Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] to they " in BNC.
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1 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
2 | The spider-web lightning twitched and surged at the windows , as if hunting for some small crack in the glass through which it could get to them . |
3 | Having created my opposition , I had to decide what I would do to them . |
4 | ‘ And you know what I would say to them ! |
5 | ( Rip ‘ em to pieces , that 's what I 'd do to them . |
6 | Then , walking back to the car , I started rehearsing what I 'd say to them , almost as if I were concocting my story . |
7 | Erm they 're being much stricter about what you can do to them . |
8 | So they gave me minute instructions ( enclosed , along with the much-travelled draft , in the foreign-desk-clerk 's handwriting ) about what you should say to them if you can be persuaded to try them again . |
9 | Wherever we operate , we place great emphasis on talking to our community partners about what they expect of us and what we can contribute to them . |
10 | If a composer remembers to keep this audience entertained , think what he can say to them all at the same time . |
11 | He had spoken without thinking , and presently realised what it would mean to them both . |