Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To-day , the world 's great athletes in almost every sport have the opportunity to earn large sums of money as a result of their skill and dedication , and no-one begrudges them that , but the Olympians compete in the Olympic Games solely for the glory and the chance of winning a gold , silver , or bronze medal . |
| 2 | Er I 'm not sure er er I 'm sure there 's a place for them you know and someone wants them that 's lovely but we 're not hearing enough really of the Beautiful Dreamers would n't you agree ? |
| 3 | I likes them all nice . |
| 4 | There may be a notice board which has them all written down , so that residents and staff can see at a glance what 's on today . |
| 5 | Not only is the system which appoints them both ludicrous and antiquated , but it is difficult to quantify quite what the Lords achieves . |
| 6 | The proposed areas are included among 40 National Scenic Areas , which affords them some protection , but the Commission feels that they urgently need much better management and investment if their natural beauty , range of species of wildlife and cultural values are to be preserved . |
| 7 | The darkness of which Hilton speaks , and the darkness of the penitential understanding in the Passion meditations , may belong to different stages of development in the knowledge of God , but they are part of a continuous pattern of experience of death and resurrection which underlies them all . |
| 8 | The relationship is still going strong despite a heavy workload which takes them both all over the world . |
| 9 | War-time mobilisation acts as a single institution which grades them all according to its distinct purposes , thus serving as an external check upon their nature quite separate from the whims of the observer and the contingencies of their previous situation in life . |
| 10 | And over all these virtues put on love , which binds them all together in perfect unity . |
| 11 | The killing is repeated on ritual occasions , perhaps at first because the protection the totem gives them is not enough , or because they need to band together again to re-enact the crime which binds them all together , although they use a surrogate for the crime , not the actual father again . |
| 12 | According to the theory of universal grammar , children start outlife with a universal grammar or language ‘ blueprint ’ in the mind which gives them some idea of the form that any language will take . |
| 13 | It 's her assiduity which enables them all to be so modest about their success — and they all are pretty successful , one way and another . |
| 14 | The similarities between things called by the same name are indefinite and fluctuating ; one tries to pin terms down by definition , so that they can be used for strict inference , but Wittgenstein showed that in the vocabulary of natural languages the similarities are ‘ family resemblances ’ , by which A may be like B in one respect and B like C in another , but A like C in neither , so that it is useless to look for common characteristics by which to define the word which names them all . |
| 15 | In fact , Henry can whistle one tune which makes them all want to follow him . |
| 16 | The face-to-face interaction feature of interviews which makes them such a potent source of interviewer bias also makes them an effective device for communicating concern , interest and priorities to interviewees . |
| 17 | I do n't think she 's all that keen on them , and sometimes she kicks them all out , if it 's getting late and she wants to go to bed . |
| 18 | They are taken to the pond for a bath perhaps by one daughter-in-law , and she baths them all . |
| 19 | When there is failure to establish this good relationship there can be many reasons for it , which the wife , who loves them both , and is the best person to act as intermediary , should try to understand . |
| 20 | then they stop her this tax what she owes them all , well she 's been getting a hundred and forty seven |
| 21 | Judith Gersting 's Mathematical Structures for Computer Science provides a lucid path through set , theory , logic , algebraic structures , and combinatorics ; she covers them all in a quarter of the usual space , showing what a mess plenty of mathematics texts manage to make . |
| 22 | She says they all panicked when they realised they were stranded . |
| 23 | Whether it is royalty , legendary sportsmen or major politicians and broadcasters , she meets them all with much aplomb . |
| 24 | Well I 'm going to find David and I are going to but the two boys pyjamas and the two girls night shirts so we thought if you buys them all a pair of slippers . |
| 25 | They 're , they 're wonderful those and then she stitches them all together |
| 26 | Maybe there is a favourite aunt , she tells them these stories . |
| 27 | She likes them all . |
| 28 | I have one or two which I watch faithfully , but she likes them all . |
| 29 | She chases them all the time , delivering butts and bites freely and she pulls the filters from the tank walls . |
| 30 | The books look dead ; no one reads them any more . |