Example sentences of "to [noun] [conj] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only time I do that is when I 'm talking to journalists and they ask me questions about the past . |
| 2 | If at any point they lose the scent they fly in zig-zags from side to side until they catch it again , and then fly off upwind again . |
| 3 | They declared their hostility to apprenticeship since they regarded it as a delay in ridding the colonies of slavery . |
| 4 | It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings . |
| 5 | Their initial abuse would give way to laughter when they understood we were looking for a prahu which would carry us eastwards . |
| 6 | They often agree to intercourse because they feel they must or they think they 've got to a certain age where they have to do it . |
| 7 | ‘ Lots of people will consider returning to work if they think they have good quality childcare . ’ |
| 8 | Ultraviolet light is so important to insects that they use it as a main component of their colour vision . |
| 9 | But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel . |
| 10 | Listeners expected the radio to be relevant to problems as they saw them . |
| 11 | He never went to court because they said I was too young to give evidence . |
| 12 | Er where do you go if you go to court and they find you guilty ? and they lock you up . |
| 13 | I 'm sure that if they saw you cry , I swear to God if they saw you crying things would be slightly different . |
| 14 | Some of the ponies belong to people and they keep them there ‘ on livery ’ . |
| 15 | Like many carnivores , Killers seem to be adaptable , taking whatever prey is available and are not averse to salmon if they find them massing in an estuary prior to spawning . |
| 16 | The rest of the lads got a fair distance down the freeway en route to Toronto before they realised they 'd lost him , went back , and found him still sitting there like a tit in a trance nodding away to his Walkman . |
| 17 | This is a highly competitive field and I did n't want them to rule me out when it comes to promotion because they think I lack commitment . |
| 18 | With the exception of a few New Zealand government officials , the other inhabitants had only come to Koraloona because they preferred it to life in reduced circumstances in a big city . |
| 19 | I mean , my mate , he went to hospital cos they said he was allergic to something and they was putting him in a thing that only |
| 20 | And Terry 's took her dad through to hospital cos they put her on oxygen because . |
| 21 | ‘ Last Tuesday Nellie , my wife , had to go to hospital and they kept her in for a day and a night for eye tests . |
| 22 | In the end they got an ambulance and rushed us to hospital and they said it was a good job they did . |
| 23 | I mean Newcastle , we went to Newcastle and they showed us round the ground er when there was no match on and we saw the trophies and the directors ' box and various places like that . |
| 24 | Author of Love Is n't Quite Enough — a study of male-female relationships — Dr Tysoe says , ‘ I have n't come across any evidence that shows older women are attracted to toyboys because they think they might be better in bed . |
| 25 | that they offered AFP to women if they requested it , or where there was a family history of neural tube defects |
| 26 | And then he just never went to school and they maintained they 'd got a private . |
| 27 | Akinwande 's manager , Mickey Duff , offered Schulz 's handlers £75,000 to come to London but they rejected it and the rematch is destined to go to the highest bidder . |
| 28 | And I 'm almost having to bully kids in the fifth year at present into getting hold of the Echo at night and writing off to jobs because they believe they are of no value . |
| 29 | I knew people who had been to prison and they told me , ‘ It 's really bad in there , it 's hard . |