Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The task of household budgeting was an extremely difficult one and evoked harsh words from husbands if it was mismanaged , even though most husbands probably had little notion of how to manage on the sums they gave their wives . |
| 32 | At regular meetings at regional and national levels they review their experiences and assess their current position in relation to their overall objectives , strategies and methods of work and if necessary restate these . |
| 33 | When notes are repeated in successive chords they lose their power and become weak . |
| 34 | Until we secure proper in-service education and adequate release for classroom practitioners they remain our only supports . |
| 35 | As one might expect , the debate in the art world is already fierce , with artists on one side demanding a share in the profits they claim their works have created . |
| 36 | But when it came to touring South Africa , D'Oliveria became persona , officially labelled a Cape Coloured by South African authorities they said his inclusion in an England party contravened their apartheid laws . |
| 37 | In suitable cases they award their distinctive triangular logo as a mark of their approval . |
| 38 | three little kittens they found their mother three little kittens they found their mittens |
| 39 | three little kittens they found their mother three little kittens they found their mittens |
| 40 | They had all to bear with it , Phillis , the doubtful prize — still it might stand up , the Weasel only half a nose , he could hardly be particular — the crooked cops they got their man and Rab claimed his insurance . |
| 41 | Though less heavily armoured than the human knights they use their greater speed well and are every bit as deadly in combat , catching their foes off guard with quick flanking moves and pursuits . |
| 42 | Both men had pocketed their torches to allow them a better grip on their shotguns , and a couple of times they interrupted their progress to stand straining their ears into the whispering darkness around them for any sound of the fearsome dogs . |
| 43 | W we still seem to debate certain things three , four and five times they creep their way through to the main committee and full council and I have to say that the point in para B about the report we 've been sent not recognising the reduction in local er government responsibilities it it is it 's a bit rich , because our response to that report does n't recognise that when I first arrived here Chairman we had the education department which was responsible for all the schools , six colleges of further education , college of art , college of agriculture , the teacher training college at and a major polytechnic . |
| 44 | At times they threw their hands up to their faces in true Macaulay Culkin style and almost screamed the roof off . |
| 45 | Hov'ring about the Coasts they make their Moan ; |
| 46 | Sean looked at Ruth and they started to laugh again , but since neither of them wished to waken the sleepers they stifled their mirth . |
| 47 | Ringing round some of the ex club members they gave their pictures of Philip : ‘ A quiet but firm man , who always had time to listen , and give advice when asked . ’ |
| 48 | Avoiding the attentions of small , clamorous children with food and drink in their hands they made their way out of the members enclosure of the Medewich and Markham Agricultural Show . |
| 49 | Brian Jacksons wrote eloquently about the still frequently thwarted aspirations of young fathers today to be different from the invisible or authoritarian men they remember their own fathers as having been . |
| 50 | When they arrive at the restaurant cash points they run their card through the machine which automatically flashes up the price and deducts the cost of their meal . |
| 51 | Both Britain and France found difficulty in obtaining sufficient volunteers for their fleets , partly because the wages they offered their sailors compared very poorly with what could be obtained by service on a merchantman , and still more so with what might be made on a successful privateer . |
| 52 | Open country with scattered trees and bushes , often near rivers , in whose sandy banks and in the sides of sand and gravel pits they dig their usually colonial nest holes . |
| 53 | Closely allied to foxgloves they carry their spikes of tubular flowers for many weeks as the individual blooms open in succession from base to tip of the spikes . |
| 54 | Both these books are very similar , their main themes are the same ; that with the support and love of other women they overcame their oppressors and emancipate themselves . |
| 55 | Kneeling in the pews they bent their heads to join Mr Drew in the Lord 's Prayer and sang that great Lutheran hymn . |
| 56 | The Maronites are Greek-speaking Catholics living in Turkish-held territory , and as if that were not enough of a mixture , in order to maintain links with their Lebanese roots they hold their church services in Arabic . |
| 57 | In many battles they proved their willingness to spill their own blood in defence of the human lands and Teclis and Finreir both took many wounds . |
| 58 | Well cos I letting the ships go and they , that was a night time and course I do n't know what happened over , over the argument but anyhow these boatmen they lost their job , they n never been happened since cos the then the Dock Commission took over the erm roping the ships in , come under Ipswich Dock Commission . |