Example sentences of "they [vb base] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those responsible are having problems adapting to adult life and we try to help , to give them the skills they lack and to get them to do something constructive in the community . ’ |
| 2 | Strange as it may seem , some people have more difficulty in handling or expressing warm , loving feelings than negative , angry ones ; or it may feel as if they have to keep a tighter reign on the loving feelings , which they perceive as making them more vulnerable to rejection and disappointment . |
| 3 | or why do n't you have erm , get the girls to pay a percentage of the bill , get them to note down all the calls they make and work it out , that 's a way of doing it |
| 4 | By that they mean that multiplying them together in either order would have to give the same result . |
| 5 | We should ask the people what they want and trust them to answer sensibly . |
| 6 | Now , the cheats amongst us ( like me ) will discover that you can import graphics into the Cel editor , and will quickly come to the conclusion that very lifelike images can be formed by using a scanner to scan individual frames from a film , and then pick out the bits they want and place them on cels to form a small animated sequence . |
| 7 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
| 8 | ‘ A lot of people thing they 're difficult people , but it 's more a case of them knowing what they want and doing it again and again until they get it right ’ . |
| 9 | A privately-agreed separation should give both parties what they want and allow them to lead lives apart while remaining Prince and Princess of Wales . |
| 10 | In practice , those with established political views will have no difficulty in recognising comments with which they disagree and putting them promptly in the Favourable to Them column . |
| 11 | Ah I know what they say but do they come from |
| 12 | It is easy to escape this issue by saying that the discourses of the two groups have little in common ; but discourse analysis should teach us that it is as likely to be our attitude to what they say that categorizes them . |
| 13 | ‘ What can happen in one 's middle-fifties one can be bugged by something they say that makes you react as if you are six . |
| 14 | Governors admit they knew of an association between the 2 men , but they say that gave them no cause for concern . |
| 15 | They sneer and think it wo n't last , ’ he said . |
| 16 | They sneer and think it wo n't last , ’ he said . |
| 17 | And it becomes inheritance tax then if they die and leave it to you in their will ? |
| 18 | Well when we come when we co put on the boat they stop and drop me off up Malta . |
| 19 | The Suisse Romande Orchestra may still not occupy a position among the top rank of world orchestras , but at least they sound as thought they care deeply about what they are doing , as do the combined Lausanne and Chambre Romand Choirs . ( ) |
| 20 | of course until they notify and get it exempted which is always opened to do it 's always been opened of course to notify an answer when they get a bit of clearance should of been |
| 21 | Roll up other side to meet it and then moisten both rolls with water where they meet and press them firmly together . |
| 22 | They seem to play a larger role in the arbitration of proper action , and this appears to be the case , first , because they like and respect them as a consequence of the way they themselves are treated , and second , because of their instrumental value . |
| 23 | Even if they pass that test they still have to pass the second hurdle of being " in consumer use " when the defect arises . |
| 24 | In view of the understandable difficulty that this inelegant and complex piece of legislation presented to these people , one must stand in awe at what one Member , Sir Michael Havers , had the temerity to say at the Third Reading of the Bill : ‘ One of the great ambitions of successive Parliaments is to simplify the laws that they pass and make them more readily understood . ’ |
| 25 | The glass is put into their mouths as they whirl around in the shadows and lights of the torches and they chew and swallow it down — showing it in their mouths — putting out their tongues afterwards to prove either that the tongue is not cut or that the mouth is empty . |
| 26 | Speaking with tongues they summon and send us away . |
| 27 | Once they think they have a clear idea of which holiday would sell best to the public , they promote and market it . |
| 28 | Mosquitoes also use sound as a mating call , but they produce and receive it in a way that is all their own . |
| 29 | They rebuke and correct us , calling us to break with our old way of life . |
| 30 | If in fact where they decide whether to pass it on the . |