Example sentences of "they a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irish hierarchy immediately campaigned against what was for them a drastic solution . |
| 2 | I gave them a three-hour lecture on the basic principles of stochastics , he said . |
| 3 | AMERICAN ring doughnuts from The Delicious Donut Co are made from a flour which is said to give them a light , fluffy , and non-greasy consistency . |
| 4 | She could n't face them a minute longer . |
| 5 | ‘ They 're a good twenty years younger , and they 've only known them a year or two . |
| 6 | ‘ They should all be forced to spend a week here — it would do them a world of good . ’ |
| 7 | Planting now will give them a damp season to get the roots established before next spring . |
| 8 | We widened the steps slightly to make them a secure and comfortable width to walk and wheel a barrow down . |
| 9 | Your plants will need time to become really well established to give them a better chance of surviving a harsh winter . |
| 10 | Gliders have very low stick forces and the lower flying speeds give them a very high rate of pitch . |
| 11 | It may take them a little while , but it is important that you contact them to make a housing application and let them know of your needs . |
| 12 | Motability has arranged special schemes with motor manufacturers , wheelchair manufacturers , insurance brokers , and other so that today a variety of schemes can be offered which not only help disabled people become mobile but also give them a chance to be truly independent . |
| 13 | The conference was also told that as an alternative to the expense of sending officers to university , it was proposed to ‘ direct officers to research a particular problem … and give them a short period to carry out intensive research ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Och — give them a dose of Archibald Menzies 's medicine . |
| 15 | The Major and the minister and the constable repeated it after him in low voices , the crowd gave them a round of applause , the reel was over . |
| 16 | And Iain — and Alastair , of course , and your father , if he will come so far. , ‘ I will come so far , ’ Sandy McGlashan proclaimed from six rungs up the ladder , ‘ and I willing them a song of William Ross 's to send them on their away . |
| 17 | He had a vision of the people of the country , walking and walking in endless droves , like pilgrims , across a battlefield shaken by the explosions of guns ; and as the smoke blew into their eyes , the people turned , desperate to see their homes again , but behind them a great dark channel had opened , with torn precipitous sides , and there was no way back … |
| 18 | The government could pick up anyone they wanted and prosecute at their leisure , if we made them a present of all those names . |
| 19 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
| 20 | In one condition he showed them a series of objects which had been bought from a joke shop : a piece of rubber cheese , a chicken 's egg made of stone , and so forth . |
| 21 | This , I would argue , though not all would agree , may tell us something interesting about the way the brain compartmentalizes different aspects of visual processing and it may tell us that subjects are more conservative about admitting to seeing a very degraded image than about trying to move their eyes to it , but it sheds little light on the actual experiences the patients are having when we show them a light . |
| 22 | They all said they wanted to visit my country and I nodded my head , promising it would n't cost them a penny , thinking how the people in the village would crowd around them , look at their coloured hair , some of it short and some long . |
| 23 | ‘ Are you sure ? ’ they ask without fail , regardless of whether you are offering help or an invitation to lunch , giving them a cup of tea or paying their bus fare . |
| 24 | You can not blame a brilliant young player who takes , say , the $200,000 he or she is offered , to play just for one night but it inevitably gives them a totally false impression of life and what their tennis priorities ought to be . |
| 25 | Do they give them a second thought ? |
| 26 | Though the trend in tennis today is towards the high-tech , powerful , graphite rackets , often with larger heads , many women find them a little heavy and sometimes even a bit too large . |
| 27 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 28 | He postures as a political activist , and the solidarity forced on the quintet by Shatov 's murder might be expected to make them a more effective instrument . |
| 29 | In my own teaching , in my own responsibilities , I think I have to make two gestures simultaneously : to train people , to teach them , to give them a content , to be a good pedagogue , to train teachers , to give them a profession ; and at the same time to make them as conscious as possible of the problems of professionalization . |
| 30 | In my own teaching , in my own responsibilities , I think I have to make two gestures simultaneously : to train people , to teach them , to give them a content , to be a good pedagogue , to train teachers , to give them a profession ; and at the same time to make them as conscious as possible of the problems of professionalization . |