Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House of Commons accepted him as a quiet , agreeable member of some substance , not the sort of man who would ever dominate in debate , or who would lead a school of thought , but a man who with three or four others might constitute a very effective block within his party to a course or an individual of which or whom they did not approve . |
| 2 | So such a child might say to a carer or someone they trust , ‘ Look after my Mummy and Daddy , please , because they are very upset . |
| 3 | Then I remembered how sometimes people in a coma could be reached by the voices of their favourite pop stars , or someone they loved . |
| 4 | Yeah just Mirage or summat they 're called . |
| 5 | If anyone older than you , even someone you know , tries to kiss or touch you in a way you do n't like or that confuses you , or which they say is supposed to be a secret , say NO in a very loud voice . |
| 6 | ( The adult readers might like to list those books , and other reading matter , for which they have a particular affection or which they feel have made a contribution to their lives , and then check to see how many of them would be considered to be of the highest literary worth . ) |
| 7 | In taking into account the user of the vehicle which they actually found or which they inferred from the practice of the previous owner it seems to me they did not err . |
| 8 | If Roman Catholics believe that abortion is always wrong and contrary to God 's law , there is no compromise they can be offered , or which they can accept , which will satisfy their principles . |
| 9 | Research suggests that members of the public are not influenced in their moral attitudes towards offences by the punishments which are imposed ( or which they believe are imposed ) . |
| 10 | By a letter dated 23 October 1991 they stated that they did not intend to intervene or be heard and that , since the paragraph applied only to disclosure by the defendants in compliance with the order it would not prevent them from using any material which they had already obtained or which they might obtain independently . |
| 11 | Difficulties arise when individuals are asked to develop , qualities which they do not possess or which they have previously dismissed as irrelevant or not worth possessing . |
| 12 | The Europe in which we are to live will in part be shaped by the ideas , negotiations , cultural translations and mis-translations which people such as MEPs bring to Strasbourg and Brussels , or which they learn there , and in which they engage . |
| 13 | trustees comprise persons for the purposes of income tax ; 2. they comprise a separate entity liable to tax on monies they receive or which they are entitled to receive ; 3. the main inroads into that separateness and liability are of a restricted nature as explained in the Reid 's Trustees case ; these inroads are : ( a ) in certain cases ( but not all ) where a trustee mandates income direct to a beneficiary the trustee will not be liable to tax ( Williams v Singer ) ; ( b ) in the case of a life interest trust a see-through or conduit approach is adopted for identification of source purposes so that the origin and parentage of the income is not changed by virtue of its journey through the trust ( Archer-Shee v Baker ) ; ( c ) if income arises to the trustees of a life interest trust ( subject to deductions for expenses ) it is taxable upon the life tenant whether or not he actually takes the money ( Spen 's case ) . |
| 14 | Her mother 's hands were very important — a distant importance for they scarcely ever touched her ( old Nan still did up her buttons ) , or she them ; but she felt a longing to kiss their faintly pink thumbs bite them perhaps , not to hurt , of course . |
| 15 | A few errands … yes , he had ; and without knowing , really , what they meant or who they were for . |
| 16 | Not what or who they know . |
| 17 | The activity can be taken further by asking them to represent three key moments in a story line ( either one they have heard or one they have themselves developed through drama ) . |
| 18 | Something like that or one they put in that was n't there or some |
| 19 | Was it flour — or something they used in pottery ? |
| 20 | Many people feel guilty after the loss of a loved one — perhaps because of something they said or something they did not say . |
| 21 | when they 've got to do the road or something they want somebody to do it for the three weeks or |
| 22 | If they 've been changing the pipes or digging them up or something they often flush it through with a load of chlorine , the water of or b Boil it erm As water get 's hotter , and something like sugar , would you get would you find , Let's say you get a cup of cold water and you try and dissolve as much sugar as you can in it , and then you try hot water , try disolv |
| 23 | And then they test the evacuation alarm then , so that everybody knows the alarms and er where to be and then th Every six eight weeks or something they take you for a helicopter evacuation where everybody 's taken from the lifeboat master station . |
| 24 | And there was a Yorkshire firm covered it covered that road tarmac or something they said , It 'll last twenty years . |
| 25 | Or something they thought he had . ’ |
| 26 | if it 's just like one exam or two exams that they 've failed or they 've been ill for or they 've missed or something they 're offered the opportunity to sit those in September then we have another exam board in September |
| 27 | If they were short of ware or something they 'd maybe put on sulphur or ammonia and super phosphate and potash and then they started then with slag . |
| 28 | Unless there 's a special fluid or something they could put it in there to wash through |
| 29 | No ? changed brands of coffee or something they 're horrible I do n't know what she 's doing different alright lovey , okay shush shush shush shush showing her little heart out is n't she ? |
| 30 | I phoned Kevin , I 've got Kevin 's mum and dad 's phone number off Dave and phoned at home but he 's gone out for the day or something they said . |