Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any moment the Roman army could arrive at the narrow strait which separated their holy island from the mainland of north Wales , and they had no protection , except the super-natural powers they felt they could command . |
| 2 | Pitch-black buildings loomed so close above the narrow streets it seemed they must touch overhead . |
| 3 | I mean the Scottish boys I mean they always wanted the big end of the stick you see ? |
| 4 | The sixty-four wives who said they were confident of handling an emergency on their own represented 42% of the farms in the survey . |
| 5 | The 14 respondents ( 46% ) who could not decide included the 10 informants who said they sometimes read SF . |
| 6 | The overall incidence of symptomatic gall stones among the 20819 women who said they were smokers at the start of the study was 20% higher than that found among the 25558 non-smokers . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know who you 've got in your morgue back in London , but as you can see they 're not the three men you thought they were . ’ |
| 8 | He did not accept written excuses , read out in court , by some of the 21 offenders who claimed they had not seen warning signs until it was too late . |
| 9 | Yes I would agree , would favour that because I think it would force another issue , if , if the independent rule too often against the deferred pensioners I suspect they 'd organise themselves . |
| 10 | This has happened to the many theorists who thought they had a simple explanation for the confusion of thought which led to the surrender of judgment metaphor . |
| 11 | And they 'd all took the long tours you know they really were interested |
| 12 | And we were n't the only ones who said they lost out cos it er |
| 13 | They were the only ones who realized they could do it because God was with them . |
| 14 | I hope you will print my letter for the benefit of the young women who think they are in love and are willing to overlook ‘ a few things ’ because they are afraid that they ca n't live without the guy . |
| 15 | Lineker 's double at Meadow Lane brought Spurs one of the two victories they feel they need to avoid the relegation fate that now seems inevitable for Notts County . |
| 16 | And it is the students from families with no tradition of higher education — the new students everyone claims they want to recruit — who will be those most put off . |