Example sentences of "they [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | I think , oh I think the holes are a bit big are n't they for a dormouse ? |
| 4 | Do they for a moment consider that most visitors to the like District want to feel surrounded by natives of the fells and not middle-class accents and protocol ? |
| 5 | Opposition Members have not scored one hit so far , and nor will they during the election campaign . |
| 6 | ‘ Are they of no consequence to you ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ALONGSIDE Stanley in the League 's second division hew humble Hebburn Colliery , they of the match magazine with the shiny silver front . |
| 9 | Well it 's nothing to do with the working really , ma , it 's the fact that they with A facing you the spool is ready to run . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | In reading the present volume , it will quickly be evident that while the contributors have been considerably influenced by the views and concerns of Margaret Donaldson , they in no sense follow any ‘ Donaldsonian line ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Because although it 's a handsome house , and the gardens are extensive , they in no way compare to those of the castle which is just up the road . ’ |
| 13 | This has been highlighted in two lines of decisions in road traffic cases where the plaintiffs ' damages have been reduced , even though they in no way caused or contributed to the accidents in which they were injured . |
| 14 | And if they were horses , why were n't they in a barn or something ? |
| 15 | Were they er l loose or were they in a packet ? |
| 16 | they in a jar ? |
| 17 | I , I know Carolyn said that they in the end |
| 18 | They in the end did n't they ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Are they in the cellar ? |
| 21 | Were they in the cellar ? |
| 22 | Are they in the business of selling books or information products ? |
| 23 | Are they in the drawing room ? |
| 24 | How old were they in the family ? |
| 25 | Are they in the library 's catalogue ? |
| 26 | Mm , well , they in an office , so |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | Masha : ‘ Were n't they on a ski lift , rushing across pine trees ? ’ |
| 29 | But are they on a par with their natural environment ? |
| 30 | Are they on every week or are they once a fortnight ? |