Example sentences of "they [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issues are not about inappropriate use of authority nor are they about the display of heroics . |
| 2 | Were it not for the single inconvenient occurrence in the data ( example 22 ) of they as the subject of a singular verb , we could set up an initial list of ‘ invariant ’ environments , which themselves are characteristic of this vernacular system , prior to an investigation of patterns underlying the variability in the many environments which permitted it . |
| 3 | Do they for a moment consider that most visitors to the like District want to feel surrounded by natives of the fells and not middle-class accents and protocol ? |
| 4 | In the presentation you get people up front and they talk at ya do n't they for a few minutes , try and keep it interesting etcetera etcetera . |
| 5 | I think , oh I think the holes are a bit big are n't they for a dormouse ? |
| 6 | Opposition Members have not scored one hit so far , and nor will they during the election campaign . |
| 7 | Finally , chalet holidays , and in particular upmarket ones : are they worth the extra cost ? |
| 8 | She 's heard nothing from the , the hospital they after the tests . |
| 9 | ‘ Are they of no consequence to you ? ’ |
| 10 | Jack O'Dandy , the innkeeper , and that brutal encounter — even they of a sudden held meaning . |
| 11 | Other signalmen had similar stories to tell and some refused to work the box , so frightened were they of the strange events . |
| 12 | They would lie like flatfish to protect each other from parental awareness , and so certain were they of the rightness of their cause — which was , in many cases , the pursuit of uninterrupted idleness and pleasure — that no one could disbelieve them . |
| 13 | The raft of policies that the Opposition are putting before the British people would be devastating to job prospects , and so ashamed are they of the consequences of their policies that four Labour members of the Select Committee on Employment last week voted down a proposal to hold an inquiry into the effects of national statutory minimum wage because they wanted to hide the truth about that policy from the British people . |
| 14 | ALONGSIDE Stanley in the League 's second division hew humble Hebburn Colliery , they of the match magazine with the shiny silver front . |
| 15 | What were they like the two the maids , were they young girls ? |
| 16 | The floodgates opened for the third successive year as Fiji swept all before they with a breathtaking display of almost faultless sevens despite a downpour which reduced the Hong Kong Sevens venue to a quagmire . |
| 17 | Well it 's nothing to do with the working really , ma , it 's the fact that they with A facing you the spool is ready to run . |
| 18 | How satisfied are they with the various parts of the criminal justice process ( policing , trial , and sentence ) and why do they feel this way ? |
| 19 | and they just about managed did n't they with the ? |
| 20 | Yes they 're back wheel drive and do n't they with the |
| 21 | Look at this position my rubber , when about six days after baby 's born they take erm blood erm do n't they from the heel , do you remember that ? |
| 22 | But neither were they from the very poor and vagrant population . |
| 23 | and er he said that when they took it up three years ago of course they from the first six months I think it is and we got on to them and they they did agree |
| 24 | In reading the present volume , it will quickly be evident that while the contributors have been considerably influenced by the views and concerns of Margaret Donaldson , they in no sense follow any ‘ Donaldsonian line ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Because although it 's a handsome house , and the gardens are extensive , they in no way compare to those of the castle which is just up the road . ’ |
| 26 | This has been highlighted in two lines of decisions in road traffic cases where the plaintiffs ' damages have been reduced , even though they in no way caused or contributed to the accidents in which they were injured . |
| 27 | And perhaps they would be now were they in a full democracy — one that embraced the interests and votes of all the citizens . |
| 28 | Are they in a straight line ? |
| 29 | And if they were horses , why were n't they in a barn or something ? |
| 30 | Were they in a like condition ? |