Example sentences of "they 're [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what they do , I 'm going to try and show you on this doll in a minute , the hips are abducted which means they 're brought right up against the chest and then they 're pulled round and they 're rotated in the socket and you feel and listen for a click |
| 2 | ‘ If they 're sacked at the end , it 's a different matter but sometimes directors get off too lightly . ’ |
| 3 | He says they 're bound by the law and if someone objects , there has to be a public inquiry , even if it costs £50,000 . |
| 4 | While it still was n't possible to discern Noel James 's lyrics as they 're growled into the microphone , the music had a n edge to it that was missing from their Teesside Poly gig . |
| 5 | But the adults seem to be able to seek out their favourite plants even when they 're kept in the greenhouse ( or in my bathroom ) . |
| 6 | But love them or leave them , it 's best they 're kept in the hands of the experts . |
| 7 | As usual , the papers are taken and they 're kept in the file for yo reference by your personal tutors . |
| 8 | But they admit they 're baffled about the reason for the shooting . |
| 9 | But they admit they 're baffled by the shooting of thirty-five-year-old Henry McKechnie in the close leading to his home in Scapa Street . |
| 10 | Detectives say they 're baffled by the motiveless crime . |
| 11 | Police say they 're baffled by the mysterious disappearance of a twenty nine year old farmer . |
| 12 | But fellow fund-raisers here say they 're baffled by the case . |
| 13 | They 're at the rare-in-Eire point where they 're recognised in the streets , hounded for autographs at Gaelic football matches , and TV and radio regulars . |
| 14 | It were that white car by the looks of i the way they 're positioned in the road . |
| 15 | That 's cos they 're hidden under the battery I could n't see it . |
| 16 | erm In some countries they 're run through the state and in others through insurance associations or insurance groups , so that you get this kind of difference . |
| 17 | Now these when they 're received through the post of course not necessarily retained |
| 18 | instead of the monarchy going out and they 're supported by the tax payer if the monarchy go and , say it 's the queen goes |
| 19 | They 're based for the next few weeks at RAF Lyneham , which is proud to be playing host to one of the most spectacular display teams in the world . |
| 20 | ‘ You seriously think they 're caused by the Devil ? ’ |
| 21 | Chair , the letters that do go , the majority of the letters that go to MPs and members are signed by me , though they 're prepared by the officer who 's the expert in different fields , but these two letters went when I happened to be away from the department , and that 's fair enough , I 'd rather they went than sat around waiting for my return . |
| 22 | THE IDITAROD SUPERBOOT is the boot for serious outdoor pursuits — they 're worn by the mushers in the Iditarod sled race . |
| 23 | Instead they 're struck by the hammer while fixed in place on static mountings . |
| 24 | The long and the short of it is , her father owns the two shops — I suppose they 're joined at the back — and she was standing in for her father . |
| 25 | Well just corsets like that , and they 're fastened on the front with things that clicked in and then sometimes they would have a What they called a Oh what on earth did they call that ? |
| 26 | So look , they 're squashed at the bottom . |
| 27 | In fact it 's very much like the higher order networks that I talked about in the last lecture er I think it was the last lecture but one , and the networks which pre-process the data before they 're presented to the network by some higher function . |
| 28 | Mister says if they 're defeated at the polls , it would hasten a general election which Labour could win . |
| 29 | But it could land them with a court bill of up to £200 if they 're stopped by the police . |
| 30 | They 're steeped in the music , dance and customs of Indian culture . |