Example sentences of "they [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah actually , I 'd be interested if someone sitting on the planning committee , or perhaps a director erm , yeah or perhaps you could tell me , er , why why if the planning committee members are so concerned about this , did they grant the planning permission ? |
| 2 | Do they damage the business of government by inhibiting confidentiality and honest private discussion ? |
| 3 | Why should they forego the safety of the flock ? |
| 4 | If you mixed all your pieces of writing together , would they make a story ? |
| 5 | Did they make a mistake by their decision to oppose changes ? |
| 6 | Now , the wee pink tablets , did , when you started them , did they make a difference ? |
| 7 | ‘ My parents , when visiting to see the newborn , were always very careful to ignore , almost , the new baby and fuss the older one just as she was used to , and only after she had gone to sleep did they make a fuss of the new baby . |
| 8 | Tell me did you have a nice day at school , did they make a fuss of you ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Did they make the journey safely ? ’ |
| 10 | If these are set up in advance do they make the decision easier ? |
| 11 | How did they make the stuff hold all that water ? |
| 12 | Not only did they make the move , but they also managed to negotiate some funding and an arrangement whereby their staff could continue to be trained on E&Y courses . |
| 13 | As soon as McMahon helped them solve that ( his computations backed the coach , who said the track should be banked as high as his belt buckle at the outside of the turn ) , they called him back with another question : how springy should they make the track ? |
| 14 | Did n't they make the slot locks ? |
| 15 | Why do n't they make an industry of it here ? |
| 16 | Could they sack the shareholder ? i i if there 's a shareholder do they sack him ? |
| 17 | ‘ And why did n't they eat the fruit themselves ? ’ |
| 18 | Can I still put some fish in the pond or will they eat the wildlife ? |
| 19 | ‘ Wo n't they lower the drawbridge ? ’ |
| 20 | When , for example , in a trade dispute pickets seek to persuade fellow workers who are not on strike to join them they exercise a freedom ; but should they obstruct the workers ' freedom to pass , the balance of the mutual exercise of freedoms is disturbed . |
| 21 | Did they want a flower container ? |
| 22 | This can be expressed by people saying that they feel they want a child for their fulfilment as human beings . |
| 23 | ‘ Did they want a boy do you think ? ’ |
| 24 | Bloody how they , what the hell do they want a lollipop lady on a zebra co |
| 25 | Do they want a carrier ? |
| 26 | Do they want a family ? |
| 27 | ‘ What do they want the pub for ? ’ he asked . |
| 28 | What we have said we are involved in a process which must involve both governments and all parties , whose objective is agreement among our divided people an agreement which all our traditions must give their allegiance and agreement , and an agreement which must express which which must respect our diversity , now I have kept repeating that statement since we made it and I asked anyone to tell me what they disagree with it , now the loyalist paramilitary some weeks ago said that if the I R A were to k their impression they 've given all along is that they 're just a reaction to the I R A and if the I R A were to stop they would cease immediately , I immediately put out a statement welcoming that statement by them , I also offered to talk directly to them , but they have refused er given the nature of their campaign , particularly at the moment , I begin to wonder do they want the I R A to stop ? |
| 29 | The questions raised by conceptual material are discussed by the main characters and illustrated in their actions , but in neither case do they affect the plot structure itself which marks a return to formal strategies of the past : Under the Net to the picaresque tradition , and The Languages of Love to the paradigmatic plot of fall and salvation in which rhetorical devices remain subservient to the basic three-tiered design of Christian allegory . |
| 30 | We know they exist , but how do they affect the reasoning process ? |