Example sentences of "they [vb base] [conj] [pron] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do have to look at all our pre-school children as a group who have similar means as they grow and they learn and they develop and I hope that we can continue to push for a co-ordinated approach to the whole range of services that we are o offering to that group of children and to their families . |
| 2 | That 's where they report before they start and that 's where they report after they 're finished . ’ |
| 3 | Figures taken from an American survey indicated that ‘ learners retain about 10% of what they read , 20% of what they hear , 30% of what they see , 50% of what they see and hear , 70% of what they say as they talk and 90% of what they say as they do a thing ’ . |
| 4 | Because teachers often can not answer the question of why they teach as they do and because they refer to statements such as that they just know what to do or have a feeling or sense about what to do , it has been suggested that what guides teachers in making sense of their work and what commits them to action is a mixture of " personal knowledge , tacit knowledge , routine knowledge … when conscious thought is not permitted the time to percolate and inform practice " ( Simons and Elliott 1989 ) . |
| 5 | They decide whether you win or lose . |
| 6 | They go where they want and do whatever they like . |
| 7 | In the soil they aerate , they cultivate and they fertilise and in captivity they 'll turn your rubbish into gold dust . |
| 8 | Not just because of who he is , but because they think that he understands and cares , and may be able to intercede . |
| 9 | They wheel and they deal and plot and plan , |
| 10 | They are very good though , they come when they say and they , they d they do something about it |
| 11 | We do have to look at all our pre-school children as a group who have similar means as they grow and they learn and they develop and I hope that we can continue to push for a co-ordinated approach to the whole range of services that we are o offering to that group of children and to their families . |
| 12 | They sing and they dance and they act , and they do not believe unless they are profoundly proficient in all three that they 're entitled to be considered gypsies . |