are on drugs , and who then want to come off them , but the after-care service seems to be you know , a lot erm , there 's not a lot help for the people , they get the help to come off the drugs and then they 're put back into the society that they are from and they seem to still have that pressure to go back to where they were previously . |
| 8 | Although they will gallop around trying to get rid of the bot-fly , they seem to quickly discover that the bot will not follow them into the dense shade of a shelter shed or stable . |
| 9 | Maybe this is the source of their unique appeal ; whatever they may feel as individuals , they manage to continuously channel the music through completely humble observations . |
| 10 | There , they proceeded to genetically engineer all of Earth 's large-brained mammals — primates , dolphins and whales — which the entities then replanted , fully evolved , back on Earth . |
| 11 | But then , tragically , they omitted to actually do it . |
| 12 | Grandparents could not count on natural loyalty : rather ; they had to positively create their roles by winning a child 's affection . |
| 13 | Ah come on , just bloody get on with it , they had to fucking score did n't they ? |
| 14 | Oh they had to fucking swap them so |
| 15 | This stupid Lee at the moment for his exam , he 's meant to have done it by Christmas and he has n't done it for C D T , and he , they had to just choose something erm to make that actually sort of works , so Lee could n't , I mean they did crane 's and things like that and he could n't , the thing he came up with and he 's teacher was a , a go erm , what was it Dave , a goalie stand in his goal |
| 16 | So as the shop , you see , did n't pay the wages , they had to just pay it on the things that were done . |
| 17 | They had to perhaps give up their pots and pans , or they were supposed to . |
| 18 | Since Goneril and Regan can no longer inflict their evil upon Lear while he is absent , they have to eventually turn against each other . |
| 19 | No matter what people say about her character , they have to grudgingly admit that she 's a stunning actress . |
| 20 | it 's bad enough in your house , they have to physically go out and do it for somebody else . |
| 21 | Do n't get me wrong , I 'm not saying that companies should n't sponsor ballet or opera , but I think they have to not lose sight of sponsorship potential with the disadvantages as well as the anonymous giving branch , because small amounts of money to some organizations may do disproportionately more than the Scottish Opera |
| 22 | Hearing people have significantly better recall for items which they vocally repeat at presentation , while deaf people find it more difficult to recall items when they have to overtly repeat the sign when it is presented . |
| 23 | How will they feel if they have to then travel even further to Darlington for services ? ’ |
| 24 | And he said they have to systematically sell something to keep the place up . |
| 25 | They have to quickly get used to the changes . |
| 26 | It 's not so much that they undersell themselves in the UK , but they have to really pull their fingers out in the US . |
| 27 | They have to oh , they have to really watch because |
| 28 | But I will know fairly quickly if erm if their background is a bit iffy they have to really sell themselves to me . |
| 29 | WE CA N'T CHANGE THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD , BUT WHAT RED NOSE DAY GIVES EVERYONE AT COMIC RELIEF AND ALL ITS SUPPORTERS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY THEY NEED TO RADICALLY CHANGE THEIR LIVES . |
| 30 | They learn to then shift from negative , self-defeating internal dialogue towards positive , more realistic , and confidence-building self-speech . |