Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] the [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also times the transfer of its eggs extremely carefully so that most of them hatch in the hosts ' nests at exactly the right time . |
| 2 | But there are only limited facilites for them stay in the children 's ward to be near their daughter . |
| 3 | Little is known about the effect of different care settings on the children 's education though the fact that many foster parents and residential staff have had limited educational opportunities themselves may influence them in the importance they attach to the children 's success in school . |
| 4 | However , there are wrong answers and these should be pointed out when they appear in the trainees ' work . |
| 5 | Instead of hatchets they have fans and as they pass through the soldiers ' camp they hit the soldiers and say : " There you are dead . " |
| 6 | They derive from the writers ' own work practice and belief system and serve to reinforce it in relation to other groups and cultures . |
| 7 | If they should chance to be black , brown or yellow , of any cultural tradition save that of the West and dominated by any other ideological system except that of the student 's own parents they will seldom if ever protest , no matter how flagrant the injustice , how onerous the oppression , how unprincipled the exploitation and how ever much they offend against the protesters ' vociferously expressed and allegedly ‘ sincere ’ ideals . |