Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you received a grant from Gulbenkian or worked with them in any way , then he would be grateful to hear from you . |
| 2 | The glare dimmed and outlines of roofs and trees and angles at street junctions , lampposts , signs , doorways , scaffolding and cranes — too molten to look up at at two in the afternoon — calmed into focus , became distinct against the astounding pure clarity of the sky , and later became so sharp and clear that looking at them was like a note you could not hear but only sense within the ear by some change in vibration . |
| 3 | In part , this was because of the spread of liberal ideas and institutions since 1815 ; governments were tending to be less the oppressors of the governed than identified with them , though this process had still far to go in 1880 . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew they had gone wrong and shouted at them to stop , ’ said Nicholson on welcoming back his winner . |
| 5 | Go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . ’ |
| 6 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 7 | In an aggressive competitive world , stress levels are high , wearing down the weak and the wet and forcing upon them a proliferation of ailments and diseases with the consequential poor decisions and non-profitable returns . |
| 8 | He has guarded fiercely against the band 's tapes being made public but listening to them years on , it is difficult to understand his uneasiness and it seems a loss to fans . |
| 9 | The endorsement process is repeated until the SSR has been distributed to the managers of all packages which may be affected by it and accepted or rejected by them . |
| 10 | If someone at work is not pulling their weight , we must be straightforward and talk to them without anger , remaining tolerant even if they are cynical . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman should , for once , get his facts straight and stick to them . |
| 12 | Managers are relatively risk-averse when compared with them , so on this count ( intuitively ) , risk should lie mainly with shareholders . |
| 13 | The new relationship which can then develop between mother and son can be rich and rewarding for them both . |
| 14 | Get them written down whenever possible and work at them in your do-it-yourself practice time . |
| 15 | Like an x-ray her mind went through walls to every room and every cupboard and felt everything clean and orderly and done within them . |
| 16 | Parents may need to sit with their children during this learning phase to encourage them to stay seated and to talk to them and distract them with stories and play . |
| 17 | There 's nothing tight and composed about them . ’ |
| 18 | It would challenge young people 's sense of responsibility , he hoped , and show these troubled teenagers that someone trusted and believed in them . |
| 19 | It is clear that science will advance more efficiently if theories are so structured as to contain within them fairly clear clues and prescriptions as to how they should be developed and extended . |
| 20 | The level of attention which a special needs child might merit and deserve may not be possible — or the programme which the rest of the class follow may have to be skewed or truncated or adapted for them to be integrated . |
| 21 | Potential Labour voters are coming to accept that an increasingly confident ( but mercifully less cocky ) Neil Kinnock has rumbled the fundamentalists too , and is neither impressed nor cowed by them . |
| 22 | Clare served supper early so that four-year-old Josh could stay up late and eat with them . |
| 23 | Until an old friend comes to visit and sees that the house is crumbling and dying around them and maybe with them . |
| 24 | I just think it 's important that say at they have one reference point |
| 25 | The universities may treat them as advisory and act upon them only if they so wish . |
| 26 | In vain they look for a contrast with the adult world in the family which is yielding and running after them . |
| 27 | Obviously , and understandably , working-class men and women took a very instrumental view of education and how it related to their needs and the opportunities available and open to them in society . |
| 28 | They cut into his ankles and he could n't bend his feet to walk in them , but apart from the slight discomfort , he felt very protected and supported in them . |
| 29 | You can get drunk and dance to them or you can listen intently to the lyrics . |
| 30 | He never patronized the disabled but restored in them a zest for life and work . |