Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To a lesser degree they still exist nearer home ; in the Alps herdsmen take their cattle to the ‘ Alm ’ meadows where they tend them during the summer , and in Scotland and Wales the hill sheep spend half the year on the mountain commons whilst the lower , enclosed land grows winter keep . |
| 2 | Or they put them under the wrong door . |
| 3 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 4 | MacDonald concludes with the view that non-traditional students are an advantage to higher education although they present it with a challenge . |
| 5 | Although they see it as a step in the right direction , people working in the area fear that it may take another generation before Karamoja cools down . |
| 6 | I mean Preston is about twenty miles south of er where we are but I know that there are gardens north of where we are that do grow good peaches but what they do they cover the er plants during the early spring round about February time and they cover it with very fine ne net , that 's all they need to do with it just cover it up when the flowers are out , make sure that they lift it off every now and again to do the pollinating , get them set and then when the frosts have gone take the net off . |
| 7 | It was said in Scorer v Seymour-Johns [ 1966 ] 3 All ER 347 per Salmon LJ that the special element can be characterised as the connection relying on the employee to the extent that they regard him as the business rather than his employer : in that case the employer 's business had many recurring customers ( cf Fellowes & Son v Fisher [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 829 ) . |
| 8 | Of course er they have about erm well I 'm not sure , about twenty eight or thirty thousand gallons of diesel stocked up there , and of course in them buying it in bulk like that they get it at a cheaper rate . |
| 9 | Ultraviolet light is so important to insects that they use it as a main component of their colour vision . |
| 10 | And I would be the last person to advocate that we follow the American practice of litigation er to the extremes that they pursue it in the States . |
| 11 | Clearly they all function with the agreement of their management committees and funders , and within NACAB membership conditions , In fact NACAB has democratically voted its support for a broadening of roles , by reiterating in the new membership regulations the responsibility of the management committee for ensuring that bureau workers are trained in social policy work , and that they see it as a natural complement to bureau work when dealing with individual clients . |
| 12 | You build a bond up with them , so that they see you as a friend with whom they have this special relationship . |
| 13 | To the extent that they destroy him as a competitor , they destroy him , speaking generally and largely , as a customer . |
| 14 | The C E C when they 're talking about motions sometimes say that they accept them with the qualification and I 'd like to say to Congress this morning will you accept a qualification from the branch moving this to say that we are talking about groups of members and their needs not individuals ? |
| 15 | Goodey has not looked at it satisfactorily as far as I 'm concerned and as far as many of the scheme members are concerned , I mean he has concluded that the employers are still entitled to er do what they like with the surplus , the only thing that he recommends that they do it with the approval of the regulator himself , but he the other thing that the |
| 16 | The Olympic athletes , the cricketers and the tennis seeds are just playing games , although one can hope that they do it in a sporting fashion . |
| 17 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 18 | Moreover , such texts are the more dangerous in that they affect us at a subconscious level . |
| 19 | ‘ That they have him in the Tower of London . ’ |
| 20 | Remember their contact demands that they provide you with an office desk and telephone facility for three weeks |
| 21 | she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate . |
| 22 | she said no , Jean said oh I ca n't walk that , have a bloody heart attack she says , so they put her in a trolley |
| 23 | They could n't come to a decision so they put it to the vote when — as the book put it — a pair of bearded anarchists , one with flame red hair , appeared out of nowhere and took their decision for them , smashing down the gates with sledgehammers . |
| 24 | ‘ Lots of women who have fine hair hanker after long , thick hair , so they grow it in the mistaken belief that the longer it gets , the more hair they have and the fuller it will look , ’ explained Charles . |
| 25 | Well , I suppose , if somebody 's going around with an opinion pole , and they ask you about a certain , what you think about a certain thing , that , that , presume what their asking about , may affect everybody in different way |
| 26 | Likewise with friends they 've probably got fewer friends but the friends they have got are very close friends and they know them on a much deeper level . |
| 27 | ‘ So we all go up in the lift , and the two bucks as good as carry the mother 's boy into the room ; he 's almost completely gone , and they sit him on the bed and they pour some of the champagne down him and then they come out . |
| 28 | But you can see why if you 're selling inappropriately , if you sell someone for example , a savings plan , and they cash it in the first four years , and they do n't even get what they paid in it , how they 're going to be very annoyed , because from what they could see , they were getting a savings plan . |
| 29 | ‘ Be soft with this London lot and they take you for a ride . |
| 30 | ‘ They 're not snooty and they take us down the pub for a drink if we 've done a good job . ’ |