Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Home-made wills do not always mean what the writer thinks they do . |
| 2 | Many Fine Art graduates take up professional practice as artists , and this course encourages them to consider their role as artists in the community by providing opportunities for short-term placements outside the Faculty . |
| 3 | In the first place , becoming a housewife impresses them by the very openness of the role [ ? ] and by the freedom they now have from constraining supervision … |
| 4 | We might not even get as much coverage as Sunderland if they manage to get into the play-offs ( and with the way their luck goes they 'll get a play-off place by finishing tenth ) . |
| 5 | Its very existence guarantees them life . |
| 6 | But for value for money , New York 's Empire State Building has them beaten at 6.7ft a penny |
| 7 | They often require the buyer to sign a delivery note which contains a statement to the effect that signature signifies that the goods have been delivered in compliance with the contract , and in good condition , a nd that therefore the buyer accepts them . |
| 8 | Montag joins them . |
| 9 | John Kelly loves them and helps you choose the best ones for your garden |
| 10 | Gassendi accepts them , but draws their sting . |
| 11 | The Bundesbank wants them kept up . |
| 12 | The bark starts them all off and they howl at the moon for a few minutes . |
| 13 | Very occasionally his path crossed that of a couple walking home or a group of a young friends going up to the centre , and then the brief appraising glances they gave him left Zen feeling obscurely ill at ease , underlining as they did his lack of purpose or direction . |
| 14 | ‘ Cyclists in bus lanes may also cause delay to buses , although banning cyclists places them in danger if they are required to ride in the main carriageway , with buses passing on their nearside . ’ |
| 15 | With goods having only one normal use the mere fact of the purchase will , by implication , make it known that this is what the buyer wants them for , e. g. a hot-water bottle , as in Priest v. |
| 16 | It often makes things easier for us humans to understand if you include the brackets whether the computer needs them or not . |
| 17 | The adjectives here are gnawed and barren and they are both structurally crucial to the meaning of the sentence : the sentence needs them . |
| 18 | Because many prefabs have now been bulldozed English Heritage wants them listed and protected from redevelopment . |
| 19 | They find this belief comforting when a computer beats them , but their belief is utterly false . |
| 20 | To fix the drills in the handle , a bit of Araldite holds them fast . |
| 21 | It is well acted and well directed by Patrick Dromgoole and if you want three acts of vicious infighting , grisly humour , sadism , transvestism and incest this play contains them all . |
| 22 | yeah , but Gary needs them you , you need the green one and Gary needs both so |
| 23 | So , given things being the way they are , who 's to say they 're the loonies because they do n't do things the way Joe Punter thinks they ought to be done ? |
| 24 | EIiot 's intense sympathy with the fishermen of the Massachusetts coast transforms them into figures of endurance , secular saints , whose course is one of earthly failure which the toughest faith transforms into gain . |
| 25 | The concretion of the Christian religion drives them to its edge ; indeed makes them wonder whether there is a place for them within it . |
| 26 | ‘ The insurance sector , and indeed large areas of the financial sector , had never really focused on modern financial management — everyone working in the industry thinks they know about finance , and maybe they do , but they do n't know about financial control . ’ |
| 27 | These graduates joined BP to do real jobs and because of the learning opportunities this programme offers them . |
| 28 | Pride and egoism drives them on , and a shared stupidity stops us from stopping them . |
| 29 | There was a rather sickening , glutinous sound as the eyes moved , the sort of sound you hear if someone with sore eyes rubs them too hard and they squelch . |
| 30 | Party leaders in many republics have been openly demanding one : it seems only a matter of time before the president offers them what they are asking for . |