Example sentences of "they [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derry were the better side at Gortakeegan for the first minutes they squandered several chances to kill off newcomers Monaghan and paid the penalty when the home side clawed their way back to force an equaliser . |
| 2 | Gradual encroachment by landowners stealing a few feet whenever they cultivated adjacent fields had severely reduced the width of the original ‘ cordons sanitaire ’ . |
| 3 | Oh look at that one they got arrows an they got two arrows facing one another . |
| 4 | These sentences seem unnatural perhaps because they lack short words like in and the and because consequently their rhythmic foot structure is irregular . |
| 5 | Indeed , montage plays a crucial role in enriching the reader 's view of reality , for narrative units are arranged in such a way as to create an interplay , so that they bring fresh perspectives to bear on one another and are mutually illuminating . |
| 6 | They sell small packets wrapped in white paper , tied with cotton . |
| 7 | Small companies combined to survive until they became vast conglomerates squeezing out the smaller shops . |
| 8 | However , they made various sorties to test Great Britain 's coastal defences : as early as 1914 , German squadrons had bombarded the Norfolk coast and , farther north , Scarborough and Whitby in Yorkshire . |
| 9 | They made sure children got safely on to the chairlift and picked them up and dusted them down if they fell . |
| 10 | ‘ They are enchanted by him , and that is why they made special arrangements to bring him home to the United States . ’ |
| 11 | United though were their own worst enemies … they made enough chances to win but then went and missed them |
| 12 | United though were their own worst enemies … they made enough chances to win but then went and missed them |
| 13 | The audition which is the additional item includes moves at Policy and Resources Committee that they asked all committees to expose further reductions if possible to help close this gap of six hundred and seventy one thousand pounds . |
| 14 | But today they asked regular shoppers to think back exactly one week , and some replies have been helpful . |
| 15 | They passed other barges carrying heaps of peat , or bullrushes from the marshes . |
| 16 | They wasted precious minutes trying to catch the dog . |
| 17 | Er er and that they sit two hours doing e and exam you know for somebody who can watch at all . |
| 18 | They may all start off the same , but the principle of organization is inexorable and they develop specialized functions according to the needs of the whole . |
| 19 | And if the court wants to know ‘ the whole truth ’ , why do they want any details omitted ? |
| 20 | They insist most drivers do n't see it as a toll too far . |
| 21 | When planted in threes or fives they make good clumps to grow and flower above other plantings . |
| 22 | They do not ‘ solve ’ intractable problems , but they make other organizations carry the can for policy failures , a factor which commonly underlies systems which accord wide discretion to local governments . |
| 23 | As they sit , they make these filaments move and flicker . |
| 24 | They will sink unless they make positive moves to arrest the slide . |
| 25 | Cavers like Clair Bishop , who came into contact with the chemicals , have been told if they suffer ill effects see their doctors . |
| 26 | L. Khabarin , B. Mamyrin and V. Yudenich had discovered in 1978 that when they heated several metals to drive out helium trapped within , the gases were almost entirely helium-3 rather than helium-4 ; normally helium-4 is much more abundant , the helium-3 being the rare form . |
| 27 | They line up in clinics , in drug stores , in the municipal dispensary and they want powerful medicines to make them ‘ strong ’ and ‘ lively ’ ( full of animaão — a kind of vitality and readiness for pleasure and enjoyment in the body and its senses that is so Brazilian ) . |
| 28 | The Britons told him they want western governments to negotiate with Iraq . |
| 29 | Because of the doubt attached to their estimates , they want all governments to publish their inventories and submit them to international supervision . |
| 30 | Now they want prudent customers to pay for it . |