Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deep down they fear we are n't believing ‘ our ’ own information sources either . |
| 2 | They announced they were not even prepared to come in and talk . |
| 3 | When they met she was happily married to her first husband Laurie Brown , a member of Manchester United 's back-room staff . |
| 4 | Durham County Council say they did not know the source of the waste , nor the company responsible for dumping it , and they admitted it is too late to find out . |
| 5 | He had been dead a week before they realized he was n't breathing . |
| 6 | Another man , a social worker got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 7 | Another man , a social worker , got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 8 | Somebody who prodded them occasionally , she thinks with a rifle as he was n't right up close , to make sure they realized he was there . |
| 9 | They realised we were not going to budge until the plan was implemented . |
| 10 | Their eyes nearly popped out when they realised we were together ! ’ |
| 11 | But , of course , the devil finds work for idle hands , and they began thieving , acquiring all manner of things but particularly musical equipment When they realised it was mostly too hot to sell they thought maybe it was n't such a bad idea to learn how to play the stuff they had thieved . |
| 12 | Says Mike , ‘ When the chimps first saw the platform , they stared at it for a long time , and then they realised it was just me up there , and carried on . ’ |
| 13 | The two girls were both on night duty and they waited in vain all night , hoping against hope that Steve and his crew had perhaps been forced down somewhere , but by the time dawn came up and there was still no news , they realised he was just another casualty . |
| 14 | The first thing they asked him was how much money he 'd got ! |
| 15 | But they insist they 're just normal . |
| 16 | Why do they think they are always right ? |
| 17 | ‘ Do they think it 's too big a risk ? ’ |
| 18 | Why then do they think it is so bad for parents and only those who can afford it paying a little extra to ensure their children get a well-funded education ? |
| 19 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 20 | If you do n't know what they mean i anything if you do n't know how to do it it 's hard but if you do n't even know what they mean it 's very hard to work out what 's going on is n't it and what you 're supposed to be doing . |
| 21 | How were they to know we were n't kept late at work ? |
| 22 | ‘ How do they know we 're here ? ’ |
| 23 | Did they know you were here ? ’ |
| 24 | But they forget they are less agile and machinery has changed since they last worked , and they get caught out . ’ |
| 25 | it 's a little bit disconcerting when they forget you 're there , and erm |
| 26 | Too many studios had been built in Britain during the production boom and , at a time when filmmakers were anyway keener than they had been hitherto to get out among ordinary people , they found they were no longer constrained by anxious accountants determined to maximize the use of studio space . |
| 27 | But a doctor , one of the doctors in the same hospital saying , that the , during the First World War , when they were so desperate , you know , so many casualties , they had to cut short treatment , and they had to bandage men up and leave them bandaged up a long length of , they found it was often better to leave a wound bandaged up in it 's own |
| 28 | They found it was very active against two bacteria , Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis . |
| 29 | In the past , presidential wives have made an impression but usually in a way that has drawn fierce criticism , mainly because they pretended they were n't an influence on their husbands . |
| 30 | He adds : ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |