Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb pp] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point was the Germans hated them and wanted to get rid of them . |
| 2 | The Germans occupied them in the second world war , the Americans rebuilt them afterwards , and then the north-west Europeans came back in the shape of the European Community and its powerful money . |
| 3 | They are just carrying out their life in accordance with the rules given them , as all ‘ people ’ including Chewong do . |
| 4 | The tenant should consider deleting both clauses 11.1 and 11.2 though for the reasons given they could perhaps be tolerated if necessary . |
| 5 | This teacher 's view that the Afro-Caribbean pupils felt obliged to live up to the labels given them by the school was reiterated by other teachers . |
| 6 | No sooner had the goblins left them than Martin and Mihal stood still , pierced to the heart with a dreadful guilt . |
| 7 | The pilots nicknamed them ‘ gremlins ’ and felt , generally , that they were friendly pranksters rather than dangerous antagonists . |
| 8 | Professor de Bono , there are well-established scales , particularly in the States , measuring long term stress and anxiety that we can use in rehabilitated patients to demonstrate that not only have the cardiologists given them years , but Doctor Bethell and his team have given them quality . |
| 9 | If they wish to cancel any of the rooms allocated they must do so within the time limit set by the hotel or they will be billed for them . |
| 10 | He bent to throw a few pieces of turf on the fire and was reminded that the locals called them sods of turf . |
| 11 | This , together with the self–selecting nature of the sample , means that while the findings can aid understanding of the factors involved they can not be generalised to the wider population . |
| 12 | The Romans called them the ‘ Picti ’ or Picts , the ‘ Painted People ’ . ' |