Example sentences of "we [vb base] [prep] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Base and precious metals ; enamels , plastics and wood ; threads and fabrics ; clays and plaster and any other materials used singly or in combination are the bases for experiment : character , judgement , experience and knowledge are what we bring to them . |
| 2 | And then we pick from them . |
| 3 | No wonder , then , that we make of them a symbol of our own visionary dreams . |
| 4 | But , you see the thing about it is we have got a take towns for what we make of them you see we could just all sit back , people say they 're bored ! |
| 5 | One of the main topics of this chapter is miracles and what we mean by them . |
| 6 | We pour much time , money , anxiety and effort into our children simply for the pleasure of seeing them grow into the kind of people we long for them to be . |
| 7 | We sleep with them on do n't we ? |
| 8 | All they do when they 're at sea is take down the messages we send to them , so do n't worry about not picking up a signal , 'cause nobody 'll be sending you any . ’ |
| 9 | So got through there , it goes , we slip in them trees , here you are , you can drive through that other open path and out he other side , whey |
| 10 | May we treat our parents with respect and consideration , even when we disagree with them . |
| 11 | If we disagree with them , we will say so in the most courteous and , I hope , respectful way we can . |
| 12 | ‘ Because we only have 5 to 6 full-time care assistants , I spend a lot of time in the first interview to make sure we get the sort of person who really understands our attitude , and what we expect of them . |
| 13 | Dogs raised in the presence of man behave in the way we expect of them . |
| 14 | We put them to bed , we wake them up , we laugh and we cry with them ’ ( Berridge , 1985 , p. 54 ) . |
| 15 | Given all the millennia we have to play with in the stratigraphical record , we can expect our periodic catastrophes to do all the work we want of them . |
| 16 | ‘ The future of the capercaillie will depend on how good a habitat we provide for them in our new forests , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Many of our typical reactions in the presence of animals acknowledge this disparity in the language-games and is further fortified by what we say of them . |
| 18 | If we apply the yardstick of affection and respect to all our dealings with the elderly and they feel this in everything we say to them , most of the small problems which are bound to arise when we are living together stand a reasonable chance of solution . |
| 19 | Only Sara seemed composed and judicial ; looking directly at Gerald she said : ‘ The police have only just started their questioning ; I think we should be very careful about what we say to them . |
| 20 | But if we say to them er we ca n't argue against the principle of civilianisation of C P O's that 's been there ad nauseum . |
| 21 | You know , but there not , there lovely , lovely people and they 're do anything for you , but we say to them , you know , oh well life 's boring and your know sort of , and , but , life has n't got to be boring , when you 've got no money wor worries life should n't be boring . |
| 22 | This particular section 's taken some slices already , so we 'd better watch what we say to them . |
| 23 | We all like them because we depend on them . ’ |
| 24 | Magazines are very seldom reviewed but we depend on them for up to date information . |
| 25 | We depend on them and , by and large , they do their jobs brilliantly . |
| 26 | With a great big cans , you had to fill it with that molasses , and we had to pour this all over the grass and then , shorts , our shorts were cut off breeches you see because then we used to wear them first and we cut off them off to make shorts . |
| 27 | We listen to them in the car . |
| 28 | But if we listen to them carefully , it is evident that they parade their doubts not so much to resolve them as to evoke public sympathy and to gain that sense of identity which comes from subconsciously defining themselves by their problems . |
| 29 | ‘ The ball is now in Scotland , we wait for them to come back , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Within our provision for grants for voluntary organizations , we hold an unallocated figure , because we do n't automatically erm , add inflation to grants to voluntary bodies , and in fact we wait for them to come forward and justify the increases of grants we 're giving . |