Example sentences of "[vb -s] they [subord] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes parents fail to give the true reason why something upsets them because they think the youngster is not old enough to know about such things . |
| 2 | Cor I bet that nearly deafens them when they listen to that tape and he 's squawking on it . |
| 3 | Yet he continues to care for them , and clothes them before they go . |
| 4 | Your net intercepts them when they return from feeding and you must therefore ensure that the nets are set in exactly the right place — without the rabbits being aware of your presence . |
| 5 | Sounds — This section focuses on individual sounds or groups of sounds and practises them as they arise in common contexts ( e.g. the sounds / s / , / z / , and iz at the end of words ) . |
| 6 | Though Rivers gave some slight encouragement to Eliot in suggesting that even in our own society , religious changes have unforeseen and far-reaching effects parallel to those caused by the abolition of head-hunting in Melanesia , Eliot 's linking of ‘ cannibal isle ’ and that ‘ slick place ’ London goes directly against the main thrust of the book which stresses ‘ the almost immeasurable difference between Melanesian and European cultures , and the sharpness of the line which still divides them where they come in contact ’ . |
| 7 | What we are talking about is moving the responsibility down a stage so that there is a system in place that recognises individual club players and helps them when they move up . |
| 8 | Often a woman reads them because they supply what 's lacking in her relationship ; she does n't yearn just for sex , or even for love — she also needs romance . |
| 9 | And so he glares them when they come in ? |
| 10 | The Jamaican with the gun follows them while they cross the gloomy concrete floor . |
| 11 | The skin beneath them gradually swells until eventually the eggs are seated in little sockets and he carries them until they hatch . |
| 12 | It has been found that this form of conditioning can occur much more rapidly if the response prevents unpleasant stimuli occurring or stops them once they have started . |