Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what reasons brought you to me or whether they have any connection with certain events — I have my suspicions I 'll confess , but I accept it is n't any of my business unless it reaches a point where it outwardly affects me . |
| 2 | Virtually none was informed of any charges against them or whether they would be brought to trial . |
| 3 | those that have n't , are less fortunate than that , there must be something either for them or that they were going to heaven was n't they ? |
| 4 | At a general level the answer is easy ; it is because their families are unable to look after them , control them or because they cause them to be ‘ at risk ’ . |
| 5 | Is this because they never had them or because they have lost them ? |
| 6 | Men fear rejection , disdain and loneliness only because they have never experienced them or if they have experienced them , they have felt only the normal reactions of despair and unhappiness . |
| 7 | Sh and she really , and she makes me laugh when she said , talking to someone and when they start working again she turns round to the next person at the other side of her ! |
| 8 | Lots of people who are marginal erm we do n't know erm ourselves if if they 're intending . |
| 9 | You 'll need to get agreement from everyone that if they end up in the minority they will bide by the majority decision . |
| 10 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |
| 11 | Equally , the management of British Coal once again have not honoured their undertakings , they promised me that once they had considered the Consultants ' Report into the reorganization , they would consult with us . |
| 12 | But of course she told me that when they came there they were there to look after the place so that it was n't taken over , you know by anybody else , but she had a washing machine , the washing machine come in just after . |
| 13 | But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them . |
| 14 | But several disabled readers have written to tell me that though they 've found their perfect partner , physical handicaps mean sexual fulfilment is often very difficult . |
| 15 | Families where there has been a murder find that people are more reluctant to talk to them than if they had suffered an ordinary bereavement — sometimes even crossing the street to avoid them . |
| 16 | Languages which have morphological resources for expressing a certain category such as number , tense , or gender , have to express these categories regularly ; those which do not have morphological resources for expressing the same categories do not have to express them except when they are felt to be relevant . |
| 17 | Will my hon. Friend do as I did and haul the leading debtors among large firms before him , to tell them that unless they jolly well pay their debts , Government legislation to force them to do so will follow ? |
| 18 | At the beginning , His Majesty impressed upon them that before they left the Palace some communiqué must be issued , which would no longer keep the country and the world in suspense . |
| 19 | Now though the Forest of Dean District Council has told them that although they own the land , they have n't got planning permission to live there . |
| 20 | Yet the last in the little series of stories about the ark would have recalled to their minds the story of chapter 4 , and would have reminded them that though they were irrevocably , for better for worse , for richer for poorer , the people of God , they did not have God in their pocket , and could never keep him there . |
| 21 | The prosecutor tells them that if they both confess they will go to jail for ten years ; if neither confesses they will get two years ; if only one confesses he ( the confessor ) will get just one year while his fellow prisoner goes down for 20 . |
| 22 | At least they did so until the local priest warned them that if they did not stop , he 'd say a prayer that would make the dead rise from their graves and walk the length and breadth of the islands . |
| 23 | ‘ It should be a warning to them that if they 're really serious about fighting drug abuse , they need to step in and take a leading role . |
| 24 | He had no great difficulty in getting together the numbers he required , and simply told them that if they failed to make the grade in training , they would have to return to their original units . |
| 25 | Finally you must always tell them that if they 're stranded anywhere , they must ring you — and that somehow you will arrange for transport home . |
| 26 | ‘ When I talk to people about how best to protect themselves from attack I always tell them that if they can turn that surprise back on to the attacker they have a better chance of making an escape . |
| 27 | ‘ We told them that if they could find a better vaccine they should use it . |
| 28 | It does n't occur to them that if they had told them about contraceptives , they would not be pregnant . |
| 29 | Henri Amiss , the branch manager [ in one of his moments of madness ] , promised them that if they won the debtor day part of the competition he would pay for their tickets . |
| 30 | I even tell them that if they do not feel 100 per cent , they should not come to work . ’ |