Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though his batsmen dominated most of the final day , they failed to silence a grumbling chorus . |
| 2 | They failed to reach a consensus and in April and May submitted separate reports . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , they failed to stop a deluge of complaints about the collection 's shortcomings and María Corral 's personal tastes . |
| 4 | Even then they failed to catch a glimpse of the plane , it had been immediately engulfed in a fifty-foot-high curtain of water and spray . |
| 5 | FOREST 'S dismal season reached crisis point as they failed to beat a keeper who only this summer was struggling on the dole . |
| 6 | But they failed to place a swimmer in the final of the 100m backstroke whereas rivals Barnet Copthall , fourth in the 1500m thanks to a 16min 25.87sec swim by Malcolm McCallum , have a competitor in every final at the half-way stage . |
| 7 | Even among the former they failed to make a decisive impact upon the labour market before 1914 , due partly to workers ' suspicion of bureaucratic intervention in the labour market and to the indifference of employers , who had little difficulty in finding labour when they needed it . |
| 8 | Alas , they failed to make a complete list and about 60 names of the fallen were left off the temporary plaque . |
| 9 | Teachers at Dover College described Richens as a brilliant sportsman and scholar who they expected to become a lawyer . |
| 10 | However , directors of the 60 per cent-owned member of Robert Maxwell 's stable of companies , said they expected to maintain a final year dividend of 3p ‘ in view of the satisfactory progress ’ of Pergamon 's £90m-plus disposal programme . |
| 11 | The Foreign Ministers of Colombia , Mexico and Venezuela signed accords on energy , transport and communications and announced that they planned to create a free-trade zone between their countries by mid-1994 . |
| 12 | Sir Hal Miller , chief executive of the show 's organisers , the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders , also revealed that more than half the visitors had said they planned to buy a new car ‘ in the coming months ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ People can see how across there Israeli politicians fight each other in parliament , and in Greece they bring to account a corrupt prime minister . ’ |
| 14 | Guillaume ( 1984 : 120ff ) shows that all substantives , adjectives , adverbs and verbs are inherently predicative because they bring to mind a lexical notion which has to be said about something in order for the word to perform its function in discourse . |
| 15 | Do they prefer to have a choice ? |
| 16 | On Sept. 17 the same leaders met the Public Security Minister , Ismaila Nimaga , after which they agreed to suspend a rally planned for the following day . |
| 17 | At the second meeting , in November , they agreed to call a halt to the free trade area negotiations . |
| 18 | They agreed to appoint a committee to facilitate the international monitoring of the violence . |
| 19 | In 1946 , however , they agreed to establish a Scandinavian Committee for Legislative Cooperation . |
| 20 | They agreed to establish a " hot line " telephone link between the White House and the Kremlin , and in July 1963 concluded a nuclear test ban treaty , ruling out atmospheric tests . |
| 21 | They agreed to establish a US office in Hanoi to gather information about some 1,700 MIAs . |
| 22 | They agreed to establish a working group to formulate an accord of " neighbourliness , friendship and co-operation " . |
| 23 | They asked to see a doctor and Zahira was taken to another part of the building where , she says , she was superficially examined by a doctor and a nurse . |
| 24 | The first body they passed had a piece of paper pinned to its blanket , Smith , Maisie . |
| 25 | I have just received information from the above-named group that they intend to hold a study day on the Snailbeach District Railway on Saturday 11th September . |
| 26 | Above all it is important for the staff planning groups to decide what ‘ interdisciplinary ’ work or topic work will actually mean for the learner in practice , and choice will depend in part on the school 's view of the ‘ whole picture ’ spread across quite long periods of time , with the teachers planning carefully how they intend to create a balanced curriculum over weeks and months . |
| 27 | In addition , they intend to lease a horse to run in the race and this should provide a novel angle if nothing else . |
| 28 | The Directors of AW announce that , in the absence of unforeseen circumstances , they intend to announce a final dividend of not less than 6.5p per share in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 1985 . |
| 29 | They intend to run the course as a pay as you play facility , however , they intend to offer a membership scheme so as to accommodate competitions and team matches within the club . |
| 30 | They intend to keep a tight grip on the demand for the bread and butter work boots , worn by thousands of postmen and bobbies on the beat . |