Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [pron] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you cut him up and pulled him out of your body — which is what they do — ’ |
| 2 | I suggest the medial lead the way by tackling the problem at its roots , and begin by calling these miscreants car thieves , which is what they really are . |
| 3 | Lettuce for vegetarian fish can be left in the tank for several hours , allowing them to browse , which is what they would do in nature . |
| 4 | Australia is another good source of winter warmers , especially with full-bodied wines made from Shiraz , which is what they call Syrah down under . |
| 5 | Make them feel that their response matters to you , which is what they need . |
| 6 | The liberal vote there almost collapsed to nothing erm while the liberals obviously voted labour tactically in order to prevent the Conservatives from A grabbing the ward , and B erm removing the leader of the council which would have been , which is what they were obviously angling for . |
| 7 | There have to be , there are particular reasons why er after revolutionary upheavals you very often get authoritarian forms of government and I would say in Russia and i i in a sense it 's linked with Harold 's question as well about erm the Chinese following a Stalinist model of economic reconstruction think what you 've actually got in Russia is not this sort of mass hankering after authoritarianism but you 've got a situation where the bureaucracy that controls a completely devastated , backward economy , which is what they 've actually got in the early nineteen twenties , where the working class democracy has just disappeared really with , with the , with the economic collapse , with the factories shutting down , with all of the old communist party militants going into the Red Army or getting sucked into the state bureaucracy with that sort of complete collapse really , economically and socially and politically , you 've got a situation where the central priority of the leadership is to build up Russian industry as quickly as possible so that Russia has got the armed forces it needs |
| 8 | Which is what they done . |
| 9 | Sorry you ca n't work in pairs which is what they did on Sunday . |
| 10 | They let all the big companies go round digging holes in the road , and when people fall in and complain they say it 's all for their own good , and after a while they hope the people will revolt so they can give the police guns and thin out the population , and then they 'll have a police state — which is what they 've always wanted — and the rich will be able to live in peace . ’ |
| 11 | Father had to poultice her , which is what they did in those days . |
| 12 | At least here it 's cared for , admired , which is what they would have wanted . |
| 13 | In Aquitaine , however , he , Desiderius and perhaps Bladast were well placed to transfer their allegiance to Gundovald , which is what they did . |
| 14 | And I just do n't know Mr chairman how they quantify that kind of benefit in traffic flows on the A sixty one which is what they 're trying to claim , against the environmental impact , . |
| 15 | Erm if the Liberals wants they want to stop seventy two point six er million but they seem to do rather than go to seventy three point three which is what they want to reach , what they want to look at originally . |
| 16 | Their poor score will fail to recognise that they might well fully grasp the concepts behind the question — which is what they are being tested on . |
| 17 | suppose they have to match the pattern otherwise it does look quite silly which is what they 've done in here , they have n't matched the patterns that wall there is it , it ai n't joined |
| 18 | B A S H F U L it 's down there , but it 's all in capital letters you see , now you 've got to find the diamond , which is what they , where did they , where were they looking for diamonds ? |
| 19 | The carrot would be much better Park and Ride , which is what they are talking about . |
| 20 | Primarily what makes this type of work unpopular is the ever-present danger that work of this sort will break the veneer of coldness , exposing them as emotionally involved , which is something they dislike because it is considered unprofessional . |
| 21 | I do n't want anyone to suspect that I favour you over your sisters , which is something they already fear because of our business connection . ’ |
| 22 | which is something they get to rely on and I should keep thinking , that 's a hell of a for them because he 's never in all our married life washed a sock |
| 23 | One is what they call , cising or continuous improvement . |
| 24 | ‘ A lot of them that works on commission just say there 's nothing they can do and call in the tow-truck . ’ |
| 25 | People seem to think either that a burglary wo n't happen to them , or that there 's nothing they can do to stop a really determined thief . |
| 26 | Do n't write to Trading Standards , there 's nothing they can do . |
| 27 | There 's nothing they love more than an interesting little family tragedy , or a nice little disease to muck themselves up with . ’ |
| 28 | And Con says , if it has , there 's nothing they can do about it . |
| 29 | " There 's nothing they can get to hurt them . " |
| 30 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |