Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once firms seek out new , more efficient premises , they tend to move to locations where production is more efficient and potential expansion easier . |
| 2 | I do n't think the public know that the every call they make comes to headquarters |
| 3 | Are the Government going to send other material that they want to launder to Wandsworth prison or are they now going to come clean about this episode ? |
| 4 | They want to appeal to people 's better nature , but to do that they ca n't point out what shmucks most of us are , most of the time . |
| 5 | That 's where the sheep go when they want to go to bed . |
| 6 | In fact they are highly competent and by taking advantage of the desire of some of them to work part-time he can use their experience as and when , for instance , they want to return to work after having children . |
| 7 | They appear to take to aquarium life quite readily and adapt to conditions which are obviously vastly different from those into which they have been born and become accustomed in the wild . |
| 8 | Disclose the amount that the directors recommend should be paid as dividend , and the amount they propose to carry to reserves . |
| 9 | This must contain a fair review of the development of the business of the company and its subsidiaries during the financial year and the position at the end of it , must state what amount ( if any ) they recommend should be paid as dividend , and what amount ( if any ) they propose to carry to reserves . |
| 10 | They sleep entrusted to darkness |
| 11 | They seem to come to terms with the reality of this much easier than a lot of other girls . |
| 12 | I du n no if they got nests or nothing to go to at night , but sat there under that bush all huddled up , they look froze to death . |
| 13 | Children comparing ideas about keeping healthy could make a class graph showing what they consider contributes to health . |
| 14 | They operate according to principles of an entirely different kind from those of logical , rational thought processes . |
| 15 | If elderly individuals see life through helpless , defeated eyes , where they become resigned to pain and disappointment , loneliness and despair , their reaction to new situations will not be positive . |
| 16 | There are hundreds of arcades in London , and people become addicted to these machines just as they become addicted to drugs . |
| 17 | Metals may become unexpectedly mobile If they become attached to colloids that are small enough to move with the groundwater . |
| 18 | MPs are demanding an inquiry into claims that Britain 's largest compact disc maker is deliberately sacking workers before they become entitled to redundancy pay . |
| 19 | The BBC1 blockbuster Civvies — which starts tonight — takes an uncompromising look at ex-Paras as they try to adjust to life outside the Army . |
| 20 | Predictably , excessive travel , the fact that county pros are n't better treated for the work they do compared to golfers or tennis players , and the lack of consideration for players in the winter . |
| 21 | They do apply to applications for interim orders in care proceedings . |
| 22 | I can accept their fears , but I think they should listen to the explanation from the professionals before they start jumping to conclusions . ’ |
| 23 | Though government data on accidents at work do not distinguish between manual and non-manual workers , they differentiate according to industries . |
| 24 | Their own proposals for reform are aimed at restructuring the British press but it can be argued that even they fail to come to grips with the sort of major ‘ shortcomings ’ of the press ( and media ) identified above . |
| 25 | They 've gone to Fiji and then Singapore and America . |
| 26 | Well Peter , I 'd I 'd love to say yes , as you know , but erm they 've gone to Swindon the last two years since United have been back in the second division , and really they 've performed dismally . |
| 27 | I sit in a sleeping bag once they 've gone to bed . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , they 've gone to Jamaica . |
| 29 | what they 've done to society . |
| 30 | Like they 've done to Elizabeth Taylor or whoever . |