Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agreeing with something someone else has said is a powerful way to encourage them to go on and say more . |
| 2 | Only one day , but nevertheless it 's something that they will always remember and hopefully it will be just a spur for them to go on and do better things . |
| 3 | Yet others say that the dependant refused to allow them to go away and would not receive help from another source while the carer was receiving treatment . |
| 4 | Even the more sophisticated tracts , which would have been beyond the comprehension of those on the margins of literacy and were unsuitable for reading aloud , could have had a wider impact than their style might suggest , since their purpose was to furnish people who could read them with arguments which would enable them to go away and convince others of the merits of their party 's cause . |
| 5 | Erm , because if , if interruptions are coming from the people who work for you , you can , you know , nicely tell them to go away and get on with it , but if they 're coming from the boss , and bosses are sensitive soles , so it 's difficult to actually say to the boss , boss you 're wasting a lot of my time , go away . |
| 6 | There is , everybody has to acknowledge that there is a difference in the interpretation of what constitutes justice and one only has to see er , the sorts of attitude that are put across by certain judges , as to , erm , rape cases , and abuse cases , and how they , the press would have us believe , pat people over the head and tell them to go away and not do it again . |
| 7 | If you want to motivate them to go out and sell that product , you 've got to make them feel it is important to them . |
| 8 | In many areas it is simply impossible for them to go out and win a big share in an intensely competitive market without the Government 's explicit support and cooperation . |
| 9 | ‘ I have a young side with seven of the lads under 22 and I want them to go out and play good football . |
| 10 | what Alan intends to do is write to all line managers and ask them to go back and review their appraisal erm documents for every member of staff they 've appraised . |
| 11 | If they have then organize a date and time mutually acceptable with them to go in and sign on . |
| 12 | The four of them lived together and Lee kept her counsel and Hosanna stayed in contact with the spirits and Larry larked around and looked longingly at himself in convenient reflecting surfaces . |
| 13 | Still , during Tolkien 's lifetime the words and the realities behind them became more and more familiar , bringing with them , one should note , entirely new ideas about the nature and limitations of human will . |
| 14 | AS THE plutocrats of world golf prepare to fly to Augusta for the first major championship of the season , — in some cases in their personal executive jets — it is a safe bet none of them sit back and reflect on the origins of their good fortune . |
| 15 | At four months they are encouraged to follow their mother on her nightly hunt , though she makes them stay still and hidden during the final stalk to avoid spooking the prey . |
| 16 | The old Frenchman motioned for them to sit down and continue with their meal as he opened a cupboard and took out a bottle and two glasses . |
| 17 | The boatman cursed , telling them to sit down and keep still , and then , puffing and sweating , he pulled his craft out midstream through the flocks of swans who arched their wings in protest as if they owned the river . |
| 18 | When we finally left the school the return journey home was even worse than the journey to school with pupils being cheeky when you told them to sit down and face the front . |
| 19 | But if we get them to sit down and actually do the cycle you know , so they do it |
| 20 | I WOULD rather take my children into the main bar or lounge of a pub and expect them to sit sensibly and reasonably quietly so that we can all relax , drink , talk and eat in a proper pub atmosphere . |
| 21 | Waxing the skis helps them to slide better and some slopes have a lubrication system which further reduces friction . |
| 22 | And also why you 've got to talk to people , you know get your problems out in the open rather than let them build up and all of a sudden just say right , that 's it , out the gates , or down tools . |
| 23 | But the three of them got on and Fred explained that ‘ we desperately wanted to turn into a dance band but did n't know how ’ . |
| 24 | Both of them got off and walked . |
| 25 | Yeah so when people are saying , Well simple harmonic motion or erm you know throwing a stone up and down that sort of thing roughly is n't it sort of one of them goes up and down a lot like that one of them just goes up once and down same equation . |
| 26 | In Sweden , five ponds were selected , four of them 60–100m apart and connected by a stream , and another 1.9km away . |
| 27 | I promised to get them tickets and to let them know where and when to meet me on Sunday . |
| 28 | By drawing General Managers ' attention to the British Gas environment publications ; ensuring they have an adequate supply along with display holders [ similar to that outside the Public relations office ] and letting them know how and from whom to obtain additional information . |
| 29 | Institute regulations require that certificates for new members are presented at Divisional Meetings ( with the exception of members overseas ) , to enable them to meet socially and hopefully to take an active part in Divisional affairs . |
| 30 | There is a lot of it hype , there is a lot of it window dressing , but by and large it has helped to provide a railway line , if you like , for them to work on and give special help and special aid to various industries that are relocating there . |