Example sentences of "they [vb base] [be] [verb] the " 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 | They 've lodged an official complaint against the police , who they say were treating the case as suicide . |
| 3 | 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 : |
| 4 | The first thing they do is switch the bloody lights on . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But the first thing they do is put the video on , they know how to work it and everything |
| 7 | The last thing they do is fire the person who took the risk . |
| 8 | They 've been charting the progress of Rob Coles throughout the British Steel challenge … possibly the toughest seafaring test he 'll ever experience . |
| 9 | er but gradually they 've been building the workforce back up again , |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | they 've been called the white Marxist Public Enemy ; hypocrites ; idealists ; patronising liberal males . |
| 12 | I do n't think they 've been to take the photographs yet |
| 13 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
| 14 | And can I just comment on one point by Mr , he said about they 've been using the local government erm housing Act . |
| 15 | Rumour has it they 've been perfecting the belly crawl and crawling down rabbit holes to hide . |
| 16 | ‘ That girl who was killed the other night , they 've been checking the area . ’ |
| 17 | Even they know that the way they 've been running the club is hardly likely to gain them a good press . |
| 18 | Well they are anyway cos they 've been doing the test at eleven ! |
| 19 | Erm the R M I F bloke was there and he said that 's the second one he 's been to where they 've been doing the training and the launch at the same time and neither of them 've gone well . |
| 20 | They 've been paying the mortgage interest since July . |
| 21 | and I live in a place where there 's a lot of old people and they come round to us and they tell us they 've been scared the night after |
| 22 | They 've been testing the top-of-the-range model , the one with the voice activated selector , on site … |
| 23 | If they 've been changing the pipes or digging them up or something they often flush it through with a load of chlorine , the water of or b Boil it erm As water get 's hotter , and something like sugar , would you get would you find , Let's say you get a cup of cold water and you try and dissolve as much sugar as you can in it , and then you try hot water , try disolv |
| 24 | They 've been playing The Marquee every week . |
| 25 | If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number |
| 26 | They 've been following the progress of around 150 bats . |
| 27 | For years they have been receiving the same information in both printout and statement form — the Bank will benefit to the tune of £10,000 in tangible savings and £71,000 in productivity savings per annum . |
| 28 | For a number of years they have been producing the yachts in their range in both standard and Master versions , the latter being more luxuriously appointed and intended for private ownership . |
| 29 | Up to 400 Cuban military advisers are reported to be at fortified bases in northern Panama , where they have been training the the militia of the Dignity Battalions , the Washington Times said yesterday . |
| 30 | ‘ They have been tapping the money that Place and Egan left with them for safety . |