Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An additional problem that has dogged personality theories is that of tautology ; if the categories are to mean anything , they must not be identified only by the fact that the people who fall into them tend to commit crimes . |
| 2 | Both of them seem to involve precognition , predicting dramatic changes in the destiny of great men . |
| 3 | Even in countries with laws that provide some degree of protection for marine mammals , fishermen are often reluctant to report incidental catches of dolphins or porpoises because they fear having restrictions placed on their use of set-nets . |
| 4 | They are most malicious when they prey on liars , murderers and thieves , for they hate to see injustice . |
| 5 | and not the back of the photograph , otherwise you 'll get yourself in all sorts of difficulties and it may make a nice editorial , nice letters to the editor , but it would be very irritating to the editor , because they hate having mistakes pointed out to them , and that 's picture perspective . |
| 6 | yeah and they sell running shoes as well . |
| 7 | Presenting four pieces to music by k d lang , Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Arvo Part , they display electrifying energy , brilliant technique and extraordinary dynamism. ‘ … they 're glorious ’ Pittsburg Press |
| 8 | At least Jeremy Seabrook 's cut-out cardboard teenage figures of abject horror and pity know , as they sit sniffing glue and planning how to knock off a video recorder , that the world owes them something , that they have a right to the earth , an attitude at least as subversive as the endurance " that is the result of not being ever given very much . |
| 9 | ( They sit facing front . ) |
| 10 | We 've told him we must have firm information as to where they intend to move Steiner . ’ |
| 11 | But the action they have taken , and threatened to take , in Derry indicates that they intend to force others to share it too . |
| 12 | They intend to submit funding applications to the Global Environment Facility . |
| 13 | They intend to improve CDT teacher training , and increase the number of craft workers in residence at schools . |
| 14 | At a meeting of the Finance Committee members will pr , make a progress report on how the poll tax collection is going , and campaigners say they intend to put pressure on councillors in an attempt to get them to review the collection process . |
| 15 | However , Sage feels the system has its attractions for small businesses , particularly if they intend to network Sage software and want guarantees of system compatibility . |
| 16 | They intend to destroy Pool . ’ |
| 17 | It is amazing what we hear from Opposition Members , when they intend to cut defence expenditure . |
| 18 | The motorhome will be the lucky winners ' base for the next two weeks , offering them freedom to go where they please to explore New Zealand 's unspoilt areas of breathtaking , natural beauty . |
| 19 | They tend to see people as unthinking dupes who arc simply pushed and pulled around by the needs of capital . |
| 20 | The way the media cover abuse , they tend to sensationalize events , but the emotional effect is much worse than the actual abuse . |
| 21 | ‘ The way the media cover abuse they tend to sensationalize events , but the emotional effect is much worse ’ |
| 22 | The result is that although prosecutors may direct investigations , they tend to leave matters to the police . |
| 23 | Deep wounds must be stitched together to help the healing process and they tend to leave scars . |
| 24 | One reason that he ruled out was the argument , derived from earlier cases , that fights in public should be prohibited because they tend to create disorder . |
| 25 | They tend to treat language as an unproblematic expression of women 's experience , and they are too directed by the need for feminist change to do justice to the unconscious . |
| 26 | ‘ The fact is they tend to watch TV after 9pm when they 're back from the pub . ’ |
| 27 | Parasites such as tapeworms are enemies of their hosts , and hosts are enemies of parasites since they tend to evolve measures to resist them . |
| 28 | However , they are not always offered study leave or proper in-service training to achieve these qualifications , and so they tend to use school hours to do their own work rather than concentrating on their students . |
| 29 | As most actors are looking for someone they 'll be happy to hang around with for years to come , they tend to choose subjects they like and approve of . |
| 30 | Rather , they tend to turn people in on themselves , which certainly makes the devil happy . |