Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [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 | As they call out the names of the new members , I would like them to stand so they can all recognise and welcome them . |
| 11 | ‘ They 'll be pestering me to know when they can see you again … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Program them to self-destruct whenever they miss a target . |
| 13 | ‘ Tell Wally to keep his eyes open and let me know when they pass him , ’ Hitch instructed . |
| 14 | ‘ No , no , we are not brave , we are very frightened ’ , was the inevitable response when I asked why they always fled . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ All right , thank you , ’ Dorothy would say when I asked how they were keeping . |
| 17 | Yes , yes I mean unconsciously they will happen |
| 18 | I mean either they opt for a family , or they opt for a job . |
| 19 | but surely , but surely I mean surely they 'll be able to restore the housing benefit |
| 20 | I mean generally they you know , I , that 's one of the things people cut back though is n't it ? |
| 21 | what can I do , well I mean the there are , but I mean well they 're not , it 's not as expensive is it , once your |
| 22 | Cos I mean presumably they were n't between eighteen fifty and nineteen fifty they were n't practising excessive birth control |
| 23 | but worth trying that , that would certainly help , but I just wondered even if you know sort of local press , I mean presumably they are in their league for doing this |
| 24 | Well they probably do but I mean right they can go and I mean what do they spend their money on ? |
| 25 | Well yes , I mean clearly they mean keep Lyn |
| 26 | I mean today they do , they plaster a wall and they |
| 27 | But maybe cos there was no opportunity , they did n't see there to be I mean like they did n't know any better but as soon as , I mean things are rapidly changing they 're given the opportunity to erm I mean through the struggles to actually take charge of the conditions and to gain so some material and perhaps there was beginnings of them seeing that well perhaps we ought to look more to this sub-culture and to erm |
| 28 | Mm , well I should of said , I mean like they used to . |
| 29 | So I mean perhaps they 'd be better off dead , just keeping them alive in a state of sickness or in coma or something of this sort — there was a great discussion about this and that erm you see not even life is the ultimate good in a sense , you see , at some point death is better . |
| 30 | No I mean usually they show you on the T V when they 're leaving do n't they ? |