Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I like about them and where I think their strengths are is that they do put science , the physical sciences , in that bracket of activity which is fun , excitement and leisure and enjoyment and that it moves away from the notion that it 's something you do on a wet Friday afternoon at school . |
| 2 | What I like about them and where I think their strengths are is that they do put science , the physical sciences , in that bracket of activity which is fun , excitement and leisure and enjoyment and that it moves away from the notion that it 's something you do on a wet Friday afternoon at school . |
| 3 | You talk about spoilt rich middle-class kids over here , but the truth is if Steve or I saw their houses , we 'd probably think they were lower lower lower middle-class . ’ |
| 4 | But it remains essential that I know their candidates ' attitudes before deciding . |
| 5 | I welcomed the Mozartean Players ' disc of the two Mozart Piano Quartets ( ) with open arms and I must say that I like their set of the Trios even more . |
| 6 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 7 | They also insisted that I sue their front door — and not my own — so that people had to go through their gallery . |
| 8 | Yet I did not want to leave things alone entirely , without making an effort , but it is restricted to the expression of two things — the cypresses — the olive trees — let others who are better and more powerful than I reveal their symbolic language … |
| 9 | They 'll be shot , so I take their pay to them . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They have adopted me now , of course , so I bear their name , though Lara , my aunt , sadly died two years ago . ’ |
| 11 | Once I am interested in an act 's music and I like their live performance , the first thing I want to know is where this new band sees itself going . |
| 12 | And I like their white teeth . |
| 13 | Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime . |
| 14 | We are all only too painfully aware of the needs of working people in the difficult times which we face and I know their interests will be uppermost in your minds . |
| 15 | Other interested parties hvae been notified and I await their replies . |
| 16 | I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee . |
| 17 | Many tour groups do and I timed their sightseeing . |
| 18 | They stood up to be counted , to save their men 's jobs , their community and their families ' futures and I salute their courage and wish them well in their pit vigil . |
| 19 | ‘ They jumped , and I thought their parachutes were going to catch fire . ’ |
| 20 | They were among a few people who came back to see over the property again quite a few times , and I met their sons . |
| 21 | And what happens in actual human situations which are what get me , and I 'm going to give you three and I guarantee their genuineness you will doubt them all I have not the least fear but I guarantee you their genuineness , they come from the records of Age Concern Scotland of which I am the president . |
| 22 | Well I sent it to the B B C , I sent it to Duncan but I also sent it to the the Lady a shorter version to the Lady their competition and I said their competition was gon na be on the eighteenth in their issue they would give the names of the of the winners , but I had looked in the Lady yesterday in Smiths and there was none of nothing about it , but I do n't think I 've won anyway because it said you 'd be notified by post so . |
| 23 | We knocked them out of their rhythm and never allowed them to settle or sustain any momentum and I felt their frustrations were beginning to surface . |
| 24 | If reviewers are too busy to do their job properly ( and I recognise their willingness to take on such a thankless task , though it is one that helps the process of science advance ) then they should be removed from that task . |
| 25 | They did so impeccably and I believe their judgement was a judgement reached in accordance with the rules laid down by Parliament ’ Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind on the handling of the port sale to Teesside Holdings . |
| 26 | And I want their names . |
| 27 | We sat round the fire with our leftovers and I answered their questions about the day 's events . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd pet ( the mice ) ‘ em , and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they were dead — because they were so little ’ |
| 29 | I think people point me out and say , ‘ There 's that woman , ’ and I feel their hostility towards me . |
| 30 | They were endlessly busy when they were n't praying and I remembered their surroundings as always faintly shining . |