Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 2 | Where the licensing justices grant a restaurant licence they must attach two conditions : |
| 3 | They should last two years |
| 4 | they should have two doors . |
| 5 | Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) : ‘ They should have two homeworks , about one and a half hours . ’ |
| 6 | If you 're not a member of the club and you 're not accepted the rituals and people do n't like you , they wo n't tell you and as a result you wo n't be an effective hunter , you wo n't be able to support many wives even if you wanted them and if you have wives what they needed , because if a man does n't feed his wives they , they , they all eventually get up and go , they 'll say two fingers you know , you ca n't feed us . |
| 7 | Not at all , I thought you might , you remember you had a quick preview of that , a few months ago , and you 'll be pleased to know that the Chief Officers have now decided that the best way of dealing with it is for each , no first of all they decided that they 'll recommend two members for the signing of the charter , that 's the first step , it 's quite a step forward , remembering they . |
| 8 | Now , the classic example is from water boards , they 'll have two people and they 'll say , can we test your water pressure please ? |
| 9 | So therefore if an em an employment officer visited twenty employers in a day instead of ten , er they might have two contracts instead of one . |
| 10 | They could do two years , between sixteen and eighteen , you see ? |
| 11 | A bell rang , and for a moment they could hear two voices arguing . |
| 12 | Here they could cross two rivers , the Frome and the Avon , just before these joined to make one larger river which was too difficult to cross . |
| 13 | Mr Smith said they used to have two bands , the present one and the Hepworth Iron Company Band , and it was marvellous when they joined forces for the evening sing . |
| 14 | And they used to make two penny worth up and that 's what they called potherbs , in those days . |
| 15 | They sat opposite each other in the little Covent Garden restaurant they used to patronize two years ago . |
| 16 | ( They would marry two years later , some months after she had given birth to twin boys . |
| 17 | HULL officials are travelling to South Wales this weekend ‘ to talk , not to watch ’ and are confident that they will sign two players , one believed to be the 26-year-old Bridgend wing Glen Webbe . |
| 18 | They will play two Tests in France and one at Twickenham . |
| 19 | But they will say two pence these days wo n't they ? |
| 20 | The prosecutor tells them that if they both confess they will go to jail for ten years ; if neither confesses they will get two years ; if only one confesses he ( the confessor ) will get just one year while his fellow prisoner goes down for 20 . |
| 21 | Anyone who feels they can give two hours of their time in mornings or afternoons should contact Margaret Fusco at the Centre , 70 North Road , Belfast 0232 654366 . |
| 22 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |