Example sentences of "what they [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked taking them apart and putting them together again in the wrong order to make new toys and would do this all day until he had forgotten what they looked like in the first place . |
| 2 | I mean , I knew what they looked like from pictures |
| 3 | But there are what they refer to as the ‘ problem families ’ . |
| 4 | Most companies ( record companies , music publishers and large management firms ) have what they refer to as their standard agreement . |
| 5 | Instead of an associative mechanism ( what they refer to as ‘ enrichment ’ ) , Gibson and Gibson ( 1955 ) ( see also Gibson 1969 ) advocate an interpretation in terms of their differentiation theory whereby subjects become able to respond to aspects of the cues that were present from the outset but were not initially responded to . |
| 6 | Braden-Harder and Zadrozny [ 1989 ] have identified what they refer to as a ’ wish-list ’ for MRD organisation ; in terms of enhancements to existing information and additional information : |
| 7 | They believe that there is an ‘ intermediate strata ’ sandwiched between what they refer to as the working and service classes . |
| 8 | However , central government authorities bring in what they refer to as " casual workers " in such circumstances . |
| 9 | The media are obviously hard up for stories because they seem interested in what they refer to as our overcrowding problems here . |
| 10 | In the first place it is associated , as I have noted , with a general movement towards greater equality , and is contested by those social theorists of the New Right ( King , 1987 ) who , in recent years , have criticized what they refer to as a ‘ dependency culture ’ , and have urged instead the creation or restoration of an ‘ enterprise culture ’ of a more individualistic kind , in which the role of the state and other public authorities in providing welfare services would be radically diminished . |
| 11 | Well you want to nip over there and see what they come on on the roll . |
| 12 | Yes , was it because you think that , they , that 's what they had for in the house |
| 13 | Are they , are they have they , are they stupid , have they gone totally mad and they 're obstructing this thing for ever and ever and ever just for the sake of obstructing and you have t to listen to what they say on on this , the argument that we 're having here and have had here and the argument that we 've had about old people 's homes , they 've been two running sores in this authority and hopefully today in both of them we 'll be making progress and I think I 'd like to . |
| 14 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the majority of my constituents believe that what they voted for in the referendum on Europe was a single market , not a single currency ? |
| 15 | Karen Mayo-Chandler 's allegations made lascivious reading : ‘ When girls are asked what they look for in a man , they always talk about sensitive things , like intellect , kindness and a sense of humour . |
| 16 | As to those who force horses forward with blows in such a case , they only inspire them with greater terror ; for they imagine , when they suffer any pain at such a time , that what they look upon with alarm is in some way the cause of it . |
| 17 | See what they look like on this one . |
| 18 | There is an improvement to Ami Pro 's style sheets in that there is now a Viewer so that you can see what they look like before selecting one . |
| 19 | The men who ruled India were aware that what they referred to as their prestige would in the end by compromised by too obvious a reliance on resort to arms . |
| 20 | They will be eager to perform and so please parents who are appreciative of their efforts and admiring of what they produce from inside themselves . |
| 21 | Since statistics rarely mean what they appear to at first glance , we should , however , look at these figures with caution . |
| 22 | The guilt that girls feel about eating , being fat , or about their bodies in general , and in particular their guilt about what they think of as their ‘ vanity ’ if they are obsessed with their bodies , came up over and over again . |
| 23 | Many men battled valiantly with what they conceived of as temptation and strove to live up to a higher ideal of married life , and few women , including leading feminists , would have thought of demanding more . |
| 24 | I 'm sure Father Chris would be pleased to hear that and would be very flattered to hear that as well but erm he 's erm I 'm sure he does try to live by those rules because er obviously that 's one of the bases of his life but erm I was thinking more in terms of somebody who stood up for themse stood up for what they believe in in a situation where it was difficult . |
| 25 | What they gon na , what they gon na by the pound ? |