Example sentences of "[vb pp] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if liver and limb bud cells are mixed they too sort out into large clumps ; but they make neither a proper liver nor limbs . |
| 2 | Charlotte could have wished they were busier . |
| 3 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 4 | So people have been forced to look at the way in which they are doing the work in er conjunction with er the manual for whatever other book of rules they have I wished they 'd do they carry out their work . |
| 5 | Colwyn , who requested the match to be brought forward a week to avoid clashing with this weekend 's important game between Glamorgan and Durham at their Rhos on Sea ground , must have wished they had n't bothered . |
| 6 | Detective Chief Superintendent Barry Stewart also disclosed they were studying security video film from the Gateshead gas depot . |
| 7 | The muscles had been fully stimulated during the growth period and Ewan had supposed they 'd be fully operational immediately . |
| 8 | And if so why should it be supposed they had adventured into the forest rather than eastward towards the corn lands and the nearer towns , and the coast ? |
| 9 | One promising line of further reconnaissance involved the attempt to find a fundamental role for waves where no one had previously supposed they were relevant . |
| 10 | The Gloucester coach Keith Richardson says that the week may have turned around the team 's season … the win over a strong bridgend side was very rewarding and it reflects the old Gloucester dog attitude … when they think there 's competition a match to be won they respond and come through … there 's a big league game against Northampton coming up on saturday and Gloucester need all the inspiration they can get to win |
| 11 | Oh if they 've won they 've done it . |
| 12 | If we 'd just attacked they 'd have killed you immediately , so I thought it best to try and get you to a safer distance before anything happened . ’ |
| 13 | It has been suggested that unless females are mated they remain in season for very long periods and lose condition and strength to the point where they die . |
| 14 | Where interviewers are centrally grouped they can be called together for a briefing session , when any queries can be raised and dealt with on the spot , but where large organizations have interviewers scattered about the country this may be a counsel of perfection , although peripatetic fieldwork supervisors do invaluable work in this as well as other areas . |
| 15 | The greater part of the debate on part-time day continuation schools centred around what it was claimed they could achieve . |
| 16 | When benefits have been claimed they have been small compared with the resources employed . |
| 17 | Earlier yesterday Constable Sandra Dougan told Belfast Coroner 's Court Moore was ‘ lying ’ when he had claimed they were lovers and insisted they were just ‘ friends ’ . |
| 18 | At Tiverton in 1809 they had claimed they had received the same rate for 300 years ! |
| 19 | It 's claimed they 're hazardous . |
| 20 | The men are accused of the ‘ wholesale theft or handling of a vast amount of property ’ , which it is claimed they smuggled out of Britain , through Ulster , into the Republic . |
| 21 | It is claimed they are being refused community care grants and budgeting loans . |
| 22 | On the other hand , although a herb garden grown entirely for its fragrances and aromas does little to conserve the environment , it will contain such plants as the scented roses ( the more strongly perfumed they are , the better ) — the damask rose ( Rosa damascena ) , and the cabbage rose ( R. centifolia ) ; also lavender ; lily-of-the-valley ; jasmine ( Jasminum officinale ) ; and border pink ( Dianthus caryophyllus ) . |
| 23 | If comparisons are included they may be with an artist whose work is considered by the author to be inferior to the subject of the monograph . |
| 24 | When direct dealing costs , brokerage and VAT were included they tended to help filter out the trades that were only marginally profitable and hence raised the overall profitability . |
| 25 | Describing London as ‘ a city of illusions , subject every now and then to a series of harsh awakenings ’ , The Echo ( 11 August 1898 ) believed that while some of the stones were undoubtedly exaggerated they nevertheless served a purpose : ‘ We steadily shut our eyes to the submerged lawlessness of less fortunate districts until a series of Whitechapel outrages , or Hooligan exploits , make us not only aware of what is going on , but actually afraid of our lives . ’ |
| 26 | It was as if they had forgotten they owned her . |
| 27 | So the grey-faced All Blacks , the man who had forgotten they were playing a game , went to Dublin and played with the verve of men on their way to the gallows . |
| 28 | ‘ She said she thought Dick and Joy had forgotten they were to pick her up , so she set off to catch the bus . ’ |
| 29 | Halfway through the letter , Bruno said in German : ‘ Ah , he is a major in their Army , ’ and then smiled hastily at Maxim because he had forgotten they had been speaking German earlier . |
| 30 | She had completely forgotten they were looking for Garry — she had them deep in a holiday romance . |