Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some linguistic abilities may not be detected , not because the child is not able to demonstrate them , but simply because the occasion did not arise where they were required . |
| 2 | Tug looked sideways , towards the valley on the right , and recognized where they were . |
| 3 | When the trucks paused while negotiating a particularly tricky turn , and Rain recognized where they were and that it was a good place to be , they climbed out and took a short route out of the old town and back to the hotel . |
| 4 | Rural Britain is full of retired brigadiers and industrial captains , chaps who got where they were through diplomacy , cunning and an instinct for knocking heads together when the bugle blew . |
| 5 | Erm w I mean where they do n't work when somebody offers code and they do n't work , there 's not a lot you can do other than sort of make some informed guesses as to what might be going wrong . |
| 6 | Well my mother was one of the pillars of the Palfrey church and er she er oh I went , my father never used to go , but she used to go and of course I , I used to be an altar server down there when I got a bit older I did for a week or two to the erm do you know anything about an Anglo-Catholic Church I mean where they swing the incense and there is this little boy with the boat ? |
| 7 | I 've only ever seen part of it I mean where they get it rigged up and the hit man keeps coming back and he , he keeps seeing him and he 's , he 's walking round the place and |
| 8 | Today , the USS Arizona and USS Utah still lay where they were sunk , as a lasting memorial to the servicemen who died on December 7 , 1941 . |
| 9 | Oppression lay on me like a dead beast , not gaunt and stiff-legged like the animals which lay where they had dropped along the desert road , but soft and smothering like something from which the breath had only just gone . |
| 10 | Dusty relics lay where they were left when the mill shut down . |
| 11 | Bonds may be registered or they may be issued in the form of bearer securities . |
| 12 | Then he realized where they were : the Coptic Place of the Dead . |
| 13 | When they disobeyed they were transformed into pillars of rock and placed where they could see each other but never meet . |
| 14 | Adoption agencies in Britain take the greatest trouble to see that children are placed where they will enjoy a strong family background . |
| 15 | PI : Locks Warranty : In addition to withdrawing keys from locks , the keys must now also be placed where they can not be seen by a would be thief . |
| 16 | keys are withdrawn from the locks fitted to the Home and placed where they can not be seen by anyone intent on making an unauthorised entry |
| 17 | keys are withdrawn from the locks fitted to the Home and placed where they can not be seen by anyone intent on making an unauthorised entry |
| 18 | Those built by governments seem most commonly to have been placed where they could combine the functions of protecting the local population and housing the official who governed the area . |
| 19 | One way of allocating groups quickly and randomly , ensuring a good mix , is to ask the children to sit in a circle , allowing them to sit where they want , and then counting round the circle , giving each child a number — one to eight , then starting again . |
| 20 | It was only when his embrace became more adventurous , his hands more demanding as he became aroused , that she realised where they were heading and she finally found the strength to pull away from him . |
| 21 | In a statement issued on May 14 the NPA warned that the 40,000 US military personnel currently stationed in the Philippines should be withdrawn or they would " suffer the agony of attrition . " |
| 22 | ‘ I understand it 's hard for the organisers because they have to go where they can find the biggest sponsor . |
| 23 | ‘ I understand it 's hard for the organisers because they have to go where they can find the biggest sponsor . |
| 24 | More and more people in South Africa want to go where they ca n't hear the screaming . |
| 25 | The motorhome will be the lucky winners ' base for the next two weeks , offering them freedom to go where they please to explore New Zealand 's unspoilt areas of breathtaking , natural beauty . |
| 26 | We guarantee nothing — wild birds are free to go where they wish and , though we can give them the best possible conditions , we can never be certain that they will stand in front of a hide ! |
| 27 | And some of the great families had n't been too happy about nomes being able to go where they pleased , without having to ask permission . |
| 28 | lives or is that talking about they 've approached straight line that 's already there in heaven , in other words , the , the , you know that the understanding which I have it from this bible is er that seems to be suggesting that er that 's talking about apos the apostles ' lives before they died , our spiritual lives with brightest ones who have at that er point been made perfect by being prepared to go where they 're going |
| 29 | Then to go where they are , yeah ? |
| 30 | Should have guessed where they were headed . |