Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb base] they [det] " in BNC.
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1 | When practising a complete and complex system drill it is of course not possible to place all the separate drills side by side and drill them all in one go . |
2 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
3 | And they 'll actually sit down and work that out for people and encourage them to go for a job and give them all the forms they need to claim Family Credit or whatever . |
4 | Mr Crangle would spend hours rearranging them into their proper sections only to come back the next day and find them all mixed up again . |
5 | Following the instructions , I filled my saucepans and kettle with water and set them all to boil . |
6 | As a matter of fact er as the years went by we got this benevolent fund and we used to give all the old w as a mat we got a pension fund I know it do n't sound much now , but at that time like during and just after the War we paid twelve and sixpence a week pension to all everybody who 'd retired from the union after they 'd done time , and we also gave them extra grants and took them on er you know outings until a time I said , Well we 're spending all this money on outings , we could buy a bungalow at the seaside and let them all go you know pensioners go in their turn free . |
7 | ‘ Your teeth 'll be straight in six months , and you can get contact lenses when your father 's insurance comes in at Christmas , grow a bosom and stun them all . ’ |
8 | All you have to do is draw all the little bits of an object and push them all together to make a silhouette of the object and then performing one combine operation joins them all together to make an outline that would take you a lot longer to draw in one piece . |
9 | The Driver in the case of a light engine then goes to the telephone to inform the Signalman each end of the tunnel and give them all particulars and if blocking both lines . |
10 | So why do n't you use your common sense and show them some respect ? |
11 | I see her picture in the paper , then I holler copper and tell them this is the dame from the sanatorium . |
12 | A Face Pack disk is then inserted into the disk drive and you can either choose individual fonts from the list or select them all before pressing OK to install . |
13 | Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are almost as funny as they are in The Mary Whitehouse Experience , the show that earnt them this sitcom . |
14 | I say ‘ Yes ’ a lot and show them some photos of me on the Etive . |
15 | Thorfinn said , ‘ He will either send back a fire-party and advance with the rest while he still has them in order , or he 'll abandon both his carts and his cover and bring them all on to finish us . ’ |
16 | What lends the work a more than merely programmatic cohesion is , I think , the extreme sensitivity of Mason 's ear for harmony : the strangest agglomerations of texture have a vertical consistency in terms of pitch that identify them all as integral parts of the same piece . |
17 | Rather rudely , perhaps , Hamilton decided to take Bustos for a romp and leave them all to it . |
18 | but I know Kay was n't very pleased with Sister about these sort of erm stout things , cos Sister said well if they 're not collected by the time of the next jumble , we sort of empty the cupboard and put them all in for erm the jumble sale Kay said to me they 're not hers to do that with |
19 | He 'd like to get hold of a gun and blow them all away . |
20 | Everybody gets one and I wan na s I do n't wan na I wan na I wan na bring these in-house via the sales office and have them all centrally distributed cos it 's no good well if you read the T T G and the Travel Weekly it 's already taken two days . |
21 | One idea I developed with my daughter , and find is very popular with all children , is to sing the wrong words of a nursery rhyme and get them all to shout out the right ones . |
22 | So what I 'm saying is , is lead time in lots of business is highly valuable but if you can cut down the delivery time and give them more lead time you 're actually extending |
23 | Before we start Scottish questions , I remind Members from Scottish constituencies that , as is my practice , I shall seek to call those who were not called last time and give them some preference . |