Example sentences of "they [vb base] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House Speaker , Tom Foley , and the Senate majority leader , George Mitchell , have urged him to reconsider his stance — even though they concede they do not have the votes to override a veto . |
| 2 | they sell them do n't they ? |
| 3 | If they lose they get nothing . |
| 4 | But the simple reason that the men the local men had nothing to do with making the agreement now so they lose they lost interest in the trade union movement . |
| 5 | They raise them to shoulder level , and back off from the small crowd . |
| 6 | The smell of the fungus attracts flies and when they land they collect some of the jelly on their legs , which they then carry away , so spreading the fungus . |
| 7 | What people think of the media in general and each medium in particular and the role or roles they perceive them to play in their lives and in society are important preliminary considerations which have to be studied . |
| 8 | speaking on my own for my own personal point of view erm if they if they insist they want this full amount |
| 9 | I mean if they insist they want all that I mean I 'll if they insist they want the interest as well then I 'm in er a bit of a spot |
| 10 | I mean if they insist they want all that I mean I 'll if they insist they want the interest as well then I 'm in er a bit of a spot |
| 11 | ‘ When they swarm they destroy all in their way . |
| 12 | The frequency with which they make them varies . |
| 13 | My own opinion is these erm but he says he 's they make them long . |
| 14 | they , they make them stay together . |
| 15 | ‘ I think they make them work too hard , ’ said Camille . |
| 16 | They make them work better . |
| 17 | I do n't think they make they make those any more , nobody seemed to have one yesterday |
| 18 | They mean they make it , in many situations , make it pointless of people to try and found jobs . |
| 19 | The principal rivers of the Empire flow from the east to the west , and as they converge they become greater still . |
| 20 | As they grow they become more powerful vacuum cleaners , affecting a larger and larger volume of space , and themselves becoming ever larger . |
| 21 | The more nitrogen they have available , the better marine plants will grow , and as they grow they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
| 22 | As they grow they moult several times . |
| 23 | Once hatched , they begin to feed on zooplankton and as they grow they prey on larger species and they are even cannibalistic . |
| 24 | As they grow they merge into one another . |
| 25 | Presidents , on the other hand , can rarely issue plausible , self-executing commands ; for the most part they must persuade rather than order other political actors to do what they want them to do . |
| 26 | It is simply the ability which a person or group has to make others do what he , she or they want them to do . |
| 27 | In utterly mundane terms it means getting polluters to do what they want them to do . |
| 28 | i if they want them to do anything . |
| 29 | They 're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do , like die for them and work for them and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys , and they 're the ones who 'll survive another big war , in their bunkers and tunnels . |
| 30 | Well they want them to do their bit . |