Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , that well helps the er poor people , cos a lot of the poor people do n't near enough pay tax now because if they do they only have to pay twenty P |
| 2 | So would they personally like to watch more about them ? |
| 3 | They 've got to see you sign the will or at least acknowledge it and in practice see you sign they do n't need to know what 's in the will they just want to see you sign but they 've got to be there it 's no good up the road as one witness did for not for me to her husband who was working in his shop witnessed the signature afterwards . |
| 4 | Do they just seem to stick on tap or is it a row ? |
| 5 | If he was hanging in a slaughterhouse , then might they not choose to use the implements of the slaughterer on him ? |
| 6 | Ageing presents not only a medical problem , but also an evolutionary paradox : if organisms can function well in youth , why can they not continue to do so in old age ? |
| 7 | I am not convinced that this issue should be on the political agenda at all , not at this time , not at any time , in fact I am pretty convinced that this is a Tory agenda , a media agenda , why they do they not want to talk about crooks and spivs that support them , that donate thousands of pounds into their coffers ? |
| 8 | Do they not tend to get sick rapidly with a very high fever , a vigorous illness which puts them in bed ? |
| 9 | In the next few weeks the scientists of the West were split into two groups : should or should they not try to make an H-bomb ? |
| 10 | Why do the Government still refuse to endorse the principle of freedom of information , and why do they not agree to support the freedom of information Bill which will shortly be brought before the House ? |
| 11 | What happens to their income support , do they still continue to receive it at a reduced rate ? |
| 12 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why do they always have to throw that in ? |
| 14 | But naturally not even legitimate authorities always succeed , nor do they always try to live up to the ideal . |
| 15 | Do n't get me wrong , last year saw some important and valuable contributions in this field , but did they ever stop to consider the impact of this deluge on the buying public ? |
| 16 | Did they ever go to jumble sales ? |
| 17 | In Pomerania the general impoverishment and the already poor Pomeranian soil meant that very few peasants could gather together enough money to buy their own farm equipment — a necessary prerequisite for purchase of their land from the estate — nor could they ever manage to garner a purchase price that was often the equivalent of over 25 years ' rent . |
| 18 | The move to the capital was a great upheaval for the Manchester girls , for not only did they now have to rehearse in Sin City as they called it , but they also had to work with Londoners . |
| 19 | What has been the contribution of sociologists to social policy and reform , and what can they realistically expect to do in these areas ? |
| 20 | Did they really mean to choose me ? |
| 21 | Did they really want to argue ? |
| 22 | but er , do they really want to write to you ? |
| 23 | Do they really want to deprive parents of the kind of choice that their policies would mean in Nottingham , Telford and elsewhere ? |
| 24 | ‘ Did they really have to trample crisps into the carpet ? ’ |
| 25 | They have they have t why should they even have to contemplate taking this type of industrial action ? |
| 26 | Only if the Westminster Government and its back-benchers are made to believe that this continuing insult to a noble and valuable aspect of Scotland 's heritage will cost them crucial votes will they even begin to take serious notice . |
| 27 | Only after describing all rooms would they then proceed to detail their contents . |
| 28 | ‘ Do they truly want to stamp out ball-gouging ? |
| 29 | But do they actually want to get bigger ? |
| 30 | We asked them to consider two things — what would make a good general gift for any fishkeeper — and what would they actually want to find in their Christmas stocking . |