Example sentences of "they [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't really wan na know what they about me . |
| 2 | We need to learn more about other students — and they about us . |
| 3 | What I mean to say it 's not very , it could be appreciated if they about it , but we just er left to do it and then tell him afterwards the bits . |
| 4 | I mean for me they for me they should be drawing one each actually now . |
| 5 | We usually pick , most of them keep their religion to themselves do n't they for me I would n't know . |
| 6 | Are they for you yeah ? |
| 7 | Did they for it ? |
| 8 | Are they worth it ? |
| 9 | Such levels of pay inevitably raise the question , ‘ are they worth it ? ’ . |
| 10 | " If you mean are they worth it compared to contributions made by surgeons and musicians , then of course the answer is " No " , " he said . |
| 11 | Are they worth it ? |
| 12 | Are they worth it ? |
| 13 | ‘ Are they fer me ? ’ he asked . |
| 14 | ‘ Are they fer me ? ’ he asked in astonishment . |
| 15 | Similarly , a Norfolk farm boy ‘ used to spend a lot of time ’ with his labouring grandparents : ‘ a dear old cupple , and I was very fond of them and they of me , and would never hear anything wrong of me ’ , although he was already in trouble with the authorities . |
| 16 | ‘ Are they like you ? ’ |
| 17 | A bit of romanticism his mistress might have abhorred , Ruth suspected , as she had hardly enamoured herself with the locals , nor they with her . |
| 18 | Are they with me on this or am I boring the pants off them yeah ? |
| 19 | In this he refers to a St. Kilda man who had occasion to visit Harris and later Skye , and of that trip Buchan writes thus : — ‘ One of the things he and they with him wondered at most was , the Growth of Trees , they thought the Beauty of Leaves and Branches admirable , and how they grow to such a Height above Plants was far above their Conception . |
| 20 | He held his audience all through his speech you felt he was in touch and in sympathy with them and they with him . |
| 21 | Even the fishermen knew that cormorants must be left to do as they please : you share your catch with them and they with you . |
| 22 | Shanti and Chris have stayed with them and they with us ; in fact we have added four more people to our extended family ! |
| 23 | I mean where do she get they from I 'd like to know . |
| 24 | what what control have they over them ? |
| 25 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 26 | These are sheets from an accounts book , what are they to me ? ’ |
| 27 | He spoke to them and they to him of books and girls and other things . |
| 28 | What were they to her ? |
| 29 | In spite of frequent and prolonged separation from them , she was devoted to her sons and they to her , and the death of her elder son , Lionel , from tuberculosis in 1890 was a shattering blow . |
| 30 | but what are they to you ! |