Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | By which time you 're not listening to the other things they 're saying . |
| 2 | According to the Swedish authorities they did not pose a risk to the safety of the plant . |
| 3 | For economy of space occupied by the site of the lift the two inclined ways would generally be side by side and although at the same inclination and extending between the same levels they would not be in the same plane but echeloned so that the one extends , so to speak , from the right side of the head bay to the right side of the tail bay whilst the other extends from the left side of the head bay to the left side of the tail bay . |
| 4 | They can be essential if counsellees are to be encouraged to continue talking about the painful feelings they have about themselves and their lives , happy that they are being treated with dignity and respect . |
| 5 | In negotiating this or that pay increase , they must be supposed to be settling for the best terms they can get in all the circumstances of the negotiation . |
| 6 | Whilst the liberal-historians are less likely to be openly damning of the social changes they identify than are the conservative-historians , this should not be read as a sign of their approval . |