Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think people get even angrier if they think about this precise thing that was done in their so-called formative years that made them the way they are . |
| 2 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 3 | This way she could simply wash it each morning and let it dry naturally — start trying for styles and valuable minutes had to be wasted keeping them the way they were meant to be . |
| 4 | It would give them the push they needed to come out into the open . |
| 5 | sense in which it 's in their interest not to breach this because you wo n't give them the material they need |
| 6 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 7 | ‘ If we afforded them the respect they deserve the respect they are given in other European countries then the standard of service we would get would be a lot higher , ’ says the 55-year-old Swiss-trained baker . |
| 8 | A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea which blasted them the moment they stepped on to the pavement . |
| 9 | They then show you the coverage they got . |
| 10 | I found a medicine dropper and used that to feed it the milk they left me . |
| 11 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 12 | The key issues for the future are how to sustain the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers , and give them the support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs . |
| 13 | Managers need to recognise the benefit to the organisation of their clinical staff developing teaching skills , and give them the support they need in doing this . |
| 14 | Give them the measurement they the hole . |
| 15 | Dr Tournier comments : ‘ It is true that grandparents can often understand their children better than the parents do , and give them the acceptance they need in order to grow up . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ we pour cold water on the natural loving feelings of their parents , and give them the impression they have produced something monstrous . |
| 17 | When I arrived they showed me the letter they had received from the Chief Education Officer that morning which explained the proposed Statementing procedure : |
| 18 | I ca n't believe it the way they 've got that house . |
| 19 | Do n't pronounce it the way they normally do but just say Oh mountain they went to the mountain . |
| 20 | And make sure that you give it the way they want . |
| 21 | They say they 're having to deal with more and more dogs owned by families who have n't been able to give them the exercise they need . |
| 22 | We are able to give them the independence they so badly need , and with it self respect and dignity . |
| 23 | Tie in climbing roses to give them the support they need to thrive |
| 24 | On the one hand , Parliament did not trust the police enough to give them the power they wanted and then let them get on with it . |
| 25 | How easy to give them the book they sought , to be done with the entire affair . |
| 26 | Yet many easterners complain that , since their revolutions began in 1989 , the Community has been too wrapped up in its own affairs to give them the attention they deserve . |
| 27 | We 're able to give them the care they need . |
| 28 | Ah last me the week them . |
| 29 | And they also just tell it the flavour they fancy do n't they ? |
| 30 | It 's unfair for another reason : most of the walkers , climbers and cavers that come to the Dales , the Lakes and the mountains come because they love them , because they respect them and care for them and want to keep them the way they are so that the people of the future can enjoy the wildness and the greatness of the earth . |