Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [noun] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my friends knew they 'd shun me and my boy-friend would leave me . |
| 2 | But the men stayed locked up for two hours until their boss agreed they would repair the faulty central heating immediately — on overtime . |
| 3 | Once amongst the world 's greatest blue-water navigators , guided by wave patterns and the clues in seaweed and bird droppings , the Bugis had now lost so much confidence in their old ways that they had been reduced to coast-hugging , on the principle that if their ships sank they at least had a chance of making it ashore alive . |
| 4 | Being sick can bring with it a degree of sympathy and attention that is greatly valued by more isolated individuals , and they may believe that if their health improves they will lose out on the time and attention that is given to them on the basis of their illness . |
| 5 | ‘ And if your boyfriend says they are ? ’ |
| 6 | What would any of us do at work if our bosses decided they no longer valued our services and wanted shot of us to gain in other ways ? |
| 7 | All too often , students engage in study that only results in shallow or superficial learning of the first type — for example , the rote learning of names , dates , superficial factual data and characteristics that you hold in your short-term memory just long enough to pass an examination and that are then rapidly forgotten , because they have not been internalized — perhaps because our psyches know they are not of much use in the long run . |
| 8 | After their 10km walk they were invited to Backnong for a special lunch that had been laid on by the Canal Dignitaries of the town . |
| 9 | But as a dutiful wife , she managed to put a good face on it , particularly after her husband promised they would return again in the spring . |
| 10 | They feel they have no choice but to migrate , just as their fathers felt they had no choice but to migrate . |
| 11 | As their name suggests they combine , or attempt to do so , the advantages of both of the two polar types . |
| 12 | As far as their disabilities allow they should have the opportunity to participate in normal community activities . |
| 13 | As their wealth increased they , and the permanently resident warrior retainers with whom they dealt , attracted further tradesmen and craftsmen to the city . |
| 14 | As their numbers grew they formed a wedge between the barricades and the main body of the procession , which was forced to stop short some way away from the barricades . |
| 15 | As their family grew they moved into Greenbank Road and then to their present home in Lunedale Road . |
| 16 | A firm identification allows daughters to take inside themselves the resources of their mothers so that when their time comes they , too , are equipped as parents . |
| 17 | When their hands brush they link fingers and smile ; |
| 18 | She only stopped when her fingers felt they would burst with the pain of freezing and , as the adrenalin of escape faded , a lethargy swooped over her . |
| 19 | When her granddaughters came they were expected to scrub too : ‘ I 've seen my eldest sister , the minute she went in she was made to scrub the table — and it was white — scrub the floorboards — which were white . ’ |
| 20 | to any changes , cos when there daughters leave they leave anyway . |
| 21 | Though his critics maintain they were trying to be constructive and wanted him to stay , Sutton was convinced that the criticism had been organized in advance as a warning that if he did not go , as Pilger was demanding , they would make life hell for him . |
| 22 | As your readers read they may be delighted with what you are doing , but when they reach the end of the book they will be less pleased with the whole rather than they might have been . |
| 23 | We w we was partnerships you see well when our place collapsed they carried on just carried on a bit because they were connected with Japan . |