Example sentences of "they [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issues are not about inappropriate use of authority nor are they about the display of heroics . |
| 2 | Were it not for the single inconvenient occurrence in the data ( example 22 ) of they as the subject of a singular verb , we could set up an initial list of ‘ invariant ’ environments , which themselves are characteristic of this vernacular system , prior to an investigation of patterns underlying the variability in the many environments which permitted it . |
| 3 | Opposition Members have not scored one hit so far , and nor will they during the election campaign . |
| 4 | She 's heard nothing from the , the hospital they after the tests . |
| 5 | The raft of policies that the Opposition are putting before the British people would be devastating to job prospects , and so ashamed are they of the consequences of their policies that four Labour members of the Select Committee on Employment last week voted down a proposal to hold an inquiry into the effects of national statutory minimum wage because they wanted to hide the truth about that policy from the British people . |
| 6 | They would lie like flatfish to protect each other from parental awareness , and so certain were they of the rightness of their cause — which was , in many cases , the pursuit of uninterrupted idleness and pleasure — that no one could disbelieve them . |
| 7 | ALONGSIDE Stanley in the League 's second division hew humble Hebburn Colliery , they of the match magazine with the shiny silver front . |
| 8 | Look at this position my rubber , when about six days after baby 's born they take erm blood erm do n't they from the heel , do you remember that ? |
| 9 | Were they in the interests of freedom to follow tradition and protect and facilitate a march , albeit odious in its characteristics , or were they to seek a ban under the Public Order Act 1936 ? |
| 10 | I , I know Carolyn said that they in the end |
| 11 | They in the end did n't they ? |
| 12 | Although Didcot finished on a high , they in the end , had to give the visitors best in this seven-goal thriller , and will be cursing their luck for the way they made so many errors . |
| 13 | Are they in the cellar ? |
| 14 | Were they in the cellar ? |
| 15 | Are they in the business of selling books or information products ? |
| 16 | Are they in the drawing room ? |
| 17 | It is possible to argue that the single occurrence of they in the data with a singular verb is accidental ( a ‘ performance error ’ ) but equally possible to claim that the non-occurrence of you , we and these with a singular verb is the consequence of an accidental gap in the corpus ; the line of reasoning characteristic of generative grammar is of little help to us here in choosing between these alternatives . |
| 18 | How old were they in the family ? |
| 19 | Are they in the library 's catalogue ? |
| 20 | This begins to face education managers with a fundamental dilemma — are they inside the cage with the teaching profession or are they to be on the outside exercising a more explicit control function than ever before ? |
| 21 | By saying every player has their price he is encouraging offers for all our best players , be they on the transfer list or under contract or not . |
| 22 | By saying every player has their price he is encouraging offers for all our best players , be they on the transfer list or under contract or not . |
| 23 | Reviews , targeted reviews are they on the firing line or not ? |
| 24 | Where were they on the Sunday , that 'd be what … ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We could have signed to they on the type of deal that would have worked against their own long-term interest in relation to creative control . |
| 26 | Mm , were they on the dock ? |
| 27 | Are they on the shelf where they should be ? |
| 28 | And like they on the bus , yeah , cos all , all the little school girls are sitting there with these huge tits out |
| 29 | Before they to the Pauper 's Suit would yield , |
| 30 | Rye is officially what is called an ‘ Ancient Town ’ attached to the Cinque Ports , those small ports along the coasts of Kent and East Sussex which were fortified against the French ; so necessary were they to the Crown that , in 1278 , they were given legal privileges : exemption from taxes , the right to rule themselves and appoint their own judges . |