Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] they [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notice that it is customary to indicate the parameters best varied to achieve balance by drawing an arrow through them where they appear in the double balance equations , as done here . |
| 2 | They would perhaps like to buy it , but they ca n't sell their property and also if they can sell theirs and they look at the cost of the property and they work out how much they 've got to pay for the mortgage then they find they ca n't afford it . |
| 3 | I see ( and Summerchild sees ) the young provincial historian becoming even more silent and preoccupied than Summerchild himself as they look at the worn carpets and unoccupied chairs . |
| 4 | If you start with small frogs , make sure the fish are too small to eat them if they fall into the water . |
| 5 | It is usual to have a closing pleasantry , but you should only use them if they add to the letter in a positive manner : Please let me know if I can be of further assistance . |
| 6 | What it basically means is that an extrovert tends to tends to have a wide area of interests but wo n't investigate them as much as perhaps that that deeply , and that includes friends as well , and that includes people around them and they look at the wideness rather than the depth . |
| 7 | The woman handed her what was left of Donald , and Angelica said , ‘ People feed them and they wander into the road … it 's not surprising they get hurt . |
| 8 | The breakers sometimes overturn them and they lie in the sand , with their legs waving , their stiff tails slowly swivelling , in an effort to lever themselves back . |
| 9 | I would birch them like they do on the Isle of Man , and not give them time off for good behaviour . |
| 10 | The more information they have about you before they come through the door , the more comfortable they will feel about that process . |
| 11 | K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse . |
| 12 | ‘ A lot of black people , they make it and they forget about the street talk , they forget what they used to be , and I think , regardless of whether you 're black or white , you should always keep in touch with your culture . |
| 13 | Is it because they care for the future of English soccer ? |
| 14 | But I just said I do n't want any applause for this at all , I feel that every pensioner , every pensioner should sign it whether they belong to the association or not . |
| 15 | The persons alleged to have picked up the letter then chase the accusers round the circle and try to catch them before they sit in the empty space , as in the previous game . |
| 16 | ‘ Or do we hit them before they come to the boil ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And what if they move outside the range of the tracking device ? ’ |
| 18 | They 're afraid of , ashamed of themselves and they do to the old people . |
| 19 | Fitness fanatics have been warned that they could seriously injure themselves if they join in the latest health craze without proper preparation . |
| 20 | Freud 's view here is Comtean ; he thinks in terms of three stages for the progress of civilization , beginning with the animistic phase , to which modern obsessional or paranoid neurotics regress , going through an intermediate phase of religion , which is different from the first because people give the powers and omnipotence to gods , and not to themselves as they do in the magical phase of animism . |
| 21 | I think it would be much more effective if the one who was meant to be the hardhat and who might be expected to let the other one drown in fact saves the other one even though he thinks his ideas about the Indians and his plan to baptise them when they get to the Orinoco are blasphemous . |
| 22 | We can not expect voters to leave their conscience behind them when they go to the polling booth . |
| 23 | Savage Orcs are wild fighters , whooping and screaming as they attack , calling upon Gork and Mork to help them as they crash into the enemy ranks . |
| 24 | United have now taken just three points from a possible 12 and manager Alex Ferguson 's only consolation is that the defeat of rivals Aston Villa at Carrow Road means it is now Norwich who hold a twopoint advantage over them as they go into the last seven games . |
| 25 | Enabling self-expression allows counsellees to explain to us where they stand at the present time . |
| 26 | I did n't bother with keeping a car or two between us like they do in the movies . |