Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [conj] [conj] they " in BNC.

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1 There were two bases on which he could have been convicted , either that the jury accepted that he had fetched the knife from his home , or , alternatively , that he had obtained the knife during the struggle but that they were satisfied that the essentials of self-defence were not made out .
2 If anyone feels they 've missed out on the award and that they know someone they fell ought to have been nominated , then they should do so next year .
3 The problem is not that parents want to spike the afternoon but that they do not think .
4 Christy O'Connor Jnr played on the second morning and Jose Maria Canizares in the afternoon and although they did n't give me any points I felt it was important that they got a chance to taste the atmosphere and feel a part of the proceedings , as I thought that it would help them going into the singles .
5 Many physicians prescribe beta blockers to as many patients as will tolerate it before they leave the CCU or before they go home .
6 Though mainly public gallery owners , the ADAA numbers a handful of private dealers as well , admitted because of their stature in the field or because they took their public concerns private .
7 Where this is done it matters not that the pedestrians have n't put a foot on the crossing or that they have actually crossed and the offence can still be committed ( Gullen v Ford [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 24 and Connor v Paterson ( 1977 ) 121 Sol Jo 392 ) .
8 And erm on a job er on on an English railway starting with starting a factory out there and they are going to manage it she 's worried stiff you see because she says now er , Germany and Holland are starting to move in the recession and once they 're there if the recession comes they 'll tack up her husband immediately
9 It may be that they simply see no value in the building or that they are concerned that any use of the building might detract from their estate or business .
10 With piracy increasingly under control in the countries of the Pacific rim , as a result of pressure from the West and as they themselves become information product originators , and with China the last major country to implement a copyright law , copyright has conquered Asia .
11 where they were , the the prisoners were the chorus and and they had a local operatic society made the
12 Still , he shook hands with the stranger as though they were old acquaintances .
13 Hours in the swamp and when they were going all thick and heavy there , he used to go round about October , just for that one day , and shoot as much as he could , and bring them into the mansion .
14 Well some of them came by road and RAF trucks , the fuselages , and then there were all they started at the top of the airfield in the old flying club pavilion , and then they were er stripped down and stuff was taken off them , checked out , for airworthiness to see whether it was ready to go back on the planes , and then they came down to the back of the top hanger which was then they were all down to the skeleton of the aircraft and they started rebuilding them again like , there were engine shops and the place at the bottom hanger where they used to make the Swallow side-cars was the spraying and where they completed the aircraft .
15 Far better that workers adopt an ‘ I ’ m all right Jack ’ mentality coupled with the chance to make a bit on the side than that they go on strike and make demands for higher wages in their main jobs .
16 We wanted to see if these players would fit into the side and if they wanted to play for the side .
17 Darci Alves confessed to sole responsibility , in what was seen as an attempt to get his father acquitted , but a key prosecution witness , Genesio Ferreira da Silva , 15 , a former employee and relative of the Alves family , stated that he had overheard both of them plotting the murder and that they had celebrated its successful execution with a barbecue .
18 Night Goblins have become so accustomed to the dark that when they come out into the open they prefer to move around at night and hide away during the day .
19 I knew it by the way their eyes glowed green and yellow in the dark and because they always hopped in my direction in spite of how much I hated them .
20 Up to the early 1960s not many academic contestants had climbed into the ring and when they did so they most failed to deliver a telling punch and lost the fight in the opening rounds on a technical knock-out .
21 She saw the man emerge from the car and as they both turned towards the house she quickly shut the curtain .
22 In my view many manufactured nets are skimped on width with the result that when they are set the necessary amount of slack within the net can only be achieved by the sacrifice of adequate height .
23 The Labour party seems to have a new-found concern about the level of borrowing , but I must advise the Opposition that if they are serious about that , they could pay for their programme only by increases in taxation .
24 It said that far too many teachers had the perception that unless they followed the good practice set down by local authority advisers , their career prospects in the city would be blighted .
25 Underlying all actions is the fear that if they show emotion and feelings , they will be led again to submit to an outside control .
26 Moreover , there was the fear that if they secured the vote then they would destroy the delicate balance of the Constitution and much else besides .
27 There was uproar when the Navy discovered the mines and Stirling had to own up , only to be told that they often dropped small depth charges at random into the harbour and if they saw anything suspicious sprayed the area with machine guns .
28 And I often say that young ladies who are looking over their shoulder like this , you 've got ta be careful of the neck because when they turn round and look over their shoulder you get creases in the neck , and there is a slight crease in the neck there but most of it has been disguised by covering it with her hair , so look out for that when you have a young lady , or anybody , looking over their shoulder , particularly with young ladies , when they look over their shoulder like that it does cause creases in the side of the neck which can be unsightly .
29 WHEN WE first got to New York , the reporters met the boat and because they printed our names in the papers the Stage Door Johnnies started pestering us ; they were a completely different sort from the European ones .
30 In the December issue we asked readers what they considered to be their most treasured possessions in the home and whether they preferred to use or admire them .
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