Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up better adjusted , with greater self-esteem , than those who are allowed to get away with behaving any way they like . |
| 2 | What matters are the collections , and they remain as poorly exhibited as ever . |
| 3 | They develop through well researched stages regardless of whether they are formal or informal . |
| 4 | They tend perhaps just to lack that real killer instinct and erm it 's such a great shame because people might laugh and joke looking at the league table , in fact United , since Christmas , have played some very good football indeed . |
| 5 | It 's not all going according to plan , however , and most days they wind up literally singing for their supper . |
| 6 | Children assign distinct meanings to distinct forms , but the distinctions they make early on do not always coincide exactly with the conventional adult ones . |
| 7 | So they grow up just assuming that whites are the goodies and blacks are the bad dies and pass the same stereotypes onto their children . |
| 8 | While it may be bad news for the top two auctioneers it seems to many that Phillips and Bonhams will both benefit , for they appear much more prepared to accept lower value items for their sales . |
| 9 | Now they forget so fast do n't they ? |
| 10 | During this process younger children learn that if they cry loud enough to get the parent involved they usually get their own way . |
| 11 | This family comes from a long line of fishermen … now unable to float their boats in the silted up harbour except at high tide they catch hardly enough to feed themselves . |
| 12 | and with a broken heart they dive down gently headed for the earth |
| 13 | They walk out together holding hands ( but only in their minds ) . |
| 14 | If you watch our top riders in action such as Ginny Leng , Mary Thomson , Mark Todd and the like , they demonstrate perfectly how to keep a horse in rhythm and balance with the correct amount of impulsion to jump each fence . |
| 15 | If you are giving muffins as a present , they look really pretty tucked into a basket lined with a napkin . |
| 16 | It 's of tremedous valuer because it give patients and clients a chance to do things they wouild n't otherwise do |
| 17 | They meet fairly often to play chess . ’ |
| 18 | They dig deep especially to maintain the under-21 resources . |
| 19 | She marvels that they flow so easily to fill the vast space in which she moves . |
| 20 | That might seem to leave the Government in the dark , but they 're confident they know where there going . |
| 21 | The people who implant the bugs are very specialised and they know exactly where to drill the hole , so it wo n't harm the furniture . |
| 22 | They know how not to analyse it , it is true , but are given no positive guidance which will enable them to get around the menace of voluntarism . |
| 23 | GEORGE III is reputed to have said that lawyers do not know much more law than other people , but they know better where to find it . |
| 24 | She nodded , and they set off again to find a Venice few tourists saw . |
| 25 | They set off early to beat the traffic , and instead of blossom there were dead leaves on the pavement and a thin white mould of frost . |
| 26 | How they drive more carefully depends on the vehicle 's braking and handling , night time vision and so on . |
| 27 | And if they get together neither wants to pay because they have n't done anything , we 've only taken the stuff out and put it back in again . |
| 28 | Presumably if they wan na know how much they ring up anyway do n't they ? |
| 29 | What they do , they look they look around and they weigh up up pros and cons up , and it it 's like these insurance brokers , they ring all over to buy cheapest insurance for you , well , that 's what Allied Dunbar are doing . |
| 30 | Does he share their view that they work hard for their money , that they pay quite enough tax and national insurance and that they do not want to see what would be the worst disaster for such businesses in future — an increase in income tax and national insurance , as proposed by the Labour party ? |