Example sentences of "they [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At all stages , pupils learn about France and about French customs , and we encourage them to see their study of French as the key to real communication with real French people . |
| 2 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |
| 3 | We could point out further that the ancient Israelites had not yet developed any notion of supernatural evil forces in opposition to God , and that this also encouraged them to see his hand in dark and terrible events . |
| 4 | I mean there might be millions of them for all we know , but we ca n't find them using our system of maths , cos ours does not allow division by zero . |
| 5 | So money can be found when the Government feel that it is necessary for them to sustain their vote throughout the country . |
| 6 | Before the war she had gone out with those fishers and watched them spear their quarry by torchlight in the early hours of the morning . |
| 7 | The Corpo di Truppe Volontarie ( CTV ) had taken part in the occupation of Malaga , on the south coast , in the first half of February , but Franco had refused to allow them to continue their advance eastwards , towards Valencia . |
| 8 | Egyptian sages had dream-manuals to help them make their interpretation , Joseph , by contrast , depends completely on God to make the meaning clear . |
| 9 | Fearing the arrests might cause an embarrassing international incident , they merely lectured the five Scots and allowed them to weave their way back into the night , to more drink and more disruption . |
| 10 | These help them to recollect their homeland and the families they have left behind . |
| 11 | Children could convince their parents that ‘ nothing much was happening ’ at school and persuade them to support their non-attendance . |
| 12 | When you 've taken the splints off your leg you can use them to strap your arm up . |
| 13 | Your army contains troops which are very good in hand-to-hand combat — use them to spearhead your advance . |
| 14 | Well if you ca n't them to lose their money . |
| 15 | The star reincarnates his No Name as an avenging ghost in a High Noon -style rotten community , forcing them to paint their town red before he stands up to the killers who are about to ride through and finally saving the place only by burning it down ( a process the US army tried in Vietnam ) . |
| 16 | The Soviet armed forces , in particular , would be provided with everything that was necessary for them to perform their task . |
| 17 | In the autumn of 1983 every health authority received from the DHSS a package of 147 indicators in book form to enable them to compare their performance against others on a regional and national basis on a range of quantitative measures . |
| 18 | This enables them to conduct their business affairs in person , maintain links with the home-based company and remain in touch with family and friends . |
| 19 | The most interesting thing for me was walking alone and quietly in the forest and listening to the birds singing , watching them make their nest and feed their chicks . |
| 20 | Poppa says I can go to London or Paris and have them make my trousseau if I want . ’ |
| 21 | On the other hand , no parent that we questioned voiced any suspicions with regard to their own children and they all seemed quite happy for them to attend his youth club . |
| 22 | He saw once more the star-form of closed lips , the penis beneath them hanging its head as if in awe , a godlet among goddesses . |
| 23 | There must be a world of delight beyond Roundhay , where Victor Sylvester always plays and all the men are gentlemanly and such wonderful dancers and my mother spinturns for ever in their arms or elegantly allows them to light her cigarette . |
| 24 | I left them eating their tea . |
| 25 | This information , together with the associated parts lists , is the information needed first in manufacturing departments to allow them to plan their contribution to the project . |
| 26 | This information , together with the associated parts lists , is the information needed first in manufacturing departments to allow them to plan their contribution to the project . |
| 27 | In a similar fashion treasury departments of banks and discount houses also make their own estimates to enable them to plan their strategy for their ‘ book ’ of money market instruments . |
| 28 | The National Executive wrote to the four signatories and supporters who were most closely identified with the Petition campaign , Bevan , Strauss , Cdr Young , and W. Bruce , asking them to discontinue their support for the campaign or face expulsion from the Party . |
| 29 | When Germans appeared on the west dockside , Bob Burtenshaw — still humming ‘ There 'll always be an England … ’ ran at them firing his pistol , despite his wounds . |
| 30 | To that end we encourage them to enjoy their education and to participate in the multitude of academic , sporting , social and extra — curricular activities available throughout the year . |