Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] they " 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 | With four boys to keep in trousers she bought a pair of pants from the store , unpicked them to see how they were put together , cut a pattern from the pieces and never looked back . |
| 4 | Where proceedings are commenced in the wrong court , the court can transfer the proceedings to the correct court , allow them to continue where they are or strike them out ( r 7.12 ) . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | I want to hear them discuss how they will bring an end to all forms of intensive animal farming , ban bloodsports , end testing on animals , stop animals being used in circuses , ban imports of fur products and end this disgraceful trade . |
| 7 | Answer guide : This is something the student has not been exposed to 80 it is useful to let them discuss how they would treat the transaction in detail so they can work out for themselves the principles involved . |
| 8 | There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television . |
| 9 | As they call out the names of the new members , I would like them to stand so they can all recognise and welcome them . |
| 10 | ‘ Program them to self-destruct whenever they miss a target . |
| 11 | Do n't think Tech I think Pioneer do them do n't they ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Miers could not take the German prisoners on board his sub , and if he had left them to paddle ashore they would immediately have gone back into the German forces … |
| 15 | And that 's what matters to make them work like they are . |
| 16 | Cos erm well if you leave them lying about they 'll rust easily . |
| 17 | If one of them hung up they 'd be tom apart again , three thousand miles . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | Looking back , they could neither of them understand how they had managed to rub along ; yet they had . |
| 20 | When individuals , through socialisation , accept the rules and expectations of their society that make up its culture and use them to determine how they should act , we say they have internalised society 's cultural rules . |
| 21 | As they got nearer they could see it was some-one , head and shoulders clearly visible . |
| 22 | The advance guard of men on mules and horses came up in regular lines but as soon as they got near they dashed up at full gallop , shouting and brandishing their weapons , each man shrieking out how many men he had killed ; and then they wheeled round to make room for others . |
| 23 | When they got out they were taken inside a building and made to sit on a stone floor that was gritty and unswept . |
| 24 | When they got out they saw a Vauxhall Astra , its front badly damaged , directly behind in the inside lane . |
| 25 | The aim was to toss bombs into them as they drove past , but when they got there they discovered that the sentries were being changed . |
| 26 | And when they got back they had ants in their pants , |
| 27 | I think when they lived there they used to meet regularly , cos erm , I suppose Worcester , Worcester in November |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | The patient might tell you what if , if the casualty was still able to talk , they might be able to give you the history of how they became like they were , received a blow , got kicked , fell onto something hard , okay and so on and so on , they might be able to tell you themselves , give some indication , right , you would remove and loosen off all tight clothing , okay , loosen off the clothing for them and then treat them for shock and then refer them to urgent medical attention , nil by mouth on any account , okay ? |
| 30 | 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 . |