Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 32 | Two fifteenth-century archbishops of Canterbury , Chichele and Bourchier , write of ‘ the Church of England ’ in terms which show that they regarded it as a distinctive entity within the Church Universal , and one in which they could take considerable national pride . |
| 33 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 34 | The cyclists received a marvellous reception from the staff of JM Birmingham at 6am on completing this most challenging stage and they provided us with an excellent cooked breakfast . |
| 35 | They found it in the simultaneous detonation of 454,000kg/ 1m lb of explosives in deep tunnels under the German front line . |
| 36 | No , they send it in a bloody big one . |
| 37 | They provide you with a short summary of the context to help you assess the tone of the extract . |
| 38 | They provide us with a first-hand and unique record of cooking as it was understood and practised in the kitchens and still-rooms of aristocratic houses of the first half of the seventeenth century . |
| 39 | As with the stereotypes we refer to in the business of everyday life , we know they are not , and can not be , comprehensively true or correct , but they provide us with an indispensable framework within which we can interpret particular instances . |
| 40 | Oh there was this interview with Mick Jagger yeah but like it must have been written about cos they described him as a neanderthal rocker . |
| 41 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
| 42 | Erm I would imagine Tukuse that the the difference that you put in difference that you would get between the reportage , to use a French expression , of Princess Diana 's abdication from public life was probably quite pronounced between say for example the Sun newspaper and the Independent newspaper I would imagine that the Independent newspaper probably did n't play in any great significance , it was probably on the front page , perhaps not with a picture but erm there was a couple of columns of report erm the Independent is famous as being the newspaper which when Prince Charles and Lady Diana got married many years ago , they reported it with a single paragraph saying Prince Charles and Diana , the whole world went made at the Royal Wedding and the Independent had one paragraph , which many people , including myself , said right on . |
| 43 | They reported it as a negligent discharge during a change of the guard . |
| 44 | These become almost like rituals as the cat grows older — little routines that reward the animal because they involve it in a social interaction with its owners or their guests . |
| 45 | And then , when you find they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to look at yourself and realize what colour you are . |
| 46 | And then you find that when they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to realize . |
| 47 | Just in case they hold me to a four week |
| 48 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 49 | They told him in no uncertain terms that he could not take a holiday whenever he felt like it . |
| 50 | ‘ They drove us to a lonely creek , ’ she said . |
| 51 | They they deserve it to a certain extent . |
| 52 | they put her in a bloody trolley and oh course she said , this woman said erm |
| 53 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
| 54 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 55 | They put me in the same category as Martinho . |
| 56 | They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks . |
| 57 | When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns . |
| 58 | Or they put them under the wrong door . |
| 59 | as most Easter eggs go to kids , they put them in a breakable cup , while they do n't put them in a plastic one or a melamine one |
| 60 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |