Example sentences of "a [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times had Tabitha heard , in casual conversation in some dorm , some station bar , from pilots who had found their craft taking a route they had never intended , never charted ? |
| 2 | By such a route they might escape from the niches of their birth , and gain access to something better — to better weapons , possibly to some real food different from synthcake and synthgruel . |
| 3 | like a G they will join up in exactly the same way next time he does it , even to the same letter |
| 4 | Because they do n't need leaders Snotties are a good way to spend a few extra points to round off your army — at 15 points a base they 're cheap too . |
| 5 | They were without hot water and numerous other comforts but they had a base they could call their own . |
| 6 | Cheap repairing a fuse they should be about right should n't it ? |
| 7 | Now these , why do I call these special people , for the first thing we 're just coming out of a recession they s |
| 8 | Perhaps with the taint of a half-smile they named the camps of Mordovia after the pretty , sun-dappled forests around Moscow where they took their family picnics and holidays . |
| 9 | Enthusiastic supporters claimed that the movement gave to ‘ the Free Churches a unity they have never had before ’ although this same observer recognized that it was ‘ the Establishment that lies at the foundation of our contention ’ . |
| 10 | As we shall see , this was a unity they found impossible when their own country went to war with the Boers in the following year . |
| 11 | They were meant to be devoid of personal feelings , deadpan , like lawyers who had to defend a case they did n't believe in , who went home at the end of the day leaving all their patients ' foibles filed away in their consulting rooms . |
| 12 | I can see that in such a case they might make a gift of paintings or other works of art for tax reasons , for example , and would n't care if they were sold or not . |
| 13 | After a bit they sat up and watched the welcome breeze work like an animal through the silver-green barley . |
| 14 | they get a bit they start to whip like that . |
| 15 | It 's a bit they , I mean these people they even do interest free credit |
| 16 | Consequently they restricted their output to a level they regarded as reasonable , one that did not undermine their own pay and job security , and that the slower members could keep up with . |
| 17 | To compel a referendum they would have needed a minimum of 581,069 votes ( a quarter of the electorate ) , but only 458,818 people actually voted . |
| 18 | They were only caught after being stopped for a burglary they did n't commit . |
| 19 | There 's just a mum they like and a dad they hate , or vice versa , and the eccentric old aunts that I 've come across tend to be eccentric only because they 're secret alcoholics and smell like unwashed dogs or turn out to be suffering from Alzheimer 's disease or something . ) |
| 20 | He and Warnie , for example , had decided that they would erect a memorial window to their parents in St Mark 's , but it was a decision they quickly came to regret when the Lewis , Hamilton and Ewart cousins all weighed in with suggestions of what should go into the window . |
| 21 | Even if a board retire to consider a decision they must vote in public : Najafian v. Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1987 S.C.L.R. 679 . |
| 22 | Being a composite they have some cleaning ability . |
| 23 | This group of men called their transport The Mail , and it was hauled by a mare they called ‘ Polly Stuart– . |
| 24 | Also , some think that because they are holding a driver they have to hit the ball much harder . |
| 25 | Coming second , particularly to a course they once owned , is not a little irksome to the amiable Richard Muddle , a former Flat jockey , who allied his vast international racing experience to his father 's business acumen to bring a whole new concept of sound commercial practice to racecourse management in this country . |
| 26 | Normally , once these older folk have attended a course they are keen to participate in others . |
| 27 | For example , in a survey I carried out on the membership of the National Trust — one of the largest voluntary associations in Britain with over a million and a quarter members — it was decided that topics should include such things as how people came to join , how they felt about the payment of subscriptions , how much they read of the literature the Trust sent them , what their main interests in conservation were , how active a part they wanted to play in the work of the Trust , and so on . |
| 28 | Khaine is part of every Elf soul , a part they would rather never have to confront , but a part that they need . |
| 29 | HOME Secretary Kenneth Clarke was criticised by police officers yesterday for shelving plans to arm them with a truncheon they say could have protected injured policewoman Leslie Harrison from attack . |
| 30 | As expected , she found that subjects were very accurate at distinguishing a sentence they had only just heard from similar sentences with semantic or syntactic changes . |