Example sentences of "they [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are they specific or are they unascertained ? |
| 2 | And then we stayed a few days in London and we went to the Baths and we went to the zoo and we went to all the science , by either the old trams or the first of the buses that Cos they complete with tram-riding and that was rather exciting in London , seeing the all the top hats and people in coats , tails and things . |
| 3 | Were they complete idiots ? |
| 4 | Rather apprehensively I let the other girls use it , on the strict understanding that when they had finished with it they unplugged it and stowed it away somewhere out of sight of our two gauleiters , hopefully after it had cooled down a bit . |
| 5 | And they sorry |
| 6 | I think there 've been one or two not er brush ups you know in the pubs once er or twice , they er they wo n't drink with them and that and er some of the lads some of the lads that have gone back have really realized the situation they 've put themselves in you know , and they sorry and now they 're on they do n't know which way to turn . |
| 7 | Oh and they sorry the other way round . |
| 8 | Dilemmas such as these have no obvious readily implemented solutions , nor are they conducive to gene pool conservation or to the amelioration of the enhanced greenhouse effect . |
| 9 | When viewed from a distance , however , were they that different from their fathers who had urged the state to legislate against intemperance or social impurity or , indeed , from mediaeval bishops who urged the state to build better bridges for pilgrims on their way to Canterbury or to put down heresy ? |
| 10 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |
| 11 | These two distinct types of lens source have always coexisted ; it is the balance between they that has changed . |
| 12 | In this survey , I have elected to concentrate on English presses , in the belief that it is they that will be largely sought by English collectors ; but I am much aware of the many fine examples in other countries , not least in America , where such names as Bruce Rogers of the Riverside Press , Cambridge , Mass. , Frederic Goudy of the Village Press , Park Ridge , Illinois ( and later Marlborough , New York ) and Daniel Berkeley Updike , who set up the Merrymount Press , will always be honoured . |
| 13 | Little more than a year ago you could n't give away shares in the small computer company sector — so friendless were they that Star Computer Group Plc found it necessary to get into bed with a purveyor of pizzas to improve its visibility and rating : after Tadpole Technology Plc and now Division Group Plc — which soared to 107 pence on its first day of trading from the 40 pence placing price before settling at 96 pence — the rest of the sector looks set for a re-rating as investors seek to discern hidden charms that others have overlooked . |
| 14 | The question which must be addressed is this : are they that good — or are England that bad ? |
| 15 | " You search the scriptures " , Jesus once replied to his critics , " because you think that in them you have eternal life ; and it is they that bear witness to me . |
| 16 | and we still use the same dining table , sideboard , chairs , dining chairs , mind you they , they that kind to of thrown out , reluctant to do it |
| 17 | There is something infallible , that 's what they that 's what they 're saying here , that 's what he 's saying . |
| 18 | It 's hard on the little ones , but then their fingers is so quick they that has most of 'em is best off . |
| 19 | It read " They that sow in tears will reap in joy . " |
| 20 | And they that wise be will meddle no farther . |
| 21 | For they that sometime step up and play with them , when they can not play their parts , they disorder the play and do themselves no good . |
| 22 | No they had n't a no they they started alright on that picket but as time rolled on and they was getting erm fed up with it , you know they that 's how it went as they were getting , oh I we wo n't go up there today , bugger it . |
| 23 | Do you know the literal translation of the word ‘ Gallifrey ’ is ‘ they that walk in the shadows ’ . |
| 24 | and so land reform was no longer seen as a means to achieve their end that they that and that it was n't the best policy to consolidate power , it was you needed to have the mass support there first so that 's why land reform was no longer seen as their goal so they did n't take it up at this point when one would expect them to pursue it . |
| 25 | Well they that 's right . |
| 26 | They that ! |
| 27 | Oh , that 's where they that 's where they are in n it , round there . |
| 28 | Would they that ? |
| 29 | They that to get things like . |
| 30 | It 's nothing to do with T N T or anything er at all , it 's just er they that organization has wro written to a number of large companies and asked them to er record er , so many , er tapes so they can analyse it . |