Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them appear in this book , but all of them were immeasurably helpful in developing my thoughts . |
| 2 | Then they launch into this routine . |
| 3 | Some were taken back to the dungeons of Black Crag where they remain to this day , to the anger of Kazador . |
| 4 | The documents obtained in this way were stored in an archive in Salamanca ( where they remain to this day ) and , after the end of the war , were constantly referred to by the military courts trying suspected Republicans . |
| 5 | In the wild this may allow them to escape as the predator may lose interest in them , but in the laboratory the length of time they remain in this state before righting themselves is a good measure of their fear level . |
| 6 | Hundreds of applications have already been received by the Department from organisations which feel that they qualify for this largesse . |
| 7 | Many of the topics they raise during this election campaign do not interest us at all . |
| 8 | Only recently has it been discovered that they come to these special places to gather specific minerals such as kaolin which neutralise the poison they have absorbed from the seeds they eat at this season of the year . |
| 9 | The meanings and purposes they attach to this behaviour are largely inconsequential . |
| 10 | When I ask the people of the estate what they want from this election some say they want Cheviot to rebuild it and others that it would be better grassed over . |
| 11 | Both Susan and Father Martin have said that although they disagree on this issue , they can do so in love . |
| 12 | But ask them why they interact in this way and they will eventually pass you on to a scientist who ( no matter how many equations they might try to confuse you with ) in the end can only say ‘ Well , that 's the way things are ’ . |
| 13 | Where such activities are undertaken in-house , they appear in this report in Scotch Whisky industry direct employment figures . |
| 14 | The good standing of the exams , and thus — in the long run — of the profession itself , depends heavily on individuals ' willingness to put something back into the qualification from which they have benefited , and on the support that they receive in this endeavour from their employing organisations . |
| 15 | It is to the shame of this Tory government that er er our senior citizens have to struggle to feed and clothe themselves and to try to keep warm , and as inadequate pensions that they receive from this government if you compare the way in the other European countries what they get and what the British government gives to our old age pensioners , our senior citizens they 're more they 're worse off than actually second class citizens . |
| 16 | Whether in practice they act in this way has not been established convincingly . |
| 17 | I wonder briefly why they speak in this telegram way when they have something important to say . |
| 18 | The debates will turn out to be less clear and clean than they seem in this outline . |
| 19 | Some doctors may even hasten death with the pain-killing drugs they administer at this time , but their ‘ intent to kill ’ or otherwise , is rarely tested in a court . |
| 20 | We are also interested in the Central Wales Line , the Shrewsbury and Hereford Line and the Cambrian , particularly where they run through this area . |
| 21 | ( Students may like to consider where they stand on this issue . ) |
| 22 | Council , although , the amount of money they give for this kind of research is pretty sparse ! |
| 23 | So , those who do not support hunting will do nothing practical to protect foxes , if they vote for this motion today in that respect it is and I suggest the people who move it know that it is , nothing but sanctimonious twaddle . |
| 24 | I see many ways of a solution but there is never positive solution , but I feel that they are putting units into this country , like they can bomb anywhere they like in this country . |
| 25 | They wake with this sense of suffocation and must sit up and bend forward or else must rush to the open window ; they feel they must take a deep breath . |
| 26 | wilko knows about tore but leeds has shown no interest in him other than saying that they know about this player . |
| 27 | ‘ But only bad players are affected by crowds like that and the bad players are weeded out before they get to this level . ’ |
| 28 | and they get , they get in this country and then they go and exploit them in another country ! |
| 29 | I wo n't half be surprised if they get in this time , I really will |
| 30 | Describing the plight of Somali children , it explains : ’ Many of them have not been in school for several years when they arrive in this country ’ . |