Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans forged ahead not only because they could deploy greater resources , but also because they were more ruthless in seeking out key German experts during the chaos of the German surrender , and in persuading them to work for them in the United States . |
| 2 | In any proceeding in which no pre-trial review has been fixed , the district judge may nonetheless give notice to the parties requiring them to appear before him on the day named in the notice , so that the question of giving directions may be considered ( Ord 17 , rr 10 and 11(4) ) . |
| 3 | There were about twelve or more German prisoners , all of them staring at me from the gloom of the interior . |
| 4 | Probably the Khan will give Nogai some work to do to keep him occupied until we return from Kinsai , but we could just as easily find the whole pack of them travelling with us to the capital . |
| 5 | Loc seized them both by the arm and forced them to run with him towards the jungle . |
| 6 | Only two of them fell over me in the sleeping-bag . |
| 7 | The other causes lie in the readers alone : the habits of thought and feeling that they bring with them to the text , which distort or block their response to it . |
| 8 | They tramped with it across the mud to the grass . |
| 9 | Moving the suspension of standing orders at the next meeting of Cork County Council , Councillor Gene Fitzgerald TD complained that the first council members heard of the planning decision was when they read of it in the morning paper . |
| 10 | After the overthrow of Avitus in 456 Majorian had to use force to bring the Visigoths into line , but thereafter they fought for him against the Sueves in Spain . |
| 11 | They argued about it for the rest of the afternoon , he becoming sullen and sorry , she remaining dispassionate , untouched-She was impressed by his sudden remorse . |
| 12 | ‘ They disagreed with him on the size of the tax reduction . |
| 13 | She did not see much of Florence as they roared through it in the jeep , just a muddled impression of large buildings and a broad dark green river , but as they began to drive up the steep , swooping hill to Fiesole , David 's friend said : |
| 14 | ‘ When they came to me in the summer , some of the shirts they offered were horrible . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ They came to us with the scheme in the first place . |
| 16 | She said er well they came to us in the interval and Con was just like , I thought she 'll call me when Sally has gone , Sally had their address , she 'd just you know , she was gon na be in there and Con said , look , did you look at that dress she said , whoever makes them ! |
| 17 | Do they look after you on the plane Sue ? |
| 18 | They telephone all day ; they run after me in the streets ; they bribe my barber for locks of my hair ; they make my life unbearable . |
| 19 | Residential workers significantly contribute to the psychological development of young people in their care when they stand by them in the face of the young person 's opposition or retreat , and when they continue to strive to know and understand them . |
| 20 | But they 've got both you see and they refer to them as the ducks or the drakes so they |
| 21 | Once they talked of it in the village shop , the whole village would know by nightfall . |
| 22 | They talked about it on the way down in Goblander . |
| 23 | And you can see when they , when they spo when they talk to them after the game . |
| 24 | They talk to us on the field — nothing special , just talk . |
| 25 | The first generation might practise some " levelling " — an adaptation and " evening-out " of any highly marked regionalisms in their speech — but would basically stick to the linguistic habits they brought with them from the Caribbean . |
| 26 | For as the people became urbanised , the ancient ways and practices they brought with them from the countryside or the pre-industrial town became irrelevant or impracticable . |
| 27 | Initially the townspeople were sceptical , but once the new water had tickled their tastebuds they took to it like the proverbial duck . |
| 28 | People who were questioned as to why they listened to him during the war very often said they found him ‘ good for a laugh ’ . |
| 29 | They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station . |
| 30 | They looked for it inside the white car . |