Example sentences of "they [conj] [verb] they [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people value their group award certificates , such as HNC or HND , highly and wish to display them or present them to prospective employers . |
| 2 | The viking army also would not let the giantesses rest , but sailed away with them and set them to grinding salt ; they ground so much that the boat sank and the mill with it , though still ( adds folk-tradition ) in the Maelstrom the giantesses grind their magic quern . |
| 3 | As a change and to provide more nourishment , try pouring yogurt over them and topping them with fresh fruit . |
| 4 | The first such coins were made from electrum from the rivers that flowed down from the Troilus Mountains , but advantage was soon taken of the different status in the traditional value system of the gold and silver components to separate them and use them for different denominations . |
| 5 | Government orders forbade anyone to show the natives how to use such weapons , yet inevitably they did on occasion obtain them and use them to deadly effect , though their culture might be basically Stone Age . |
| 6 | Well obviously they would look after them and keep them in good order , and what have you , so that there was no hold up with them trying to make a wage or whatever . |
| 7 | But he gave much of his time to them and showered them with expensive gifts . |
| 8 | If females are concentrated together then it is much easier for a single male to herd them and defend them from other males . |
| 9 | The correct policy with respect to them was thus not to abolish them but to subject them to constructive supervision . |