Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Hoggatt 's does an occasional examination for the defence if they ask us and if the exhibit is packed and submitted in the approved way . |
| 2 | H R T contains es oestrogen , which is highly beneficial to older women at the change when they lose their natural supply . |
| 3 | Chuck 's parents have some pride and care about the upbringing that they give their child(ren) showing that it is Bob 's character that it as fault and that his attitude can not be blamed on his economical situation . |
| 4 | And receiver 's and that wa , when they sold off all the business , cos they , they then pay out the money that they owed her back . |
| 5 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 6 | The bank would advance the money once they knew you were my legatee . " |
| 7 | I gave him the money and they told me to walk on and not look back because they would be following me . |
| 8 | The intention of the plaintiffs was , to my mind , clear ; they expected to recover the money if they won their action . |
| 9 | Anyone importing or exporting large sums in cash should be obliged to declare it and Customs officers should have power to seize the money if they suspected it was derived from crime . |
| 10 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 11 | The boys not scribing joined in by offering ideas and producing elaborate pictures , inventing new details to enliven the narrative as they developed their pictures . |
| 12 | We phoned the vet and they talked us through what was happening . |
| 13 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 14 | You will see that we intend sending a leaflet to each member with the summer edition of Rural Wales , with the plea that they use it to recruit at least one new member . |
| 15 | The wide , dry eyes followed them from the kitchen as they took their leave . |
| 16 | There had been a running buffet in the kitchen and they helped themselves when they were hungry , like gauchos on an Argentine estancia , but meals glued life together for Alan 's family and he could be heard intoning , intoning , instructing , instructing in his foggy monotone with never a word in reply , until the children were able to ‘ get down ’ . |
| 17 | With children , the presupposition is that we take the responsibility until they show us that they want it ; with adults we assume that they take the responsibility unless they show us that they do n't . |
| 18 | With children , the presupposition is that we take the responsibility until they show us that they want it ; with adults we assume that they take the responsibility unless they show us that they do n't . |
| 19 | Her hand — that firm , forceful , boy 's hand of hers — lifted the goblet as they lifted theirs . |
| 20 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 21 | During the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries tenants throughout the realm had found that custom did not always give them the protection that they believed they had . |
| 22 | They have an arrangement with the University and they have their own buildings , and they collaborate with the people here , mostly in Engineering . |
| 23 | Eagan , Minnesota-based Cray Research Inc has introduced a new Y-MP M90 series of supercomputers , claiming that they offer the largest main memories ever , in the hope that they make it possible to solve important scientific and engineering problems that are too large for the memory of any existing computer system to handle efficiently . |
| 24 | This means that if the cheque has been stolen or obtained by fraud , they will have to suffer the loss if they accept it . |
| 25 | They were so relieved at the college that they let him keep his job . ’ |
| 26 | Parents are extremely keen to have their children admitted to the college because they want them to take advantage of the excellent education that it offers . |
| 27 | The womenfolk would no doubt be beside the wood stove , talking over the din of the roof as they did their needlework ; the men would be in the wool-shed , cleansing and grading the fleeces in time for the next lorry down to port . |
| 28 | It 's not B T , it used to be B T , erm until about 1984 , when we decided that the maintenance that they gave us was n't good enough , and got Plessey in . |
| 29 | ‘ When I used to watch Bros on the telly and they said they loved their fans , I used to think it was a really naff thing to say . |
| 30 | In order to fill this in , this little er section you have to look at the er the chapter that they recommend you , er Saint Matthew 's Gospel chapter twenty eight . |