Example sentences of "[verb] [that] they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact there is no reason to believe that the Franks were involved in any long-distance migration : archaeology and history suggest that they originated in the lands immediately to the east of the Rhine . |
| 2 | When Mrs Orton proposed that they listen to the Queen 's Speech on the radio , Bill 's only protest was to produce a bottle of brandy from his case , open one of his gift books , roll himself a cigarette with gift tobacco , lean back and stare covertly at his son . |
| 3 | If I could know that they fell into the hands of men of learning and curiosity , I should be more easy about them . |
| 4 | One of them made crochet toilet-seat covers that they sold at the shop . |
| 5 | Three out of four PMT sufferers say that they overspend in the days before their period starts — the average ‘ blown ’ is £39 — and some women spend more than £100 , premenstrually , on unnecessary extras . |
| 6 | This analysis raises the same question addressed in the previous section : if the speaker wanted the hearer to recover these effects , why did n't he or she simply say that they sprinted up the hill ? |
| 7 | Some people say that they believe in the Devil but not in demons . |
| 8 | Somewhere in this range , too , are those coincidences that give us an eerie spine-tingling feeling , like dreaming of a particular person for the first time in decades , then waking up to find that they died in the night . |
| 9 | Okay , now I 've just used this one example , but if you look at erm each other and one another there is also a reflective pronoun to find that they work in the same way in the appropriate antecedents and it also works for quantifier pronoun relations every girl admires herself which is fine but herself admired every girl does n't make a whole lot of sense . |
| 10 | Consequently , it is suggested that land cultivation grants in the LFA remain withdrawn and that drainage grants are reduced to 30% under both AHDS and AHGS schemes in the LFA except in the proposed Marginal Zone ( the least handicapped Article 3(4) LFA land ) where it is recommended that they revert to the level obtaining outside the LFA ( 22 ½%),; reflecting the increased financial benefit likely to accrue from drainage schemes on such lower elevation , least handicapped land . |
| 11 | One popular religious writer who thinks that they believe in the same god is John Hick . |
| 12 | One of the things we said the worst training session can be is going over stuff that I already have done , already known , what training have I received that they received in the past ? |
| 13 | The corporation was sustaining appalling production losses and Finniston wrote to each of the trade unions suggesting that they meet on the neutral territory of a Heathrow hotel . |
| 14 | The letter was dated almost a week previously , and as Merrill read it she realised with dismay that Richard was already in the area and was suggesting that they meet in the lounge of Frobishers ' at seven o'clock on Saturday — this evening . |
| 15 | The two men picked their way along the line with the aid of a torch , but before they reached the bridge the Sergeant switched it off suggesting that they tread on the wooden sleepers and as softly as possible . |
| 16 | Some of his little ways had indeed been quite surprising in the past , seeing that they ranged from the quartering of badgers , rescued from a baiting , in her coal-shed to the introduction of separate limbs and even of whole orphans for dissection when they were in good supply towards the end of winter ; but she had grown used to them little by little . |
| 17 | Validation of the suffering individual , treating him or her with kindness , professional respect and dignity , being open and honest , separating the awareness of the disease from the understanding of the suffering human being , following the distorted reasoning and disturbed actions and accepting that they appeared to the sufferer to be most appropriate at the time they were committed . |
| 18 | While waiting for medicine to cure idiots , I have undertaken to see that they participate in the benefit of education . |
| 19 | Younger first time buyers would find such a scheme an unnecessary burden since , presuming that they retired at the standard age , they would have to continue paying their mortgage for 30 or 40 years before the pension plan matured to pay it off . |
| 20 | No longer through Bibles , sacred texts and holy writ is the world conquered , but by the promise that if the poorest countries will carry out the prescriptions — indeed , the orders — of the western financial institutions , they too will achieve the levels of affluence and ease that they see in the western world . |
| 21 | They did not contest that they participated in the crime ring , but said they had no choice because of pressure from Chinese secret societies . |
| 22 | He says that they went into the deal with their eyes open , there is no way the council treated them unfairly . |
| 23 | Byrne says that they added to the confusion by jumping up and down and shouting with glee . |
| 24 | She says that they banged on the doors , and got them out . |
| 25 | Some of these should often be preserved ; use intelligent discretion , remembering that they belong to the client . |
| 26 | They do not have the wherewithal to carry out the administration and paperwork or to watch over them and ensure that they learn on the job and produce an effective piece of craftsmanship . |
| 27 | Logically , these latter producers can claim that they contribute to the value of exports , and are therefore entitled to part of the proceeds . |
| 28 | It is thought that they developed in the oceans , possibly as a result of chance combinations of atoms into large structures , called macromolecules , which were capable of assembling other atoms in the ocean into similar structures . |
| 29 | On March 7 , 1990 , Cetin Emec , a leading journalist on the daily Hürriyet was killed in his car in Istanbul by gunmen who claimed that they belonged to the Turkish Islamic Commandos . |
| 30 | He claimed that they contributed to the ‘ degeneration of a once prestigious avenue ’ . |