Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] or [v-ing] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I turn to try and get out of the cage , someone is offended or upset , says I 'm defying them or humiliating them . |
| 2 | Ivory tower allergists discount reactions to food unless an IgE mechanism has been proved , but denying them or attributing them to hypochondriasis is a sign not of scientific superiority but of a head in the sand mentality . |
| 3 | The brewers have until November to free up thousands of pubs by selling them or leasing them free of the tie . |
| 4 | I was not manipulating them or elevating them artificially , so much as attempting to support talent to reach its natural level . ’ |
| 5 | Fishermen of tropical seas who regularly catch sea snakes display little or no fear of them , handling them with impunity and either killing them or throwing them back in the water . |
| 6 | ( Weed Research , vol 21 , p 233 ) Scurrula cordifolia is a mistletoe that attacks valuable fruit and timber trees , killing them or making them too deformed for commercial purposes . |
| 7 | Silencing them or killing them . |
| 8 | What it gets across to the students is that they must deal with women appropriately , hugging them or holding them if it feels natural , rather than standing back and playing doctor . ’ |