Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those were his heroes , and you can look at it like thy had a defeatist attitude or were grotesquely self-indulgent — or that it enabled them to have the art . |
| 2 | There neither is , nor can be , any general responsibility in managements not to alter prices , or if they alter them , only to lower them . |
| 3 | Or if we tell them about anything dangerous so they can get it before it gets their precious settlements . |
| 4 | Or if you keep them , there are four hundred of us here and two thousand on their way , and we will cut you down to a man . ’ |
| 5 | Metaphors produce a clear effect on the reader but that effect will become confused and diminished if you use too many or if you mix them up , as in these lamentable examples : |
| 6 | See which one you like the best or if you like them at all . |
| 7 | At a general level the answer is easy ; it is because their families are unable to look after them , control them or because they cause them to be ‘ at risk ’ . |
| 8 | They do n't want to risk a break-up — perhaps for the sake of the children , or because it suits them to be married for other reasons . |
| 9 | I look at how physics is constructed by staff and students ; whether they view these disciplines in terms of the old paradigm of science as certain , objective and value-free , or whether they view them in terms of the new paradigm of uncertainty , breadth and interconnectedness . |
| 10 | The same attitude is recognizable in the fragments of the histories of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius who , amidst all his philosophical work , decided to become the continuator of Polybius for the period after 146 B.C. It is uncertain whether Posidonius concluded his histories with the events of Sulla 's dictatorship or whether he extended them to include the Eastern wars of Pompey . |
| 11 | The question is whether Article 37 must be read subject to the general provisions on termination , or whether it displaces them . |
| 12 | They 're too embarrassed to actually part with them and so you have this very difficult decision as to whether to insist that you have their laundry or whether you allow them to go on doing that , causing them to live in a smelly environment . |
| 13 | Low rejected this , but agreed that a Yugoslav officer would be permitted " to visit all camps in which there were CROATS , or as he called them , Yugoslav Quislings " . |
| 14 | Children may sort with or without adult help when they bring things or when they pack them away . |
| 15 | Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not . |
| 16 | The white calico drawers would be standard wear , laundered all together , and I knew , having realized that none of the patients wore their dental plates , that there was no place here for black lace with rosebuds — nor if I brought them would they be long in her possession . |
| 17 | He had developed a terrible memory for who he drove and where he drove them to . |
| 18 | ( a ) some poems by Emily Dickinson , which you analyse ; ( b ) a bibliography ( list of books and articles ) , to find out what has been written by and on this poet ; ( c ) one or more critical articles on Emily Dickinson ; ( d ) a biography of the writer ; ( e ) a dictionary of symbolism , to look up some of the symbols she uses ; ( f ) a concordance to the works of Emily Dickinson ( this is a list of all the words she used , and where she used them ) . |
| 19 | She said that their body temperature is such and such a million times lower than ours is and that we burn them , literally burn them , if we touch them . |
| 20 | Also that we have the opportunities to witness and that we take them up . |
| 21 | it 's like party balloons , she 's got like water balloons I mean , with water and , they was , I had them in this box mucking about , I was trying take something out , and then like we dropped a water balloon in their bathroom and erm , we started having water fight , and that they filled them up and go into the balloons and then you go and tie it up |
| 22 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 23 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 24 | ‘ That is so , Mr Chairman , but I gather that there is a very strong bond among these people between brothers-in-law and that they regard them as we do blood brothers . |
| 25 | Both the above-mentioned works show that ballets based on the life of real people require that choreographers closely observe the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of all types of person and that they make them recognisable in order that they convey meaning . |
| 26 | The Chancellor has indicated that he taxes categories of alcoholic drinks , and that he treats them differently because he wishes to retain ‘ flexibility ’ . |
| 27 | By reinforcing your credit policy a reputable debt collector can not only recover your monies but can also let your customers know that you run an efficient business and that you expect them to do the same by paying you as and when agreed . |
| 28 | Three of them floated in a sea of garlic and tomato and although I found them no better than chewy chicken my wife told me they were well up to scratch . |
| 29 | firm would get there without any great problem and once we got them there we can di disperse them without any great they 're not in the way of essential services if they want to come in . |
| 30 | Well in some of he boxes like that and once he hits them , and he knows he 's hurt them , then they |