Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [subord] they [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are afraid of their own tears and the abyss that would open in their lives if they once allowed themselves to make contact with their own pain . |
| 2 | Clairvoyant Peggy interferes unashamedly , and shows the women in the pub darts team — who immediately warm to her — Julie ( Anne Marie Gascoigne ) , Rita ( Maureen Harold ) and Kathy ( Amber Styles ) , that they have the power to change their lives if they really want to . |
| 3 | Within view was the River Lee , curving around Morrison 's Island and the busy South Mall in its circle of the city , conveniently providing the flowing water beside which , each Jewish New Year , Rabbi Moishe and the devout turned out their pockets as they murmurously recited Tashlich , the prayer symbolic of casting one 's sins into the river . |
| 4 | And now the archers were shooting at will , selecting their targets where they best offered , without haste and without respite . |
| 5 | Phosphorescent purple eyes peer out from beneath shells ; black sea urchins swivel their spines as they slowly perambulate on needle tip ; starfish of an intense blue spangle the sand ; and patterned rosettes unfurl from holes in the smooth surface of coral . |
| 6 | It is , perhaps , a tribute to the privatisation structure that the market is proving to be very volatile , and industrial customers will not be tied to their suppliers unless they so wish . |
| 7 | Whilst no such boycott is due to happen this year , Testing is not compulsory and parents would still be able to withdraw their children if they so wished . |
| 8 | That baggage you 've just taken on to help in the bedroom wears one like that and ties her apron right up under her breasts till they nearly pop out , beggin' your pardon , Mr Timothy . |
| 9 | And if a few romantics mutter against the ‘ satanic mills ’ , despoliation of the countryside and pollution of the skies from the factory chimneys , the machine shunts them aside as surely as it repulses those Luddites who would shut down its engines if they only knew how . |
| 10 | As a consequence , mothers especially may become closer to their daughters because they now have the experience of pregnancy and childbirth in common . |
| 11 | This will give accepting shareholders a market for their shares when they eventually decide to sell , which is an advantage over unlisted securities . |
| 12 | Todd Mitchell asked his friends whether they now felt like beating up white people . |
| 13 | I thought I had sent him some that were very good , but I received a most snarky letter from him saying " They may be very fine artists but they do n't know anything about teaching , and I 'm not interested in any of your geniuses unless they really take trouble about the job in hand " . |
| 14 | We expect surgeries to be open certain hours , and for you to undertake certain preventative health measures for all your patients whether they normally come to the surgery or not . |