Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] [coord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They noticed that background radiation in the laboratory appeared to rise by up to 50 per cent while the experiment was running but they had no means of knowing whether or not this had anything to do with the experiment as the natural background radiation from cosmic rays can vary substantially during long time periods . |
| 2 | The tension was eased and they both laughed because they knew it was impossible , her getting tipsy and aggressive and him getting turned on by it . |
| 3 | Eventually , the spare key was found and they were released from the clutches of the car . |
| 4 | Eleven Clay Cross councillors were surcharged for the money which would have been obtained had the Act been implemented and they were also disqualified from holding public office for a period . |
| 5 | The context of the work is explained but they mark without consultation . |
| 6 | At the Republican Convention last month George Bush expressed his concern about the whole question of liability in the US , and particularly about the amount of money trial lawyers make from suits that lead to doctors refusing to practise certain areas of medicine , and even to parents refusing to umpire childrens ' baseball games in case a child is injured and they are sued . |
| 7 | Most toddlers experience a severe shaking of the foundations when the next child is born and they cease to be the baby . |
| 8 | He says that the law was broken and they had to prosecute . |
| 9 | The sun was shining and they were warm on the pretty little balcony with its boxes of flowers . |
| 10 | By the end of April 1921 , the work was finished and they began to furnish the upstairs flat , mainly with items brought over from the house at Poplar , and to stock the shop with cameras , films and processing equipment . |
| 11 | " But no one will speak German now that the war is done and they have been defeated , " the girl said seriously . |
| 12 | Receivers however always want to sell without giving any warranties and indemnities because their own knowledge of the business is limited and they do not want any continuing involvement with the buyer . |
| 13 | A temporary repair was made and they flew on to Karachi , where the damage was found to be worse than at first suspected , as the fastenings had pulled out of one of the fuselage verticals . |
| 14 | If they are not on the goal-line five metres from the mark when the kick is taken and they then illegally prevent a try being scored the referee 's decision would be the award of a penalty try . |
| 15 | Yet another author they quote ‘ stresses the importance of frontal lobes in maturation , stating that in children with frontal lesions , behaviour is disinhibited and they are consequently less educable . ’ |
| 16 | Conversely , if notes are far apart their harmonic relationship is weakened and they loose their normal inter-relationship . |
| 17 | Students ' previous mathematical knowledge is extended and they are introduced to new areas of mathematical studies such as probability and statistics , the application of statistical methods to the collection and analysis of data , computer programming and the use of custom-built software packages . |
| 18 | Mullingar was passed and they felt they had hardly said a word to one another . |
| 19 | They learned part of the answer as dusk was falling and they came to the tower and castleton of Heiton , beyond Kale Water . |
| 20 | They left her alone with a great heavy belt strapped round her belly pressing her and making green and yellow lights wink on the huge machine by the bed , and she could n't move and her back was aching and they put a tube into her wrist and she could n't move and she began to panic . |
| 21 | She was most solicitous ( scheming bitch ! ) so he told her that his wife was cured and they went back to the same old routine . |
| 22 | However , will the Minister assure the House that the new standing committees to be established by the UKCC will include committees for the minority professions so that their significant contributions to nursing are heard and they are consulted on the issues that concern them ? |
| 23 | In the great storm of October 1987 , many of the original trees in that avenue were uprooted but they have been replaced with young lime trees . |
| 24 | Moreover , time targets do not need recalculation when the basic rate is changed and they can also be utilised for planning and programming of the work . |
| 25 | In this study the subjects simply watched the slides while their heart rate was recorded and they listened to a sentence describing the event in each slide ( e.g. ‘ Father was able to find the broken connection ’ versus ‘ Father was able to restore the severed limbs ’ ) . |
| 26 | The signal was acknowledged and they were advised to hold . |
| 27 | A lift was coming and they waited for it . |
| 28 | But the old gargoyles off the church were saved and they 've stuck them up all over the on the erm dividing piece between the church and this new er section . |
| 29 | The methods of applying these four steps will vary according to the stage of embryogenesis being examined and they will be described in turn . |
| 30 | Those who are not prepared to do so may find that their promotion 's blocked or they 're shunted into a backwater — one experienced insurance broker of my acquaintance , for instance , was offered a job in the stationery department ! |