Example sentences of "they [vb base] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , management may be buying a specific business out of a larger group of companies because they perceive it to have greater value as a single concern than its ( often ) discounted value as part of the vendor 's group . |
| 2 | They make it look natural . |
| 3 | They make it look NICE . |
| 4 | They make it look like a ship with waiters like pirates singing shanties into your clam chowder . |
| 5 | That they make it sound as natural as breathing is something of an accomplishment . |
| 6 | It is with good reason that presidents constantly complain of the large problems they face in trying to get the bureaucracy to do what they want it to do . |
| 7 | For some women , an abortion is so traumatic they want it done quickly . |
| 8 | They welcome a new investigation , but they want it done by independent officers . |
| 9 | they want it done cheaply because you 're working at home ! |
| 10 | They want it kept low profile . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If something goes wrong with a customer 's car they want it repaired as quickly as possible , ’ said Peugeot Parts and Service Director Charles Greenland . |
| 12 | We 've had a few people coming on and saying they want it to stay there or they want to leave it there but it 's the trees that 's really annoying people . |
| 13 | But neighbours say it brightens up the area and they want it to stay . |
| 14 | They say , the trouble is they 're , at cricket club they want it update . |
| 15 | They want it updated , but I thought that was , doing away with it . |
| 16 | I do n't get the feeling that they particularly care whether this murder is solved or not ; anyway they want it solved on their terms and if it 's going to muddy a lot of their holy bloody waters they 'd like us to go away . |
| 17 | You 'd know that if the hairdresser came how they want it styled . |
| 18 | They should have got the solicitors in and said ‘ look you 've no rights to have been here , you walked on this common land without any permission at all , you built these places without you 've got cars park and everything ’ , and now I listen to the story where the council says they 're going to run it etc. etc and etc , well what the people want , they want it cleared up , they want it back to where it was , we do n't want somebody running another business out there , this is the idea of getting him off . |
| 19 | They say it expresses women 's impotent desire . |
| 20 | One or two of the boys would go in there , fellers of the village , and they would stop there all night , and the next night ; and they say it had been known for it to go the week ; have a week settin' in , staying in the pub . |
| 21 | They say it went down to minus ten last night . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They say it gets easier , ’ Jill grinned . |
| 23 | They say it gets cold at those altitudes . |
| 24 | They say it takes about three weeks for a cure to work , and most Baden packages are based on this , although some are streamlined to 14 days . |
| 25 | They say it takes three months or so to show up . |
| 26 | ‘ They say it takes a brave woman to love a Scorpio , ’ he said . |
| 27 | They say it takes |
| 28 | They say it existed as such for millions of years . |
| 29 | They say it delivers the kind of ride and first rate handling normally associated with larger cars . |
| 30 | They say it likes chalky uplands … ’ |