Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] they [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a very influential paper , Daniel Maltz and Ruth Borker have placed particular emphasis on the fact that girls and boys play in single sex peer groups where they learn different styles of speech . |
| 2 | After we got that fixed , we stopped in Yellow Stone Park where they had these loos that were just holes in the ground and I dropped the keys to the van down one of them . |
| 3 | After we got that fixed , we stopped in Yellow Stone park where they had these loos that were just holes in the ground and I dropped the keys to the van down one of them . |
| 4 | For example , 99.9% of my friends have come from homes where they had major childhood traumas . |
| 5 | In the nervous nineties , when the Me generation has grown into the Us generation , we will be looking for Our Shop rather than just an emporium where they stock personal stereos by the thousand . |
| 6 | DAVID Hunt was lobbied by trade unionists yesterday when he visited offices where they claim 1,000 jobs are under threat . |
| 7 | I have been to the Over-Sixties Club where they have some very good concerts and I go to services at Cotherstone Methodist Chapel whenever I can . |
| 8 | One such group for Greek Cypriot women meets for a lunch club where they cook traditional dishes and work on embroidery together . |
| 9 | Should you want to do some withy and teasel research for yourself , you might visit their willow and wetland centre in Stoke St Gregory where they grow 50 acres of willow and harvest it every winter , when the plants are dormant and the rods measure 8 feet . |
| 10 | Chief Inspector Vic Williams says : ‘ People take more care making a cup of tea than they do driving . |
| 11 | Despite the trials of many peasants in 1922 , the Nikol'skaia villagers tolerated the party cell although they disliked some individuals within it . |
| 12 | We had every other Sunday off , you see , but otherwise we worked and did n't get any extra for it but of course the girls like myself well erm we could n't lift these huge urns of tea so they had two men keep them on , you see , and er , and we were er perhaps I know one day we did n't finish until five o'clock in the morning |
| 13 | Three-year and two-year diploma students should bear these figure in mind so they have some idea of what is going to be involved when they make an application for a further education grant to their local authority . |
| 14 | Apple is offering a year 's free technical support and will reimburse VARs to the tune of $6,000 if they buy three Quadra 700 AUX systems between now and January 31 1993 via its outlets . |
| 15 | Mr Small said : ‘ Our normal opening hours will be 9am-5.30pm but it will be up to the tenants ’ association if they want late night shopping . |
| 16 | Consumers could be committing fraud if they provide false information on a credit application form . |
| 17 | ‘ Those worst hit will be people like nurses , teachers , police officers and local government employees — people who pay their taxes and work hard but will only get legal aid if they pay huge amounts . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The worst hit will be people who pay taxes and work hard but will only get legal aid if they pay huge amounts ’ ‘ What is the point of having laws and courts if large numbers of people can not use them because of the price ? ’ |
| 19 | It was used to argue that all members of the household should contribute to local revenue if they used local services . |
| 20 | In the heat of the moment , the grey-coated wolf will wrestle with its quarry and Fido will violently shake rags until they lie motionless or chew squeaky toys until they squeak no more . |
| 21 | The better-off are likely to be advised to delay serious relationships until they have more life experience . |
| 22 | Motorists should ask about hygiene if they have any worries . ’ |
| 23 | Dostoevsky has an impudent way of making his narrator declare ‘ As a chronicler I confine myself to presenting events exactly as they happened , and it 's not my fault if they appear incredible ’ — like the son of the house writing home about his time on the North-West Frontier of India . |
| 24 | He said they could have a picnic if they brought some cake out into the garden , but they did n't seem to understand him . |
| 25 | Asked if she would abandon her attempt if they became ill she replied that she could not say in advance , and pointed out that there would be eight doctors , including one paediatric specialist , immediately to hand . |
| 26 | RUSTLERS will get the trots if they eat two stolen sheep that had just been given de-worming chemicals , Northumberland police warned . |
| 27 | He took off her clothes for her , while she undid as many of his buttons as she could , and after that it was pure , undiluted , uncomplicated pleasure until they fell asleep in each other 's arms . |
| 28 | The sheriff had suggested that more detonators , designed to alert drivers if they passed red light , be installed . |
| 29 | A man and woman who do not want to have a baby can still enjoy lovemaking if they make sure the egg and sperm never meet , or if the egg is prevented from settling in the womb . |
| 30 | The company tended to capitalise all costs and revenues associated with opening new homes until they reached projected break-even occupancy levels . |