Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two minutes later Zurich area control centre asked Base whether they had an aircraft flying outbound towards the Hochwald beacon ( ten miles south of the airfield ) as they had an unidentified trace . |
| 2 | Because of high media coverage we are quite likely to see tragedies as they occur including seeing people killed and the immediate stunned reactions of witnesses to ghastly events . |
| 3 | They went around the world with backpacks and no money , and they left home and lived together without getting married , and many of them became superstars when they were still only in their teens . |
| 4 | Pressure on the pound lightened yesterday as financial markets decided to suspend judgement until they heard what the Chancellor had to say , a mood which was reflected among Conservative representatives . |
| 5 | But you see they 're spending a lot of the time you know , on developing ways of repairing roads after they 've been in them . |
| 6 | If they , they got they got piecework or they got th th the , they get either piecework or they get so much for the job so much , an hourly rate for the job . |
| 7 | None of Britain 's 140 nuclear power stations will get a licence to continue operations until they provide far more detailed information on what damage they are doing to the environment and what steps they are taking to prevent it , according to an announcement from HM Inspectorate of Pollution . |
| 8 | But I still say , it seems a shame that they are prepared to make money by selling it to a Tescos of all people to er really make money so they can move somewhere else ! |
| 9 | Ministers can experience difficulty when they find themselves in a situation where refusing the baptism is their only option and parents can take grave offence . |
| 10 | Both pledged in speeches to cheering crowds that they would work to unite Somalia . |
| 11 | However , several informants indicated that parents have a more relaxed attitude to their children using Creole when they are somewhat older . |
| 12 | One Bangkok stockbroker says that ‘ when people make investments because they want to see their name on a school in their home village , they are heading for trouble . ’ |
| 13 | The carelessness of the creators ( for not noticing the mess their employees were making ) and of the people who looked after the food meant animals , plants and insects were accidentally given Herakleophorbia so they grew . |
| 14 | Catering students also tested out their waitering and waitressing skills as they attempted to deliver trays on the back of a human ‘ camel ’ . |
| 15 | I always figured people became chefs when they could n't do anything else . |
| 16 | Many more of the 226 schools that have taken control of their own affairs in the past three years fear victimisation if they are returned to hostile local authorities . |
| 17 | Traveller 's or Eurocheques are by far the safest way to carry money as they are easily cashed for a small service charge and the value is recoverable if they are stolen or lost . |
| 18 | Quick fad diets with very low calorie contents are not a very healthy way to lose weight since they can leave you feeling tired and irritable . |
| 19 | The growth of slimming clubs is a reminder that many people find it helpful to lose weight if they 're part of a group where they can swap stories and share experiences — but slimming clubs do n't necessarily work for everyone . |
| 20 | Subjects tended to lose weight when they had breakfast only , but not when dinner was their only meal . |
| 21 | ‘ When they go onto these so-called new diets , people tend to lose weight because they automatically restrict themselves without realising they ought to be eating more bread , cereals , fruit and vegetables . |
| 22 | In a moment I will produce the recipe — and please , will readers do their best to suspend disbelief until they have tried it ? — but one of the main points about this recipe is that it taught me ( for after all , one does not buy lobsters all that often ) that anisette is , improbably but incontrovertibly , a quite magical ingredient in fish dishes and sauces . |
| 23 | After the Rosary , Mona and Sheila made tea and they all slipped away early . |
| 24 | Table ware is carefully and , perhaps , infrequently handled , while kitchen wares suffer losses as they are cheaper and roughly used . |
| 25 | Louisiana has a ‘ shoot the burglar ’ law , which allows householders to kill intruders if they think they are a threat to themselves or their families . |
| 26 | Like a ride in a big dipper , he felt the floor pushing up at him , gathering speed as they climbed a wave . |
| 27 | However , the changes will not affect foreigners unless they have lived more than 20 years in the principality . |
| 28 | In a wide bowl there was the night glimmer of a stream which was churned to flashing silver as they thrashed through it , the spray soaking them to their thighs . |
| 29 | If the authorities refrain from using force because they think it wiser to use other means , the effect is often as follows : … to prevent or resist violence , the governing class may use guile , cunning , fraud and corruption — in short . |
| 30 | If so , encourage them to paint pictures as they listen to music or try using art games . |