Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun pl] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , too , Bosnia 's Serbs have won as much land as they want ( though in the territories they control ethnic cleansing continues : about 1,000 Muslims or Croats are leaving northern Bosnia every week , it is reported , after signing papers to say they are going voluntarily ) . |
| 2 | Women who told me that their partners accused them of using tears to manipulate them agreed that there were times when they deliberately wept , but said that it was often the only way they could get their partner 's attention . |
| 3 | We could sit in a meeting in the Sit(uation) Room and be discussing these other activities , and fall into almost a kind of , you know , warp in which you would n't know whether you were talking — I mean , the use of shorthand and so forth in the discussions you could n't tell whether we 'd suddenly slipped into this question of selling arms to get them back this way or whether we were still discussing the other thing . |
| 4 | On at least four ritual occasions in the life of a young person — baptism , confirmation , first communion and marriage — the parents have the opportunity of asking friends to sponsor them , thus becoming their godparents . |
| 5 | Because Silla was always under attack from its powerful and war-like neighbours , the nobility formed an elite corps of fighting men to defend them . |
| 6 | It is still used for solvent extraction procedures such as extracting drugs to put them down a chromatography column , ‘ but a lot of people have been replacing it because of its carcinogenicity ’ . |
| 7 | Crushed eggshells were mixed with scouring agents to make them go further and pot scour scourers were made from old silk stockings crocheted into squares . |
| 8 | Yet now it is so much harder to move assets they are re-asserting their traditional role , not least through the marketing of property audits , in helping businesses to manage them more effectively instead . |
| 9 | Parliament has not given the GMC the powers of an investigation bureau to assess the scientific validity of new treatments before allowing doctors to use them . |
| 10 | To satisfy that humble demand the GMC , pace its president , would not have to set itself up as ‘ an investigation bureau to assess the scientific validity of new treatments before allowing doctors to use them . ’ |
| 11 | Tie in climbing roses to give them the support they need to thrive |
| 12 | Thousands of warriors collect from the huge Masai district to have their heads shaved by their mothers before undergoing rituals to launch them on their new — somewhat dull — life as elders . |
| 13 | TOOL SAFETY Hints and tips on how to avoid injuries while working with hand and power equipment — plus advice on maintaining tools to keep them in top condition . |
| 14 | In fact , in some sales situations the buyer may be so used to having salespeople use them that the technique loses some of its effectiveness . |
| 15 | Guided buses , attached to rails at their sides , can travel at high speeds without needing drivers to steer them . |
| 16 | There is a stainless steel lining with other easily cleaned surfaces , a gas cool box mainly for storing sandwiches to keep them fresh , whilst no open food is carried . |
| 17 | HOME Secretary Kenneth Clarke was criticised by police officers yesterday for shelving plans to arm them with a truncheon they say could have protected injured policewoman Leslie Harrison from attack . |
| 18 | One of the commonest rituals was for men and women to go into the fields and couple , as imitative magic , enabling the crops to germinate and flourish , followed by leaping dances to encourage them to grow . |
| 19 | The main aim of Community Care is to help people who need assistance because of age , disability or infirmity to stay at home for as long as possible , by providing services to support them , their relatives and carers . |