Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salvadorean women often remark that they live in a " matriarchal society " , by which they mean they must support their children single-handed . |
| 2 | They hope he will lift their economy out of recession , hope he will heal the racial disharmony and end the violence in their cities , hope he will keep their country the sole superpower in a fast-changing world . |
| 3 | That is why Labour and the Tories stand in areas where they know they will lose their deposits . |
| 4 | Examples of this may be : the agoraphobic person who never goes out because they believe they will collapse and die of a heart attack ; the lift phobic who believes they may become trapped in the lift and suffocate to death ; a person who avoids meeting others because , if a disagreement starts , they believe they will lose their temper and hit people ; and last , a person may obsessively check the locks on doors and windows , believing that somebody is bound to break into the house if they fail to make these checks . |
| 5 | they reckon you could touch their beaks ! |
| 6 | So good luck to the firm determined to revive the Pakamac raincoat and if they do we 'll eat our grey plastic button-down hood . |
| 7 | They think they 'd have your bags . |
| 8 | They think it might speed his recovery . |
| 9 | Because I 'm not flat-chested , they think I should hide my body underneath a big black dress or something . |