Example sentences of "[coord] these [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And these estimates you bring me of his numbers since they can but be estimates — have you shot low or high ? |
| 2 | And these ones they 've got just those erm smelly 's in there , they 're for her teacher 's . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And these days they can look more attractive than ever when matched to hardwood window frames and internal doors . |
| 9 | He slept on a straw pallet in the low attic space at the Widow MacIntosh 's and these days he hated to wake up . |
| 10 | And these days you ca n't just take the speedometer out and fiddle the numbers back like you used to ten years ago . |
| 11 | ‘ And these days you 're always together , she hardly ever sees him any more — ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | it had been badly repaired and clumsily painted , but these things I could remedy . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | but , but these fellas they come along and they have , they get in because of a policy |
| 20 | Originally some of them were painted yellow but these days they are almost always painted flame-orange . ) |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We like to entertain , but these days we would n't necessarily offer meat . |
| 23 | The people 's radio told us more real news , but these days we were too afraid to listen to Colonel Stephens . |
| 24 | There was a time when he would n't have noticed it , but these days he was a little touchy about things like that , especially as Fran was now living with a man fourteen years younger . |
| 25 | He spent his nights with Taheb , but these days he had begun to notice the glances the servants gave him , and made excuses when she wanted him to join her dinner guests . |
| 26 | But these days he 's devoting his time to his first love … music , and has been in the region to launch a series of unusual concerts . |
| 27 | I have to look after two dear little boys , but these days I can only see them growing up to behave so cruelly towards women . |
| 28 | It 's not much of a job , but these days I would n't want to get the push . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ That used to be the case , but these days I 'm a little better organised . |
| 30 | When I was young rugby was the love of my life , but these days I just manage a game of squash now and then . |