Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb base] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | feelings such as anger , worry and guilt are only worth having if they provoke you into doing something effective . |
| 2 | But they also want to feel that they can ask for support or advice if they need it without feeling that they are being judged badly for doing so . |
| 3 | So far as actual repairs to defective books are concerned , I hope I have said enough in earlier pages to discourage collectors from attempting them , unless they submit themselves to attending one of the excellent courses arranged in some centres of education . |
| 4 | What the procedure does not permit is an exploration of alternative approaches , an understanding of the views of outside groups ( unless they think it worth briefing MPs ) and there is no scope for public opinion to form and react before the government has committed itself to a definite approach to the problem . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's worse for them because they blame themselves for having provided me with the financial means to take a plebeian job . ’ |
| 6 | Referring expressions fulfil a dual purpose of unifying the text ( they depend upon some of the subject matter remaining the same ) and of economy , because they save us from having to repeat the identity of what we are talking about again and again . |
| 7 | Whereas they expose themselves by coming to power , he can remain concealed indefinitely . |
| 8 | Even when they apply themselves to understanding the effects of social relations on individual cognition , as with work on social identity and social representations , the patterns they describe are assumed to be based on universal properties of the human mind . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |
| 10 | Telephone message forms are even better than a pad as they prevent you from forgetting to ask relevant questions . |
| 11 | If employees are unable to sell their old properties at the same time as they commit themselves to buying a new one , they may need finance in the form of a bridging loan . |
| 12 | An alternative approach is to seek a better understanding of the developmental processes which seem to be at work by studying young children as they involve themselves in getting to know the language . |