Example sentences of "[noun] they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you 'd part them would n't you ? |
| 2 | But two new devices now available mean they will soon be able to put some distance between them and the chemical . |
| 3 | But even in their religion they could not keep together … |
| 4 | Your speed they would say was in excess of 600 miles per hour , 611 to be precise ! |
| 5 | Christ , if they took speed they could be high six hours . |
| 6 | Oh it was a horse-drawn , horse-drawn , there were no cars on the road in those days , I think I was one of the earliest to get knocked down by a car actually in Walsall , I was er , when we lived in Street he came down Street and immediately opposite there was a Co-op shop opposite Birds the fruitiers , and mother sent me down to the Co-op and the old trams used to run along the Pleck to Darlaston , Wednesbury and that way on and I ran across the road , past the Co-op the tram and a car must have just bumped into me and he knocked me down , a terrible commotion amongst the folks and could n't have hurt them much , because I got up and ran off , ran off home , so they were restricted in you see and the speed they could go in the car , but the car , the tram car was stopped at the bottom of Street , almost opposite the Co-op and er I must have just run across the road run into the car and more or less bounced off it I should think . |
| 7 | Fear slowed his thoughts , and grudgingly granted him one consolation : at this speed they must come out at the bottom a damn sight faster than they went through at the top . |
| 8 | Still , George , has got bottle , takes risks they would n't dare take , got to hand him that . |
| 9 | Some sufferers have been known to jog themselves literally to death , despite being told by doctors of the specific risks they would incur by taking further exercise . |
| 10 | Some of these regulations may not promote efficiency but be justified on paternalistic grounds : workers are held not to be the best judges of their own interests and so are prevented by law from taking risks they would voluntarily undertake for money . |
| 11 | The scheme includes access to databases on health and safety topics which can help representatives overcome the sense of isolation they might otherwise experience from being based offshore , he said . |
| 12 | Look out for the splatter ( a knuckle-cracking heavy who uses more force than a bouncer ) , pay a quick visit to heaven and hell , and as for Santa 's in-store ‘ grotty ’ … it 's tacky , vulgar , and full of overpriced garbage they could n't sell during the year ! |
| 13 | Genetic engineering has reached a point of such sophistication that there are clear benefits to be gained by releasing from the laboratory living organisms upon which have been conferred characteristics they could never have acquired through the normal processes of evolution or selective breeding . |
| 14 | In their handling characteristics they could scarcely be more different . |
| 15 | Moore , indeed , dismisses as incoherent the idea that the parts of a thing may have characteristics they could not have had apart from that whole . |
| 16 | If the symptoms are of the remedy they will disappear in a few days and no more medicine may be needed . |
| 17 | At first glance they may seem confining and restrictive , but more careful evaluation shows that the structure of laws enables us to live in a healthy and balanced way , in moderation and without excess . |
| 18 | The vast foyer was carpeted in the softest green imaginable , the walls were even paler , so that at first glance they might have been taken for white , and the venetian blinds were a perfectly blended shade of moss . |
| 19 | The political spin-offs from crusading are therefore more difficult to calculate than at first glance they might appear . |
| 20 | I suppose they felt that the viewing public needed to see a nice little clump of easily identified people , which on first glance they could decide whether they liked or not . |
| 21 | Furthermore , since they are not directives but guidelines they must be flexible enough to allow for teacher participation and the exercise of initiative so that teachers can follow their course in reference to the bearings provided . |
| 22 | They were both part of Bob Dylan 's backing band in the disastrous film Hearts Of Fire : Fred had to teach the songs they would mime to that day to Dylan each morning . |
| 23 | Ultimately , it does n't matter how well a band 's guitarist plays , if an act does n't have good songs they will go nowhere . |
| 24 | — The larynx becomes dry and they wake with spasms in the throat thinking they will choke . |
| 25 | The importance of the morality organisations lay not so much in their mass membership as in the specific influence they could demonstrate in moments of crises , the forces they could mobilise , the pressures they could bring to bear , the ears they could bend , the opportunities they could seize , and here conjunctural political factors played an important part . |
| 26 | ‘ After the coronation they 'll take us to the palace for the night . |
| 27 | The dealing manager would tell them what stock they would be selling . |
| 28 | There 's nothing there at all so there 's no stock they can sell , they 've shut down I expect . |
| 29 | He divided his force into three , one division under Fraser to sack the village and set it on fire ; one under the Border chiefs to round up all the cattle and stock they could find in the vicinity — they were the experts at this ; and his own grouping to encircle the castle and at least present Dacre and Balliol with a challenge . |
| 30 | Those who practise witchcraft are , by definition , in the wrong : if they had right on their side they would hardly need to descend to such mean tricks as witchcraft . |