Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.

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1 We can distinguish sceptical arguments which , although they attempt to deprive us of knowledge ( or even of justified belief ) still allow that we understand the propositions whose truth we are no longer allowed to know , from those which claim that the reason why we do n't know their truth is that we can not understand them .
2 He , along with the artists , masons , carpenters and other craftsmen frequently permeate their work with signs of a love of the task they have undertaken , which leaves the beholder in no doubt that they have given something of themselves over and above the requirements of loyalty to the paymaster and the desire to enjoy applying their crafts .
3 Some governing bodies may consider that their needs at both levels presently are satisfied or that they have advised us of their requirements .
4 Extra , extra money for wa if they 've got lots of washing to do .
5 John Bums , President of the Local Government Board , when introducing the first legislation with ‘ town planning ’ in its title in 1909 declared : These objectives may seem happily optimistic when contrasted with subsequent achievements , but they serve to remind us of the tension that always exists in town planning between the engineers and the sociologists ( Goldsmith 1980:Ch. 7 ) .
6 Or , they maybe replacing some of these but they got plenty of these , or they 're replacing some of these but they 've got plenty of these ?
7 But they do have plenty of guns , and it can be presumed that some of their provision comes from hunting .
8 Cos presumably there must be an awful lot of wealthy old age pensioners about as well who , who could do with a bit less er , from the state because they 've got plenty of their own , er and give a bit more to people who do n't ?
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