Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adj] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of a preference , it makes payments made within the six months preceding the bankruptcy recoverable if they were made by the debtor under the influence of a desire to better the creditor ( see Re Ledingham-Smith [ 1992 ] Vol 5 Insolvency Intelligence 65 ) . |
| 2 | Schooldays and the void they both felt when the boys went off to boarding school , followed by the joy unconfined when they came home at the end of term . |
| 3 | In the case of profoundly handicapped births , life expectancy will probably be limited anyway ; if it is not , the doctors and parents are , in effect , destroying the life of the baby concerned because they are making subjective judgements about what kind of a life it will lead . |
| 4 | ‘ The crying was so loud and so wonderful that it made the people astounded unless they had heard it before ’ ; she ‘ made wondrous faces and expressions ’ too . |
| 5 | What we as carers can do is to support the people concerned while they get on with it in their own way . |
| 6 | If they said John was acting as a man , they would make the people angry because they considered John to be a prophet . |
| 7 | WC apps : 8 Runners-up : 1934 , 1962 The Czechoslovaks have only been seen twice in the tournament proper since they reached the 1962 final and on neither occasion were they able to win a match . |
| 8 | A SQUAD of Cambridge University rugby players turned the air blue as they terrorised a packed jetliner during a two-hour rampage . |
| 9 | It may be that they left the gate open when they went , and Joe just trotted out . ’ |
| 10 | Helen advised the women to leave the children asleep while they checked on their houses , and Jinny Bennet offered to stay with them and bring them home when they woke . |
| 11 | Readers of this journal will find some of the sections useful if they have responsibility for people with learning disability living in group homes . |
| 12 | but the bi-law itself , I mean there , there , there , there 's nothing wrong , there 'll be nothing wrong in your saying with the erm , what is article ten , erm , if erm but with this connection which you say exists between what they 're calling for you to provide , erm and erm er what , oh sorry start again , you 're saying the claims unlawful because they 're seeking by er the central fund bi-law to recover sums that have been paused by their breaches of the |
| 13 | Yeah , got a bit boring when they started talking so we walked off . |
| 14 | Erm you know , and these achievements , he 's not saying that you know re rev revolution 's the way forward , he 's actually saying look what 's happened before under the system that existed er previously , er well it actually existed , you know , at the time he was talking about , there does seem to be an effort by the peasants erm you know to , to improve their lot and therefore wha while he cites revolution in a way you , you can argue it is a bit strange because they seem to be , according to him , have improved their lot under the system that was there in the first place , erm |
| 15 | He was beginning to get a bit homesick since they 'd stopped travelling and he 'd been on his own . |
| 16 | which often looks quite nice so that even if what you 've found does n't quite match up with what they 've found you can say well look you know these theories , ideas are need enriching , they 're a bit inadequate as they stand because what happens when somebody tells you this , what happens when somebody says this erm you know we can , we can revise them in the following way |
| 17 | Lucy : ( At school ) there used to be a group of white girls and a group of black girls , right and y'know , they start … once they 're on their own they 're alright but once they 're with their people they get a bit lippy so they start callin' me black bastard — ‘ Look at you you mother fucker ’ — an' all that fing . |
| 18 | While in normal circumstances , German players may not object to the sight of nubile South American beauties parading in striking bikinis which left little to the imagination , they can be a bit off-putting when they leap up and down , attracting attention to themselves just when you are about to serve . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I thought it would be a bit petty if they did . |
| 20 | Regarding the diabetic specialist nurse , yes , of course we would welcome a special unit , but that does seem a bit extravagant when they say they can not find enough money for one nurse . |
| 21 | And anyway , the panda went upstairs with this prostitute and erm well he was a bit peckish so they had something to eat . |
| 22 | They looked a bit sheepish as they answered . |
| 23 | But I think they make a bit idle because they knew what they knew what I w You know I was able to serve the what they wanted is n't it . |
| 24 | Did these people who used to lend money get a bit heavy if they were n't repaid ? |
| 25 | ‘ There were times when things were a bit tense because they were having to do so much for themselves . |
| 26 | This is , they say , a bit inconvenient as they have to meet their girlfriends in the Charles Hawtrey Patio at the Duck and Forceps at midday . |
| 27 | And we thought it was a bit suspicious because they have their ow they had their own van by then you see . |
| 28 | Some horses become excited and upset if something goes a bit wrong when they are in harness , such as chains or ropes becoming entangled around their feet . |
| 29 | Poor old boy looked a bit tearful after they 'd talked . |
| 30 | Erm tt the flying bit , erm I was a bit unsure whether they actually flew the plane , he flew it , the partner flew it , whether they were paying or , or |