Example sentences of "[conj] these [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 but it does n't , that does n't mean to say that these associations you know are n't there and that we we should n't would be wrong to point them out .
2 This suggests that these words he , she , him , her , belong to the same class .
3 When you consider that these days we are running well over a second faster , your can see by how much British sprinting has advanced .
4 Or is this line of thought simply a rationalization of the truth , which is that these days she and Charles disagree about almost everything ?
5 ‘ You know perfectly well , Marler , that these days I only go after a story I think is really worthwhile .
6 If you work less than these hours you have no rights at all .
7 But she 's more organised than these lads you see , whatever the duties are you know , she 's got hers up and running and whereas they 're still a bit you know have n't got it going as well as she has .
8 And these estimates you bring me of his numbers since they can but be estimates — have you shot low or high ?
9 And these ones they 've got just those erm smelly 's in there , they 're for her teacher 's .
10 But he was just in passing sentence so that he would not accept money nor shrink from the right way ; and these sentences he gave after careful deliberation with much maturity of judgment .
11 And these stewardesses you know , they 're only just tall and ordinary you know well they they 'd got black tights , got black'uns on you know , all wore black'uns .
12 No , his son was not at present intending to follow his father into a scientific career , although his daughter was ( and these questions he found particularly intrusive , but then thoughts of Ian and his activities always were an intrusion anyway ) .
13 Michael , I 've had to work very , very exact my lad and these things I 'd got the sliding gages and put them on and they 'd been the same at the front as they have at the back and that 's the thickness as well .
14 In the past they said men should n't be concerned about their looks and things , but it 's pretty obvious that they are , because boys are always looking in the mirror , and these days they have slicked-back hair and fancy clothes , and that sort of thing .
15 And these days they can look more attractive than ever when matched to hardwood window frames and internal doors .
16 He slept on a straw pallet in the low attic space at the Widow MacIntosh 's and these days he hated to wake up .
17 And these days you ca n't just take the speedometer out and fiddle the numbers back like you used to ten years ago .
18 And these days you 're always together , she hardly ever sees him any more — ’
19 George Crowninshield was a US senator , one of the stars of that legislature , and these days it was impossible to see his name in a magazine or newspaper without the added speculation that he might soon become the President of the United States .
20 But I mean , a lot of people do n't glorify on the jobs they do , I mean Dinda she said you know , it 's awful being the one who 's getting all the all day long , kind of explained and help them with their problems , sympathise with , with something that does n't work she 'd much rather be outdoors than being a or looking after , but she said you know , it 's , it 's a secure job and these days I think well I 'm not I run my own car and they do n't really think that
21 Now and again Dinah would come on a phrase that interested her , but it was not the kind of subject she would have chosen to read , much less write out ; and these evenings she had to write it .
22 After a time the goat disappeared , and its place was taken by some hens , and these hens I looked after when , as quite often happened , their mistress went away for a few days .
23 I think to a certain extent the West Indian kids tend to get labelled and these labels they feel they 've got to live up to .
24 it had been badly repaired and clumsily painted , but these things I could remedy .
25 Now erm , I have n't been to a match lately , but these pictures I 've seen , there 's still all these fences around to stop people doing that .
26 but , but these fellas they come along and they have , they get in because of a policy
27 Originally some of them were painted yellow but these days they are almost always painted flame-orange . )
28 And recently in April , when two young girls from one of the refugee camps in San Salvador were captured , we put their names across on the programme every day until they were eventually transferred from a secret prison to the Women 's prison , We regard it as a triumph to have got them into a public prison , although they are minors , and now we are demanding their release , of course we exhaust all the legal channels as well but these days we just think of it as a formality , There have been occasions when we have presented a Habeas Corpus petition to the Supreme Court of Justice and the official concerned has simply torn the paper up in front of us and told us to get out .
29 We like to entertain , but these days we would n't necessarily offer meat .
30 The people 's radio told us more real news , but these days we were too afraid to listen to Colonel Stephens .
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