Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] they [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words teachers and schools will readily seek to improve their practice if they regard it as part of their professional responsibility , whereas they are likely to resist change that is forced on them . |
| 2 | Airdrie 's league status is now threatened by relegation and Falkirk could make matters worse for the club if they take anything off St Johnstone tonight and move closer to the third bottom team , Motherwell , who are only three points above them . |
| 3 | No and we 'd got three young girls , new , new girls and I saw those and I must have been thinking about Mandy and the car because they said something about oh when we leave we 're all going on a picnic to and I think it was Kettering or quite some time aw some |
| 4 | They declared their hostility to apprenticeship since they regarded it as a delay in ridding the colonies of slavery . |
| 5 | It took a long time to break away from the idea that children were at best potentially evil and indolent , that they were little pitchers that had to be filled with information and moral guidance before they filled themselves with wickedness , idleness , and nonsense . |
| 6 | She had started the second stage of labour when they carried her into the Rotunda and hurried her away into the labour ward . |
| 7 | Some played up to the queue even more than I did , and at times it was quite a pantomime as they expressed themselves in their broken English with much arm waving and competitive claims . |
| 8 | They could n't come to a decision so they put it to the vote when — as the book put it — a pair of bearded anarchists , one with flame red hair , appeared out of nowhere and took their decision for them , smashing down the gates with sledgehammers . |
| 9 | The Mitchells were granted permission to burn charcoal from coppiced timber at Hangman 's Wood if they returned it to this state of management . |
| 10 | In his letter to shareholders introducing the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative , JM Chairman David Davies said : ‘ Your Directors are recommending this proposal because they believe it to be in your interests as well as those of the company . |
| 11 | The council have objected to the proposed replacement dwelling because they feel it to be ‘ disproportionate ’ in size to the original building . |
| 12 | His hands dangled over the sides of the wheelchair as they took him to the salon to meet the Bishop . |
| 13 | And the reps on the holiday co coach when they take you from airport , sometimes say yes and sometimes say no . |
| 14 | North themselves had contributed to Ballymena 's fate when they beat them by runs on Saturday at Eaton Park . |
| 15 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 16 | I tell you what 's nice stuffing if they have it in Ulster Paula , is the chestnut one |
| 17 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 18 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 19 | They had found no less than five flesh wounds on his body when they stripped him of his armour , but all clean and none dangerous , once the draining of his blood was staunched . |
| 20 | The Court of Appeal dismissed an Inland Revenue challenge to a High Court ruling that £75,000 paid to England and Derby County goalkeeper Peter Shilton by Nottingham Forest when they sold him to Southampton in 1982 should be treated as a ‘ golden handshake ’ . |
| 21 | Dried their own grain afore they took it to the mill . |
| 22 | MacDonald concludes with the view that non-traditional students are an advantage to higher education although they present it with a challenge . |
| 23 | Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump . |
| 24 | It was n't his case and they were n't suspects , and they must have known that he was no cheerful extrovert , flattered to be the centre of attraction while they bombarded him with questions about Chief Inspector Rickards 's likely methods , the chance of catching the Whistler , his theories about psychopathic killers , his own experience of serial murder . |
| 25 | A. Yes , in assembly while they say it in English I do the other one . |
| 26 | My understanding is that , instead of a completely new Centre , or Stadium Court as they call it over there , a major refurbishing of the existing facility will be undertaken which will probably also include the provision of a new Grandstand or No. 1 court within the existing grounds . |
| 27 | He walked swiftly beside the trolley as they wheeled it towards the Theatre lifts , and Kath told him as rapidly as she could what they had established . |
| 28 | Each of their slovenly scrawls was greeted with gasps of admiration from the kindly tutor , whose dress and hair grew paler by the minute as they showered her with dust . |
| 29 | Others discriminate against students on grounds of sexual orientation when they suspect them of being gay or lesbian ; others on class or a whole range of subjective , stereotypical responses to the unfamiliar . |
| 30 | Telephone message forms are even better than a pad as they prevent you from forgetting to ask relevant questions . |