Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larvae then migrate through the tissue of the mouth ( cheeks , tongue , and pharynx ) to the stomach , where they attach themselves to the stomach lining . |
| 2 | ‘ They spent a fortune developing the place , ’ the Maggot said , ‘ but the rich folks never came , so they sold it to the rich dickheads instead . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think the trick will work if they trace us to the Hilton ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Having decided to make it a musical , ’ wrote Alexander Stuart in Films and Filming , ‘ William Sterling should have had his team work on the songs until they were really worth including until they added something to the tale . ’ |
| 6 | The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 . |
| 7 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 8 | Dried their own grain afore they took it to the mill . |
| 9 | Parties must not give effect to a merger before they notify it to the Commission and for three weeks thereafter . |
| 10 | Throughout the whole thing , even when they took us to the palace , nobody said a word . |
| 11 | By way of illustration , let us take an example from the development of Newton 's theory that we have considered several times before , and consider the situation that confronted Leverrier and Adams when they addressed themselves to the troublesome orbit of the planet Uranus . |
| 12 | When they got it to the surface , they had seen a writhing mass of jelly , from which two fierce eyes had peered at them . |
| 13 | The Newmarket trainer runs Top Class in the Longchamp spectacular and the faithful backing Brittain will expect to be laughing all the way to the bank as they help themselves to the generous 40-1 on offer . |
| 14 | His hands dangled over the sides of the wheelchair as they took him to the salon to meet the Bishop . |
| 15 | As they contribute nothing to the signal , it would seem to be advantageous to remove them from the fountain . |
| 16 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 17 | But Araminta is given a curious grace of movement and a gift for surprising which , as they owe nothing to the intellect , must have been excessively difficult to achieve . |
| 18 | This mixture of fish gets on fine in my tank , except when a week after buying them , the Rainbows spawned which caused chaos as they pushed everything to the other end of the tank . |