Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the latter were realigned or made anew they often met the earlier roads at a sharp angle on the parish boundaries . |
| 2 | Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter . |
| 3 | Thus women are caught in a double bind : if they take a ‘ compliment ’ at face value they confirm men 's right to treat them as ‘ open persons ’ , while if they ignore the remark or reply negatively they may be accused of rudeness and/or showered with abuse . |
| 4 | The new law did n't stress how children should learn to speak standard English — or state how they should be taught to read . |
| 5 | They do not give the press or the universities or the churches the right to broadcast respectively the programmes on the news , education or religion , or to determine how they should be broadcast ’ ( Annan , 1977 , p. 9 ) . |
| 6 | These comparisons were never made or implied once they were both back in Purley . |
| 7 | There are some very good science programs on TV , but others present scientific wonders simply as magic , without explaining them or showing how they fit into the framework of scientific ideas . |
| 8 | Do they correspond to legitimate scientific knowledge or do n't they ? |
| 9 | Or do n't they want to be ? |
| 10 | They having turkey at Christmas or do n't they let you know ? |
| 11 | are they having turkey at Christmas or do n't they , do n't you know ? |
| 12 | Or do n't they do adverts ? |
| 13 | And what happened when the boys got sex education , or did n't they ? |
| 14 | Did anyone get as far as buying a programme for the Villa game , or did n't they even go on sale ? |
| 15 | It 's important that home owners are recognizing that there is an over- provision of residential care in the county , and that they are responding and diverting some of their resources , or discussing how they may well , er , divert some resources into home based er , packages of care . |
| 16 | erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis |
| 17 | These are perhaps best illustrated by the workmen who , for example , seem to be incapable of doing anything without 20-minute tea breaks , management which seems uninterested in providing proper supervision , or boards which seem more interested in finding ways of jacking up their remuneration package irrespective of performance , or complaining to Government about interest rates , rather than wondering why they are not making some of the flood of goods which our continental competitors find it profitable to sell to the UK . |
| 18 | First , it makes the differences seem natural and inevitable — rather than questioning where they come from and what social functions they serve , readers are urged to accept and adjust to them . |
| 19 | This may cause a panic test on the charging unit , but if they have already taken and passed a panic test due to Fanatic casualties that turn then they do not have to test again . |
| 20 | But they seemed to have reached that point where they could not sleep despite their tiredness . |
| 21 | Because Geordies say that do n't they ? |
| 22 | and Brian bought you that did n't they ? |
| 23 | They used to say that did n't they ? |
| 24 | And then he felt the music 's pull again , and thought that had n't they summoned Fael-Inis to help them , and was n't it sensible to obey him ? |
| 25 | Bachelard himself preferred to give examples of such ruptures rather than theorize how they took place . |
| 26 | They 've painted that have n't they ? |
| 27 | Others were more positive and planned how they might use the waterways to improve their way of life . |
| 28 | And points out they have also received dozens of letters complimenting them . |
| 29 | If someone goes away with good memories of what they have seen and heard then they will come back and bring their family and friends . ’ |
| 30 | Women are advised to tell the emergency phone operator if they are alone and to wait where they are not immediately visible to approaching traffic . |