Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may go down the field below the cave to a gate on the Kingsdale road which , followed to the left , goes over a rise to Deepdale and Dent , and to the right leads down the valley to the more probable destination of Ingleton which has accommodation , shops , refreshments and bus services . |
| 2 | A second role of coins in the study of portraiture lies in the help that they may give in the identification of other portraits , particularly sculptures , since it is only very rarely that the latter 's accompanying inscriptions have survived to identify them . |
| 3 | If it appears that the child is ordinarily resident elsewhere , his " home " authority must be consulted and they may take over the investigation ( s47(12) ) . |
| 4 | The staff appraisal interviews were conducted by the Head and the Deputy Head ( Staff ) , who claimed that the main benefits were : a report on individual teachers , agreed with them , on their personal file ( to which the Head added ‘ they 're helping to write their own references ’ ) , and clarification for the Senior Management Team as to what INSET actions they ought to take on the individual teacher 's behalf . |
| 5 | They must spring up the trees as the monkeys are driven into them and they are the ones that usually make the kill . |
| 6 | Like gardeners , they must cast out the evil weeds and plough the matted earth into long fields and sow the seeds of future harvests . |
| 7 | Oxford United are facing their own big challenge … four defeats in a row has dropped them back into the bottom half of the table … last home win was this one against Millwall … tomorrow they should … they must dish out the same treatment to struggling Southend |
| 8 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |
| 9 | Now how do you think they should pay back the time wasted ? |
| 10 | While Mr Kawawa gave many reasons why they should take over the newspaper , he gave no reasons why they did not . |
| 11 | This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems . |
| 12 | If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you . |
| 13 | Some say they 'll take over the children 's education completely as they try to help their youngsters make up for lost time . |
| 14 | ‘ They 'll come down the servants ’ stairs and out at the back door . |
| 15 | ‘ Liverpool are lucky enough to have the best fans in the world and I know they 'll turn up the volume and strike fear into Spartak . |
| 16 | The idea is that they 'll breathe in the gene from an inhaler and it will attach to the walls of cells in the lungs . |
| 17 | Well that 's what I was wondering that 's why I said go out into fresh air , in the hopes that they might shake off the bug I do n't think it works like that , do you ? |
| 18 | If only she could read they might open up the world . |
| 19 | ‘ For all we know , if the plant breeders start producing lots of new varieties , they might select out the protective ingredients . |
| 20 | If only they could conjour up the magic of their last meeting against Milwall last season … three nil the score then . |
| 21 | I think it was copied from Victoria , Victoria had a lot of influence upon women obviously , she had a lot of children ; women too , women , apart from the fact there was no effective contraception , it was the duty of woman to bear a lot of children so that they could carry on the line , which was also why woman had to be very chaste and pure so that man could be sure that the son that she produced was actually his legitimate heir . |
| 22 | Four mills hadn ‘ t the necessary equipment but a fifth , Smith Anderson & Company , said they could carry out the process . |
| 23 | The project team think that they could carry out the further research in an additional year at an estimated cost of £20 000 , but that the chances of solving all the problems are only 30:70 as opposed to the 50:50 chance they gave the initial phase . |
| 24 | The project team think that they could carry out the further research in an additional year at an estimated cost of £20 000 , but that the chances of solving all the problems are only 30 : 70 as opposed to the 50 : 50 chance they gave the initial phase . |
| 25 | Inside , the surgeons , surrounded by dustbins filled with lopped-off limbs , did the best they could to patch up the ghastly wounds caused by the huge shell splinters . |
| 26 | they could lock up the landlords er and perhaps even banish them . |
| 27 | But no one in Class 1 had seemed unduly disturbed by his account of them , even if the Husayn twins had said that pigs were ‘ boring ’ and had asked if they could bring in the novelization of Terminator Two . |
| 28 | I suspect part of the reason behind the council buying the ground in 1983 ? was so they could knock down the old rugby league stadium . |
| 29 | There is a new self-confidence in unionism , since its talks representatives showed they could face down the opposition , and he is determined to build upon it . |
| 30 | In the breeding aquarium they could suck in the fry and result in heavy losses . |