Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They have admitted some of the questions on this paper are too difficult for the children and in Anthony 's school , where they took it as a class test , I believe the highest marks were about 40 or 42pc . ’ |
| 2 | It spread to the Chinese around 2 , years ago and then reached Japan where they cultivated it into the art form it is today . |
| 3 | Mantack then returned to Donna 's parents house , where they told him about the message . |
| 4 | To a lesser degree they still exist nearer home ; in the Alps herdsmen take their cattle to the ‘ Alm ’ meadows where they tend them during the summer , and in Scotland and Wales the hill sheep spend half the year on the mountain commons whilst the lower , enclosed land grows winter keep . |
| 5 | Then they were both fearful for him and they took him into the cold scullery , where they hid him from the intruders . |
| 6 | Or they put them under the wrong door . |
| 7 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 8 | most of the changes that have been made to those houses have been er erm at the request of Newton Sherwood District Council , they the the they lifted the room pitch , we had a lower one , they wanted a higher one , erm , and you know , erm , all all basically erm the the although they counted it as a change since application |
| 9 | MacDonald concludes with the view that non-traditional students are an advantage to higher education although they present it with a challenge . |
| 10 | The managers I interviewed appeared to lack commitment to improving motivation , although they identified it as a problem . |
| 11 | Although they see it as a step in the right direction , people working in the area fear that it may take another generation before Karamoja cools down . |
| 12 | B. Hunslett claims the Service Crew were the first élitist group to travel the country with the casual look , and that they brought it to the attention of the general public . |
| 13 | I mean Preston is about twenty miles south of er where we are but I know that there are gardens north of where we are that do grow good peaches but what they do they cover the er plants during the early spring round about February time and they cover it with very fine ne net , that 's all they need to do with it just cover it up when the flowers are out , make sure that they lift it off every now and again to do the pollinating , get them set and then when the frosts have gone take the net off . |
| 14 | It was said in Scorer v Seymour-Johns [ 1966 ] 3 All ER 347 per Salmon LJ that the special element can be characterised as the connection relying on the employee to the extent that they regard him as the business rather than his employer : in that case the employer 's business had many recurring customers ( cf Fellowes & Son v Fisher [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 829 ) . |
| 15 | Of course er they have about erm well I 'm not sure , about twenty eight or thirty thousand gallons of diesel stocked up there , and of course in them buying it in bulk like that they get it at a cheaper rate . |
| 16 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 17 | And it surprises me that they took him into the Force , 'cos he 's made no secret of it an' you know yourself how they 're thought about . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It is a coincidence that they announced it on the eve of my press conference , ’ he admitted . |
| 19 | Ultraviolet light is so important to insects that they use it as a main component of their colour vision . |
| 20 | The most likely explanation is that they saw it as a way to keep the Catholic-educated Mary out of Scotland , while maintaining their formal loyalty to her , thereby maximizing their opportunity to advance the Protestant cause while minimizing the need to clash directly with their sovereign ; there was , after all , no sign that Mary was particularly interested in the internal affairs of her kingdom , and although it was a gamble , and a risky one , leaving her to continue to enjoy life in France appeared to be the best chance they had . |
| 21 | They made it clear that they saw it as the core of a European army . |
| 22 | They saw that how that , they saw the Chinese problem essentially as one of exploitation and that how that as soon as , that they saw it as the land problem |
| 23 | And I would be the last person to advocate that we follow the American practice of litigation er to the extremes that they pursue it in the States . |
| 24 | The programme makers were so impressed by Sheila 's contribution that they featured it as a programme in its own right . |
| 25 | After all , ’ he threw at her , ‘ I 'm sure it was a mere oversight that they forgot you in the first place . ’ |
| 26 | Clearly they all function with the agreement of their management committees and funders , and within NACAB membership conditions , In fact NACAB has democratically voted its support for a broadening of roles , by reiterating in the new membership regulations the responsibility of the management committee for ensuring that bureau workers are trained in social policy work , and that they see it as a natural complement to bureau work when dealing with individual clients . |
| 27 | You build a bond up with them , so that they see you as a friend with whom they have this special relationship . |
| 28 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |
| 29 | To the extent that they destroy him as a competitor , they destroy him , speaking generally and largely , as a customer . |
| 30 | The C E C when they 're talking about motions sometimes say that they accept them with the qualification and I 'd like to say to Congress this morning will you accept a qualification from the branch moving this to say that we are talking about groups of members and their needs not individuals ? |