Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will they know more about that than they do when they simply carry out what the curriculum requires of them regardless of how it is supported , budgeted for and described to parents by the governors ? |
| 2 | Although there can never be any guarantees , it is frequently the case that older children enjoy working with younger ones , enjoy the responsibility they are being given , and behave much better than they do when they are working on their own . |
| 3 | It would be beneficial to warn people to change their ‘ alien ’ notes to familiar currency during the Christmas period so they know where they are and do not give the opportunity to the fast buck merchants of lining their nests . |
| 4 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 5 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 6 | As Daddy says once they come out they do n't join onto another . |
| 7 | Probably because most of them leave to have families and once they come back they 're that much further behind ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Once they went off they would return with their offspring , ’ she recalls . |
| 9 | Because if they went back they 'd have to have the electric chair and they do n't want the electric chair or the , cos that 's what they think cos they 've done so much . |
| 10 | I ca I can never hide that fact , but certainly if they come tonight they 'll see some attractive football . |
| 11 | Well the league 's the important thing , I c I can never hide that fact , but certainly if they come tonight they 'll see some attractive football . |
| 12 | Children who are able to understand explanations and who enjoy a relationship of trust and affection with their parents usually listen to firm demands and prohibitions from them — especially if they know why they are necessary . |
| 13 | This is for senior management groups to test if they know where they are going and the processes they use as well as the factors against which success can be judged . |
| 14 | If they go in they will be small enough . ’ |
| 15 | Well there 's no use moving in till they 've got a lounge carpet cos if they go in they 'd just have to move everything to get it in |
| 16 | if they go along they might get better as you go they might get worse , who kno , who knows ! |
| 17 | ‘ If they stay up they will take the kudos , but they will also accept the blame if they go down . ’ |
| 18 | For years to come because if they stay out they give us hundred percent help to carry on with it . |
| 19 | Taking the initiative , I led the way , following three skiers who looked as if they knew where they were going — they did n't , and we found ourselves poling for quite a long way before a unanimous decision to have an early lunch was taken . |
| 20 | This includes a lower bed , so that if they fall out they should not hurt themselves . |
| 21 | If they drive fast they might hit someone . |
| 22 | So that if even if they reach through they 're going to have to break the lock just to get in . |
| 23 | I 've said to Jay I do n't know whether she do n't want me to help her , I do n't know , I , this is the second time I 've said to her , and she said oh I do n't know where they are , and I ai n't gon na ask her no more , if they get there they get there and if they do n't |
| 24 | What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something . |
| 25 | Mostly teenagers , they were led to believe that if they worked hard they would become clerks or even dealers . |
| 26 | They 'd hire them for a couple of months and then if they worked out they 'd keep them on , paying them a pittance , and if they did n't , they 'd say ‘ sorry ’ and the guy would go away . |
| 27 | We 'd keep them for a fortnight in those pigeon holes because most people claim stuff if they realize where they 'd left it within a day or two and then as the weeks went round we used to take stuff out of there and just lump it altogether , having duly labelled it up and erm record it and used to have tuppence an item if anybody lost anything . |
| 28 | Well it 's like you say , if they work there they work . |
| 29 | If they did , they were assessable to Hong Kong profits tax but if they did not they escaped assessment . |
| 30 | They must possess some hidden function to compensate their obvious disadvantages , because if they did not they would have been eliminated by negative selection . |