Example sentences of "they [verb] [Wh adv] they [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
2 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
3 | Yes I know , you can get somebody else to do that , be there for months and they do n't turn up at once , that was erm , I did n't realize they had to turn up at once , so I was letting them throw whenever they wanted |
4 | ‘ Program them to self-destruct whenever they miss a target . |
5 | Hypnosis may also occasionally help someone remember by encouraging them to imagine how they felt or what they were doing at the time of the event . |
6 | It would have been much better if they had been getting some therapy to help them understand why they needed to take drugs in the first place . |
7 | ‘ The idea is to bring these management information systems directors together and have them discuss how they judge the profitability of a new computing architecture and to talk about the results they may have had from rightsizing changes , ’ Saillard says . |
8 | Looking back , they could neither of them understand how they had managed to rub along ; yet they had . |
9 | ‘ As a result the majority of young girls I have interviewed say they regret how they lost their virginity and would love to turn the clock back . ’ |
10 | It was only when they came out of the rearmost door and found a temporary hut facing them with Radio Room marked on the door , that they realised why they had n't found it the first time . |
11 | The bruises on the neck and face and legs of the widow and her children were still livid on the brown skin as they recounted how they had run a gauntlet of fists and kicks and curses of their neighbours . |
12 | People commonly experience ‘ source amnesia ’ after hypnosis ; they forget where they learned something and feel they remembered it themselves . |
13 | Police eyebrows were raised when they described how they prayed sitting quietly in a circle . |
14 | The French , despite an exceptionally tough policy , still have interest rates above the German level because they are unable to persuade the markets they mean what they say when they rule out a devaluation . |
15 | It made Times just look super elegant , you know , and yah I , that 's what 's wrong with all the foundries now , they forgot where they came from . |
16 | They demonstrate how they use their catapults for birds ; stage a frightening scuffle at the edge of the canyon , then pose for a photograph with great , old-fashioned dignity . |
17 | What do they see when they get there ? |
18 | This month they recall how they confirmed that the Yellow Sword was not in danger of going extinct — and tell us how we can keep and breed them . |
19 | I knew men and women who wept bitter tears as they confronted how they had given their love , their time , their heart 's energy to a cause which they now saw as false . |
20 | They know where they want to go , and what they are willing to do . |
21 | Private industry recognizes the virtue of the Plan because they know where they stand . |
22 | The Russians would much rather deal with a right-wing conservative any day because they know where they stand , rather than a left-wing liberal who might do something off the wall , like act on principle , for heaven 's sake . |
23 | Whereas I mean , , if you sort of give the criticism first and say the wrong area is that , and then finish it off with the praise , they know where they stand , and when you come up to them and say you 've done a superb job , they 're not just sitting back , thinking oh yes , what 's coming next . |
24 | Well I think a lot of women are looking for an equal partnership really erm where the rules are laid down and they know where they stand , you know . |
25 | But they know what the game is , and they know when they have done a good job : the rewards are tangible and clear . |
26 | But that 's how they build their muscles you see , it 's all very scientific and they and they 're very dedicated and they know how they do it . |
27 | What are they called where they meet in the middle ? |
28 | At least they knew why they suffered . ’ |
29 | It 's not how many people come to the first night of your tour in Windsor , it 's what they do when they get there . |
30 | And , of course , they — the tumbril was standing in the cart-shed there with the back-chains hanging , d'ye see , fixed on each shaf , just like they do when they go on a horse . |