Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them want to just talk , to feel secure that they 've seen a policeman . |
| 2 | Eight hundred million Indians between them speak at least twenty different languages , each having its different script and each marked by umpteen dialectical variations . |
| 3 | Three reasons , I guess , but none of them amount to very much . |
| 4 | That 's them go in there . |
| 5 | Together they account for nearly two-thirds of the entire temporary labour force but rather under half of total employment . |
| 6 | They account for over a third of the western world 's output of mechanical engineering products and should , says the bulletin , maintain this position . |
| 7 | The company claims that servers will account for $1,000m of its business by the end of the year — they account for around a third of Sun 's revenue now . |
| 8 | The company claims that servers will account for $1bn of its business by the end of the year — they account for around a third of Sun 's revenue now . |
| 9 | Power plants are responsible for most of the pollution : they account for about 90 per cent of all the emissions of sulphur dioxide , 40 per cent of nitrogen dioxide and around 60-70 per cent of dust . |
| 10 | Yet it remains true that unless the typologies are elaborated beyond a mere classificatory and descriptive labelling of different situations — that is , by attempting to specify the conditions under which each type develops — they remain at only a very preliminary stage of theorising . |
| 11 | First , a sample of 10 9 atoms is loaded into a magneto-optical trap , where they remain for just over 1 second . |
| 12 | The Royal Bank saw no need ( indeed had no right ) to alter them and so they remain until today . |
| 13 | Around the time of birth , oocytes enter the resting diplotene or dictyotene stage , where they remain until shortly before ovulation . |
| 14 | Most people they sell to probably ca n't play that well . |
| 15 | I do not claim any more for these criteria than that they raise at least the possibility of a belief being affirmable . |
| 16 | You see there , there was a er not paying for it , asking about it , the finance committee how very cold it was for the elderly and they sit in there while some get taken home and |
| 17 | Other situations where a landlord has a guaranteed right of repossession are : lettings by temporarily absent owner occupiers ; lettings of retirement homes — a letting that enables people to let a home to which they intend to ultimately retire ; lettings by servicemen . |
| 18 | They tend to just tell you whether he 's eaten up his dinner and things like that . |
| 19 | They erm they tend to perhaps have a different attitude if they 've been given company shares , because they 're handled shares er fairly regularly , and that 's a different matter , erm I mean erm are there many people here who have privatized issues ? |
| 20 | I think it 's rather dandy he 's finished off , he 's put this white erm stuff you know what they squeeze from now . |
| 21 | While this weekend 's open afternoons ( 2–5pm today and tomorrow ) are aimed at spreading the word about croquet and encouraging people to join in and have fun , potential members , including families , will be welcomed whether they want to simply play for singular enjoyment or to national or international standard . |
| 22 | why just come to the Church of England if they want to now , it does n't go in |
| 23 | They feel , they want to better the world . |
| 24 | It is not reasonable to expect Hong Kong to continue to accept , year in , year out , large numbers of people coming from Vietnam — not because they have a well founded fear of persecution , but because they want to better the economic lot of themselves and their families . |
| 25 | Several Test players have told Mirror Sport they want to publicly get behind their gutsy team-mate , but fear Big Brother is watching closely and ready to get tough if anyone steps out of line . |
| 26 | They want at least a five-year transition period before Europe 's exchange rates are locked for good . |
| 27 | They expect at least 80 , and possibly more than 100 , Labour MPs to join up . |
| 28 | This is cattle country though you rarely see any until dusk when they appear from nowhere to stand about morosely in the middle of the road , waiting to be run down . |
| 29 | As time passed , Elena too became the subject of such gestures of endorsement from the West which were duly recorded for the benefit of Romanians , lest they forget by just how an extraordinary couple they were ruled . |
| 30 | They place at least one of their characters in a string of predicaments to which there are fantastic solutions . |