Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only at the Opéra do they beat time without obeying it ; everywhere else in Europe they obey it without beating it . |
| 2 | It is not true that elsewhere they obey it without beating it , since one beats time wherever choruses are sung . |
| 3 | Now , the recent boom in advanced home computer games has meant that fool boys like me do n't sit at home flicking the channels for blood , guts and gore : they recreate it by playing silly silicon war games . |
| 4 | Additions such as these certainly enrich the idea of the longue durée ; but at the same time they complicate it by broadening the notion of constraint on which it depends and obscuring its relationship with conjonctures . |
| 5 | They usually deal with the situation in one of two ways — they patronise you and try to take control on the assumption that you must need their guidance to do a decent job ; or they undermine you by making obscene remarks and deliberately causing problems . |
| 6 | They solve it by using some of their numbers as jars . |
| 7 | They criticise me for getting a new curtain or taking a holiday . |
| 8 | They warm them by pressing them against brood patches , areas of skin naked of feathers which a bird may develop specially for the breeding season or have permanently on its breast concealed by the long feathers growing around them . |
| 9 | ‘ They stop you from tightening up . |
| 10 | When parents are so concerned for the children 's safety that they prevent them from exercising choice and making decisions , they are depriving them of the experience they need in order to cope with life as mature adults . |
| 11 | Well , skirmishes over language are a certainly a distraction , they prevent you from pursuing other national goals . |
| 12 | Telephone message forms are even better than a pad as they prevent you from forgetting to ask relevant questions . |
| 13 | feelings such as anger , worry and guilt are only worth having if they provoke you into doing something effective . |
| 14 | Referring expressions fulfil a dual purpose of unifying the text ( they depend upon some of the subject matter remaining the same ) and of economy , because they save us from having to repeat the identity of what we are talking about again and again . |
| 15 | They do anything to avoid choosing , and if events force them to make a choice , they question it by raking over the ashes of the decision until it is dead and cold . |
| 16 | I spect they use it for driving their vans through . |
| 17 | They do it by going without themselves . |
| 18 | What the procedure does not permit is an exploration of alternative approaches , an understanding of the views of outside groups ( unless they think it worth briefing MPs ) and there is no scope for public opinion to form and react before the government has committed itself to a definite approach to the problem . |
| 19 | But they accuse me of lying in my book . |
| 20 | A few points here , the quickest being that people do n't accuse their pop heroes of being racists when they make crap records , they accuse them of making crap records . |
| 21 | And George says she 's come in and like they ban her from going out . |
| 22 | But they also want to feel that they can ask for support or advice if they need it without feeling that they are being judged badly for doing so . |
| 23 | British owners used to blame the princes for making racing prohibitively expensive ; now they blame them for making it prohibitively cheap . |
| 24 | The Arab said , ‘ They blame me for guarding the food . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |