Example sentences of "[v-ing] them [conj] they [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm those of you who had mothers who were young in the twenties will probably recall seeing them because they were rather tubular almost like a rubber tube , with small holes punched in for circulation . |
| 2 | Sometimes these sophisticated nine-year-olds really do seem to have the bug but I still feel a bit uncomfortable encouraging them because they are so young . |
| 3 | I lived on top of the sea , so the task of transporting the various fish home , and returning them if they were not suitable , posed few problems . |
| 4 | Re-silvering is a specialist art , and since mirrors are cheap enough to replace if they get damaged , few people will want the fuss and expense of mending them unless they are very large . |
| 5 | Scaevola disappoints them by informing them that they are not freed of liability . |
| 6 | Lavishing so much care on the offspring , cherishing them until they are well advanced in their growth , inevitably reduces the number of young that a female can produce . |
| 7 | I keep asking them but they 're not ready yet . |
| 8 | When the hit rate — the percentage of records that has to be processed — is low , records , whole tracks and even cylinders may be skipped without reading them if they are not required . |
| 9 | Chris believes in teaching children about snakes , showing them that they are n't the horrible slimy things they 're sometimes portrayed as . |
| 10 | And er said about it 's a regular and er they 're doing it proper , they 're putting them on jigs so they 're welding them and they 're out of line and all sorts ! |
| 11 | Most attack licensed dealers mercilessly ; hitting them when they are down , they sow the seeds of their destruction . |