Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And then , if somebody else clicks their fingers they be tha they become their enemy and the enemy if they click their fingers he becomes their enemy . |
| 32 | Because they , too , have a special relationship with a child 's mother — with its own areas of physical and emotional exclusivity — children have to give up the illusion that they own their mother , and so they must learn to share . |
| 33 | The car of the future and they call it the ’ Urbanizer . ’ |
| 34 | Despite Mrs Thatcher 's rhetoric , bribing people by way of tax allowances is the paternalistic state writ large ; taxpayers pick up considerable tax benefits on the condition that they spend their money in ways approved by the Government . |
| 35 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 36 | And then they could n't sing a ballad in the key that they recorded it because of some studio trick ! |
| 37 | We drove all the way down in the snow but they caught us and said we could n't have them ; not surprisingly I suppose . ’ |
| 38 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 39 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 40 | Complacency about recession could destroy the Tories yet : they have been given a sharp warning by the electorate and they disregard it at their peril . |
| 41 | Also they had to film the invasion in the dark so they gave us two lamps . |
| 42 | No and we 'd got three young girls , new , new girls and I saw those and I must have been thinking about Mandy and the car because they said something about oh when we leave we 're all going on a picnic to and I think it was Kettering or quite some time aw some |
| 43 | Roman helped Claudia out of the car when they reached her flat , took the key from her and opened the door . |
| 44 | There was nothing of apparent interest in the lavatory and they made their way into the robing vestry . |
| 45 | Most young drivers have spent very little time behind the wheel before they pass their test and in many cases , they 're the ones at fault when accidents happen . |
| 46 | Most of the towns were on or near the coast and they exploited their site advantages , capitalizing on their access to sea routes and on the fertile soils of their hinterlands . |
| 47 | However , members wanted to recognise his outstanding contribution to the club so they elected him president . |
| 48 | BOURNEMOUTH gave Harry Redknapp a £100,000 golden handshake when he left the club because they thought he was quitting football , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 49 | Airdrie 's league status is now threatened by relegation and Falkirk could make matters worse for the club if they take anything off St Johnstone tonight and move closer to the third bottom team , Motherwell , who are only three points above them . |
| 50 | Hugh asked after his father-in-law had wandered off into the shadows at the end of the terrace and they heard his stick tapping along the stone floors . |
| 51 | Dean 's parents spoke out angrily in the Mirror yesterday , after we had revealed the existence of the bug that they knew nothing about . |
| 52 | He asked to see the horse and they took him to the stable . |
| 53 | little dog at one of the horse and they kick its legs and that was a nasty blamed the dog . |
| 54 | They will come to the window when they see me to request food — but not to those of my friends who are unknown to them . |
| 55 | ‘ He helped Mr Benson into the basket and they got him out , ’ said a national park spokeswoman . |
| 56 | ‘ More girls are now attracted to the sport as they realise they could have a career in golf , ’ she stated . |
| 57 | The wheels need to be changed for China and the officials … ’ — she indicated a rank of grey-coated youths further up the platform — ‘ they will expect you to stand in the corridor while they search your room . |
| 58 | So I went to the council and they offered me h re or a boarding house . |
| 59 | ‘ I found out later , in the pub when they paid me off . |
| 60 | But they did have a very clear idea of how they wanted the house to look and resigned themselves to living with the mess while they tackled it room by room . |