Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Many plants spread naturally in this way , their flexible stems arching down and rooting where they rest on the ground , and gardeners have adopted this method for woody subjects otherwise difficult to propagate . |
| 6 | As they came close we watched as they demonstrated the subtle science of reading the often obscure words of the hymn and seeing where they were going at the same time . |
| 7 | ‘ We learn by just popping things in and seeing how they do . ’ |
| 8 | That is , going through various categories — education , qualifications , experience , etc. , and seeing how they match up with the picture of the ideal candidate which you built up . |
| 9 | Creed was showing some of the pieces to the tourist and explaining how they worked . |
| 10 | My grandmother is a keen birdwatcher and she 'd already introduced me to a lot of the different birds that visited her bird-table , telling me what they ate and showing me their nests and explaining how they were made and what they were made of . |
| 11 | Trivers imagined that reciprocal altruism would evolve in species capable of recognising individuals and remembering how they behave , and of behaving differently towards different partners . |
| 12 | But she has gone ; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow , frisking , chattering and perching where they will . |
| 13 | In Warsaw , dozens of East Germans were last night waiting in front of the embassy , filling out forms and wondering where they would spend the night . |
| 14 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 15 | His great worry was literally following in hid mind 's eyes the squadron 's contribution to the target that night and wondering how they were getting on . |
| 16 | TAKING a child skiing can be hazardous or tremendous fun — and deciding when they 're old enough is never easy . |
| 17 | Ted , based at Research in Coventry in the UK , is involved in environmental work , studying emerging methods of pollution control and considering how they can be applied to Group businesses . |
| 18 | As you can imagine now they are beginning to stand and moving rapidly they are very hard work and amusing . |
| 19 | In this chapter we shall be considering some of these ‘ natural ’ shocks to the system of marriage and asking why they upset some people and are the making of others . |
| 20 | Women on our courses who have both a boy and girl are now finding daughters rebelling and asking why they have to do everything when their brother does little or nothing . |
| 21 | Time should be spent early in the negotiations concentrating on the conditions precedent and determining how they are to be satisfied . |
| 22 | What our children need from us is reassurance , so that they can live safely , knowing the real risks and knowing where they can go if they are worried . |
| 23 | She says that after hearing them sing and finding out they were srtanded , she lent them her house . |
| 24 | The NCVQ is not an examining body in its own right but was established , in 1986 , to monitor existing awarding bodies and their qualifications in England , Wales and Northern Ireland — approving those that meet certain standards , which it will set , and showing where they stand in relation to one another . |
| 25 | Defining and explaining them and showing how they may be measured are the major objectives of this and the following chapter . |
| 26 | It seemed a simple system when I got to know it , but wondered what it was all about , with chaps standing in different places and shouting and bawling where they wanted this waggon that was being pushed off , as he came running without the train they diverted it into siding , you see , sorting out a train . |
| 27 | It is very important to emphasise that in drawing up these formal treaties covering the limitation and control of the methods and means of warfare , those involved did not see themselves as creating new rules , but as codifying existing principles and specifying how they were to apply to the rapidly changing conditions of warfare produced by political and technological developments . |
| 28 | And standing in lifts wondering what people are thinking and watching how they carry themselves . |
| 29 | The most important part of the day was identifying priorities for action and agreeing how they would be handled . |
| 30 | The water of the pool was still muddy and heaving where they had swum . |