Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] they [subord] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I really do feel sorry for them because they know how hard their parents have worked to raise money for the computers , ’ she said . |
| 2 | And if your child is dyslexic , reassure them that they are not the only child , there are other children who share this problem , that they in fact are not stupid , or mad — and quite often they think they are mad , they can understand what is wrong with them because they do n't really understand what they 're supposed to be doing . |
| 3 | The moon was high above them as they walked cautiously through the dark forest and the pale , eerie light lay across the woodland path , cold and unfriendly . |
| 4 | and she says they got sick of 'em cos they had everything |
| 5 | I have never liked babies , and I am not really comfortable with them when they get older . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's hard on them because they had paid their individual fees . |
| 7 | But these vile tasks were as welcome to them for they knew no love of God nor worship of Him . |
| 8 | The dead king seems mesmerized by them as they lead him gently but determinedly down the long ramps . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , even we could n't be sure about them until they rammed us . |
| 10 | The students from that time remembered a man with a sharp sense of the ridiculous ; who ragged them but was too shy to be intimate with them though they liked him much for his friendliness and his humour ; who was famous for long , sudden , and embarrassing silences ; who was so eccentric that none of them believed that he could later be a man of distinction in England or his Church ; a man who loved theology — they never met anywhere else a man who so loved theology , and who regarded theology as the highest intellectual activity for humanity ; a fierce defender of liberty of opinion , for Marxists as for anyone else ; whose principal theme was the glory of God , and who was evidently touched by his ideas of Plato ; who did not give the impression of a mind of exceptional ability — there was not enough knife in the mind — but who gave the impression of being an exceptional person ; who disturbed other people 's prayers in chapel with convulsive fidgets and sudden face-rubbings — they regarded him as tense in his devotions and were afraid of a nervous breakdown ; who had a manifest and rare mystical sense of the immediate presence of God , a presence so brilliant that it could almost overpower . |
| 11 | The Labour Party is opposed to them because they challenge the principles of state housing and of equal access to a democratic minimum . |
| 12 | Must be pretty tough for them when they look at other lasses . ’ |
| 13 | If they were , sounds like they were still full of them when they made this lumbering , murderous fat shitbag of a single . |
| 14 | Many people make wills and leave instructions about things that are important to them because they have assessed the risk and feel that they should anticipate the future and their possible demise . |
| 15 | Question one asked respondents to indicate what was important to them when they received accountancy services , using a seven point scale which ranged form unimportant to essential . |
| 16 | To pay for this , insurers load the front-end charges on policies , so that customers get back only a fraction of what should be due to them if they have to cash in ahead of time . |
| 17 | It would be best to start with young Geophagines , allowing the dwarfs to get used to them as they grow . |
| 18 | One of the main elements which matters to customers is that stock should be available to them when they order it , that it should be delivered at the time they request it and that it should be assembled correctly . |
| 19 | More advanced instruction can be offered on this basis , and they know that it will be ( or should be ) available to them when they need it . |
| 20 | Individual Compacts should refuse membership to any anti-union organisation , because Compacts aim to develop in young people as wide an understanding as possible of the opportunities and choices available to them when they leave school . |
| 21 | There were cases of families being made to leave by conditions being rendered difficult for them after they had made complaints to the corporation housing department . |
| 22 | It was decided it would be too traumatic for them if they had to be flown away again afterwards . |
| 23 | The trained females who have calves at foot keep their young with them as they work . |
| 24 | But other animals , particularly those that produce many babies at a time , find it more practical to take their young with them when they forage . |
| 25 | United 's Darren Ferguson is likely to give way for Robson 's return , but manager Alex Ferguson softened the blow for his son when he said : ‘ The players know I 've been loyal to them because they have fought hard with little reward . |
| 26 | ‘ Thus , the enemy forfeited the advantage of surprise , and they found the English heroes ready for them when they struck . |
| 27 | Perhaps it was because she went to an early Mass to have breakfast ready for them when they returned ; but she did n't like lying in bed in the mornings anyway , and as he had said many times ( admittedly without great enthusiasm ) they could quite easily go to Mass together , and wait a lit–de longer for breakfast . |