Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is planned to establish close links between the new Institute and universities , particularly in the north , with whom discussions have already taken place . |
| 2 | Some researchers with whom discussions have been held admit to copying theses obtained on inter-library loan , and justify such behaviour by saying that ‘ it 'll be all right as long as I do n't publish ’ . |
| 3 | The workers for whom employers competed were not merely the ones with the bargaining strength to make unions practicable , but also those most aware that ‘ the market ’ alone guaranteed them neither security nor what they thought they had a right to . |
| 4 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 5 | " The amount the young can do nowadays — now when I was carrying Dan I was not able to get up for days together , me ankles swoll so , and I 'ad dizzy spells , something terrible , but she still gets around on that bike , perky as Punch . |
| 6 | She herself was keen and alert and quick off the mark , and she became cross when Sarah 's slow and dreamy ways lost thee Imps points in team games . |
| 7 | Those who are directly affected by policies , the public , may be crudely divided into unorganized and isolated public — who pay taxes , receive benefits , seek planning permission , visit doctors and so on — and the organized public , the organizations upon whom policies have an impact . |
| 8 | The maid had retired , tossing her head at the thought of such low people as them gyppos having the sauce to interrupt the master at his supper . |
| 9 | Anxiety management training is about helping clients to understand what is going on , then teaching them skills to cope with anxiety , then encouraging them to put themselves deliberately into situations which create anxiety but with which they cope successfully . |
| 10 | I do get a bit sick of the way they keep sending me scripts to make funny . |
| 11 | ( ‘ No-one bas done anything as awful as me ! , |
| 12 | ‘ What do them yokels know . ’ |
| 13 | They were much more variable , however , in 106 Gambian children in whom values spanned both normochlorhydria and achlorhydric ranges . |
| 14 | Of course we had no right to expect the life of the household , let alone the street , to be hushed because of us , but in the absence of quiet it took me hours to drift off . |
| 15 | 11.6 The police do not have a responsibility to intervene in all situations ; for example , if there is an argument about to whom possessions belong . |
| 16 | I mean erm them solicitors sent a letter to him we had a copy come here but erm , he 's got ta pay her fifty pound a week . |
| 17 | She watched the great elms but saw no movement ; they were quiet , now , though around them birds rose in short flight , then settled again . |
| 18 | ‘ In the end I held them against my side under my arm with the suspenders dangling down and some woman said , ‘ Eh , girl them suspenders look as if you should be milking them . ’ |
| 19 | Prior to that date , however , some of the greater landowners , as lords of regality , maintained private courts which gave them opportunities to attract lawyer-freeholders to their service and hence to their political interest . |
| 20 | Another lady would come outside and look up a tree and say , sadly , ‘ All them squirrels goin' to waste . ’ |
| 21 | And then the Holy Spirit will give them words to say . |
| 22 | ‘ Why has you got all them words written under them ? ’ asked George . |
| 23 | Fancy me legs earnin' that amount . |
| 24 | Give me books to read . |
| 25 | No not you get different statements different erm I would n't like to repeat some of them right , but if them lads sat down and studied it erm same as I 've said now and they say , Well yes aye . |
| 26 | I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects . |
| 27 | Dancers flocked to him ; he in return developed their abilities wonderfully and gave them roles to show off their gifts . |
| 28 | A project designed to keep bored youngsters from resorting to car crime by giving them motorbikes to play with has been receiving some expert advice . |
| 29 | Basil was the exact opposite of those to whom words come so easily that they do a minimum of preparation , and afterwards the listener has difficulty in remembering what has been said . |
| 30 | Beneath them cars sit bumper to bumper in a haze of exhaust fumes . |