Example sentences of "them that they " in BNC.

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1 Having appealed against East Herts ' refusal of listed building consent , they withdrew from a public inquiry at a late stage after their intended expert witness informed them that they did not have a strong enough case .
2 I would tell them that they should study something in depth and really understand it .
3 As she said goodnight to them in turn she managed by some technique of charm or pure personality to convey to each of them that they were important to her in their own light .
4 Often it does not occur to them that they can speak up , raise their voices in front of people .
5 They all speak excellent English and going on last year , are so pleased to be in Britain and so appreciative of everything arranged for them that they make an easy and rewarding group to entertain .
6 ‘ I told them that they were barred from the club from now on .
7 A union would have to issue written warnings to all those members it had learned were threatening an unofficial stoppage telling them that they risked dismissal without compensation if the strike continued .
8 McLeish thanked him , scrambled up the embankment , drawing in deep breaths , and walked carefully down the side of the track in the sizeable footsteps of his squad , explaining to them that they were looking for a sharp-edged weapon .
9 The Jewish commentaries on the story tell of how the two of them worked as a team , educating the people around them , teaching them that they should not worship idols , and that there is only one God .
10 Companies bidding for franchises must satisfy them that they will broadcast a sufficient proportion of ‘ quality ’ programming , a fair enough requirement perhaps , given the limitless temptations to pander to the lowest common denominator .
11 It 's only by ignoring them that they make a real effort to survive .
12 In 1923 , when the Liberals found themselves in much the same situation as Mr Ashdown is hoping for today , Asquith told them that they ‘ were not sent here by your constituents to play the part of soldiers of fortune ’ , but that was exactly the part they found themselves playing then , and will find themselves playing now if we get a hung Parliament , and they will be unsuccessful mercenaries at that .
13 Letters are now being sent to their families in the United States , warning them that they face arrest upon return home .
14 He taught them that they were serving God , not a Roman Catholic King , and practice of religion by his men was of the utmost importance .
15 If the children have attended another school ask them what is was like , what they enjoyed most and , in all cases , reassure them that they are going to make lots of friends , learn a great deal of interesting things and enjoy themselves at your school .
16 After the first clash , when the crowd was halted in front of the police cordon , some of the women had argued with the police and told them that they too were victims of the ‘ system ’ .
17 Although one of the children suffered from tuberculosis , the corporation housing department had told them that they were unlikely to be housed .
18 Realizing the extent of the betrayal , it was clear to both of them that they could not hang around so close to the target area hoping for survivors .
19 Finding new partners reassures them that they 're still attractive and desirable .
20 David Poole , who came into ballet in Cape Town a few months before John Cranko in 1944 , described his beginnings : how he saw his first ballet performance on a Saturday night at City Hall , spoke to friends there of his desire to dance , and on the Sunday was told by them that they had arranged with Dulcie Howes for him to attend classes at the University Ballet School .
21 Just as they were puzzling over the next move the man rang back to tell them that they were on a wild goose chase .
22 No one in their history had ever said to them that they did n't want to be famous , ’ says Gedge .
23 ‘ I say them two or three times and it became more obvious each time I say them that they had a real understanding of what it was they were trying to do musically .
24 Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery .
25 But provoking discussion among the trainees of some straightforward opening questions may reassure them that they could cope themselves , at least initially , with Sheila .
26 These phenomena are so elusive , so debatable , so exploitable by the credulous and those who thrive on manipulating them that they drive more away from genuine religious experience than they attract to it .
27 Students frequently come to their supervisors and tell them that they are ‘ interested ’ in old people , television , advertising , or some such huge idea .
28 He then generally obliged the heirs and entrusted to them that they should give and make over to each person whatever he had left them .
29 Scaevola disappoints them by informing them that they are not freed of liability .
30 Wagstaff argues that the hypnotist , like a counsellor , helps motivate people to try to remember by reassuring them that they will not be made to feel upset , guilty , or embarrassed if they describe what they have seen .
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