Example sentences of "they [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it may be that , as men of little social consequence , they lacked that sensitivity to personal relationships on which the aristocratic society of the tenth and eleventh centuries had depended ; for the newcomers , what was sauce for the goose was likely to be sauce for the gander . |
| 2 | it was , it was Romana 's mum and dad , I think they owned that row of houses and the shop |
| 3 | They lay that way for long moments , until the race of their hearts slowed , and then Nicolo brought her head to his shoulder . |
| 4 | Are they bringing that back , too ? ’ |
| 5 | do you suppose they got that name because she was always |
| 6 | I was hoping when they got that link road through they might connect up , but I do n't suppose it , sort of roads got ta put parking towards the long piece of |
| 7 | They weighed up the prospect of knocking on the door and members of the jury , you have to consider in due course whether they got that act right . |
| 8 | And once they got that section all set , they started to cut the next in . |
| 9 | They got that sort of marble stuff . |
| 10 | It maybe still the same now , erm because right up to the time I erm retired we , we had on occasions to pay for the residual value of a tyre , perhaps a bus had been in accident and the tyre had suffered damage which it was n't possible to repair it or retread it , perhaps a hole had been pierced through the wall , they scrapped that tyre and we had to pay for the residual value , mind you being in accident we could then claim it off the insurance company but , so right up to the time I retired that 's how tyres were paid for . |
| 11 | They had to make policy on the hoof and they reprieved that place . |
| 12 | Delegates rescinded the Freedom Charter 's commitment to comprehensive nationalization , confirming more recent statements by the leadership [ see p. 38516 ] as they agreed that emphasis should be placed on a mixed economy . |
| 13 | They agreed that assistance provided by the " Group of 24 " industrialized countries ( from which only Poland and Hungary currently benefited — see pp. 36802 ; 36961 ) , ought to be extended to Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , East Germany , Romania , and Yugoslavia . |
| 14 | The issue was resolved when they agreed that filming should continue . |
| 15 | They agreed that action to attract more foreign investment to the east should include a reliable legal framework to protect investment and private property , proper banking systems , rules on responsibility for environmental damage , and clear contract laws . |
| 16 | They agreed that east European governments would participate in the new European Environment Agency [ see below ] with a view to standardizing environmental practice and regulations throughout Europe . |
| 17 | As well as establishing reduced overall catch quotas for 1991 ( 93,570 tonnes for cod , 40,500 for haddock ) , they agreed that fishing boats over 100 tonnes in the North Sea and also along the west coast of Scotland , more than 40 per cent of whose catch consisted of cod and haddock , should be obliged to remain in port for eight consecutive days each month from Feb. 1 to Dec. 31 , 1991 . |
| 18 | How do they make that building curved ? |
| 19 | Once they made that decision it was really all over . |
| 20 | They disliked having so young a couple in the vicarage and they made that plain . |
| 21 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 22 | ‘ Long may they stay that way . ’ |
| 23 | As Isard ( 1975 : 377 ) remarks : ‘ communications do not merely depend on the context for their interpretation , they change that context ’ . |
| 24 | yes , but I mean that 's land , that looks , people might think it means mountains , and when they read that , then they read that bit look |
| 25 | After all , don' forget Brett wuz handicapped by bein' injured before they fought that night . ’ |
| 26 | I wonder how they make that dog walk on the ceiling . |
| 27 | They pick that subject out and define it . |
| 28 | Well yeah well they mean that credit limit |
| 29 | Put shortly , they urge that sexuality is a combination of sex and gender . |
| 30 | Under the community charge , they retained that discretion . |