Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [Wh adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 2 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 3 | With four boys to keep in trousers she bought a pair of pants from the store , unpicked them to see how they were put together , cut a pattern from the pieces and never looked back . |
| 4 | Where proceedings are commenced in the wrong court , the court can transfer the proceedings to the correct court , allow them to continue where they are or strike them out ( r 7.12 ) . |
| 5 | Yes I know , you can get somebody else to do that , be there for months and they do n't turn up at once , that was erm , I did n't realize they had to turn up at once , so I was letting them throw whenever they wanted |
| 6 | It grieved me to see how they had stripped the great Rhododendron and the lesser Kalmias . ’ |
| 7 | I want to hear them discuss how they will bring an end to all forms of intensive animal farming , ban bloodsports , end testing on animals , stop animals being used in circuses , ban imports of fur products and end this disgraceful trade . |
| 8 | Answer guide : This is something the student has not been exposed to 80 it is useful to let them discuss how they would treat the transaction in detail so they can work out for themselves the principles involved . |
| 9 | There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television . |
| 10 | It helps everyone to know where they stand . |
| 11 | The Cosmos Consumer Protection Plan cover virtually every aspect of your holiday , from the moment you pick up our brochure to the moment you arrive back home , and because we want everyone to know where they stand with us it clearly spells out our obligations to you and your commitments to us when you book a holiday with us from this brochure . |
| 12 | ‘ They 'll be pestering me to know when they can see you again … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Program them to self-destruct whenever they miss a target . |
| 14 | ‘ Tell Wally to keep his eyes open and let me know when they pass him , ’ Hitch instructed . |
| 15 | ‘ No , no , we are not brave , we are very frightened ’ , was the inevitable response when I asked why they always fled . |
| 16 | When I asked why they chose me , George said , because you are the President of the Oxford Drama Club/my bank manager/my oldest friend/the boss/have known us for twenty-five years/you are the tallest/you have the loudest voice/ , and Martha said , because you have known Annabelle since she was fourteen/a baby/a child/all her life/at school/at college/you tell the best jokes . |
| 17 | ‘ All right , thank you , ’ Dorothy would say when I asked how they were keeping . |
| 18 | When d' you meet any real people apart from those limousine sharks and cordless telephone freaks who never met an ordinary person , do n't know any ordinary people : how they live , we live , nor how we die , I mean how they die . ’ |
| 19 | Well , oh yes , I 'm sure I 'm not saying that 's the only thing that controls people 's food intake I mean clearly there are things cultural some cultures , the Japanese seem to love eating raw fish , I mean how they can bring themselves to do it I do now know , I mean the raw is I do n't think I 'd want to eat again , but er erm not always if they were cooked either , but erm the , the er and certainly if you look at the Australian Aborigines even though we take the Australian Aborigines as our kind of primeval people , they have astonishing food taboos , I mean their attitudes to food are very very culturally er effective to , to a quite extraordinary extent , some so that somebody somebody discovered that eating a tabooed food by accident , they 'll get very ill , a kind of psychosomatic illness . |
| 20 | I mean how they ch the fact they choose to sub-contract out to me is one thing , yeah , I mean that 's their problem in that sense . |
| 21 | Well , I consider that letting someone know why they 've lost is natural justice . |
| 22 | He mentioned cost , well one letter 's ever so expensive is n't it , just to let someone know where they stand . |
| 23 | I forget where they 're from . |
| 24 | ‘ How should I know where they are ? ’ he went on . |
| 25 | I watch how they smooth their hair when enter a room . |
| 26 | I know where they are |
| 27 | I know where they all go . |
| 28 | They all want to go to brothels in the evening and they think I know where they can be found . |
| 29 | ‘ I think I know where they are . |
| 30 | ‘ I know where they 're from , Leo ! |