Example sentences of "they [vb base] [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't mind helping you out getting the diverts in the right position , because the last thing they want is to put the calls through to the wrong person . |
| 2 | Environmental and human rights groups are opposing the involvement of international companies in oil exploration in Burma , which they say is destroying a relatively untouched forest environment and helping to fund a military government with a poor human rights record . |
| 3 | They 've lodged an official complaint against the police , who they say were treating the case as suicide . |
| 4 | As a last resort the salesperson may need to ‘ second guess ’ the reluctant buyer and suggest an issue which they believe is causing the problem and ask a question such as : |
| 5 | It 's no good preaching sermons to young people about the value of labour if all they do is to guide a piece of metal into a press and tread on a pedal a hundred times a day … |
| 6 | The first thing they do is switch the bloody lights on . |
| 7 | The defence is solid … remember we were playing Wimbledon … the last thing they do is give the defence an easy time — I thought they coped well and limited Wimbledon to a few shot from the edge of the box — which beeney coped with admirably . |
| 8 | , yes , what they do is say a bloke , one bloke owns quite a bit of that cricket ground , Tesco 's he said , Tesco 's what they sa , they know that he want 's , he 's put the plans in to upgrade all , to get a bigger site somewhere else , for |
| 9 | But the first thing they do is put the video on , they know how to work it and everything |
| 10 | When you go into hospital the first thing they do is to stick a scalpel or a needle into the burns and if it hurts it 's not that bad . |
| 11 | What they do is to introduce a new element into the concept of responsibility which involves more than free will and reason ; now a third party is present and is an active participant in the language game in which responsibility has a role . |
| 12 | The last thing they do is fire the person who took the risk . |
| 13 | They 've been charting the progress of Rob Coles throughout the British Steel challenge … possibly the toughest seafaring test he 'll ever experience . |
| 14 | er but gradually they 've been building the workforce back up again , |
| 15 | It is no coincidence either that members of the Boo-Yaa Tribe appear in UK adverts for Carhartt : they 've been wearing the gear for ages . |
| 16 | ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’ |
| 17 | they 've been called the white Marxist Public Enemy ; hypocrites ; idealists ; patronising liberal males . |
| 18 | I do n't think they 've been to take the photographs yet |
| 19 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
| 20 | And can I just comment on one point by Mr , he said about they 've been using the local government erm housing Act . |
| 21 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 22 | And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving . |
| 23 | Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that . |
| 24 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |
| 25 | They 've been given a fortnight to find £8,000 . |
| 26 | I know they 've been pulling a lot out |
| 27 | Rumour has it they 've been perfecting the belly crawl and crawling down rabbit holes to hide . |
| 28 | ‘ That girl who was killed the other night , they 've been checking the area . ’ |
| 29 | Let's just consider the political problem though you have still got a problem selling it to a lot of MP s , if they 're listening to this interview and they are concluding , maybe rightly , maybe wrongly , that actually things are n't changing very much , and they may think they 've been sold a pup with these amendments , indeed I hear that some of them have had to be bought off , well , is it true that one of them was sent off to Peru on an on an election er supervision mission in order that he might not be around when the bill came up . |
| 30 | Yeah erm she put , she said Gateway 's th they 've been selling a lot and there is none in Lynn . |