Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well , I always do it through the infants , they bring home reading books |
| 2 | They are prone to accumulate more nutrient than is good for them ; and , of course , they tend also to accumulate toxins . |
| 3 | And , because they are designed to operate at a lower cost level they tend not to make demands for expensive peripherals such as PostScript devices or even simpler page printers such as Epsons and Okis that emulate the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet . |
| 4 | Because generally speaking … when they get a bee in their bonnet , they tend not to write letters . |
| 5 | They want to make screwball romantic comedies but they wind up producing sitcoms that look lost without a laugh track . |
| 6 | One solution would be to license the promoters of warehouse parties on condition that they provide adequately soundproofed buildings , parking facilities and stewards for the surrounding areas . |
| 7 | and they say not to eat apples and oranges , er , at one time they told you to eat the lot did n't they apples a day keep the doctor 's away . |
| 8 | And some wene they close and conteyne the worlde in theyr hondes … and therefore they put not theyr hondes to take mete … ’ paranoid patients ‘ fall in to full euyll suspiccions without recouer and therfore they hate and blame theyr frendes , and sometyme smite and slee theim ’ . |
| 9 | In the presence of high ultraviolet light , they break down to release radicals which destroy photosynthetic pigments and may form TCA ( trichloroacetic acid ) , itself used as a herbicide . |
| 10 | They record how voted monies have been spent and include reports by the C & AG where appropriate . |
| 11 | When , in Britain , it is suggested that the policies of the Conservative Government towards local authorities since 1979 raise constitutional questions , what is meant is not that these policies are in any sense illegal , but rather … that they breach hitherto accepted understandings , albeit tacit , as to how relationships between central government and local authorities should be ordered . |
| 12 | They know how to imitate scenes they see on TV , but not how to generate their own imaginative games . |
| 13 | They know how to set traps , they know how to ask you questions which will lead you into using emotive words , they will have you on tape , they will also possibly be in a position to edit that tape , and at the end of the day you can not say , ‘ I did n't say that , ’ because I have a piece of tape that says you actually did say it . |
| 14 | The great skill of Japanese and German manufacturers is that they know how to make things efficiently and well , which is what we are so bad at . |
| 15 | Then they set up resourcing arrangements , just as they would do for any other business operation they undertook . |
| 16 | While it is incumbent upon Bank Management to ensure that they operate profitably to secure profits for expansion , payment to staff and also payment to shareholders , it is also incumbent upon them to display an allegiance to the economy in which they make their profits . |
| 17 | Many managers feel that they understand how to run meetings so well that they hardly need to prepare at all . |
| 18 | All relevant factors are taken into account by the funding councils when they decide how to allocate resources . |
| 19 | They have to explain that although they 're priests they 're really not credulous nitwits , and then they feel they have to go further and they end up writing books about it and yapping away on the television . ’ |
| 20 | They go on to exchange roles as well as jobs , and finally , for a time , wives . |
| 21 | THE ADVENTURES — Lions And Tigers And Bears ( Polydor ) : Who says they do n't make records like they used to ? |
| 22 | you know , so they do n't make paths for horses who jump over . |
| 23 | They do n't make shelters for cabbies like this any more . |
| 24 | The ‘ good guys ’ are all very well but they do n't make headlines . |
| 25 | As such , they do n't make nests , they do n't chew wood , they do n't eat bread and they do n't carry significant health risks . |
| 26 | They do n't make demands on us , do they ? ’ |
| 27 | They do n't make appointments to go and see people . |
| 28 | They do n't make films like his anymore — more 's the pity . |
| 29 | ‘ And they do n't make concessions and it 's not just airpistols firing paint blobules . |
| 30 | you could of seriously because they want , they do n't want models like that erm |