Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They make as if they 're gon na break into the room , and one of these guys is enjoying himself saying how he 's decided to rape her and then hand her to the dog . |
| 2 | The belligerence of their message and the violence of their appeal to negation and revolt is now passed over in silence and their works appear as if they were blank sheets to the privileged audiences of the present day . |
| 3 | And you do n't fall asleep , as you are inclined to do if you try to be an absorbent sponge , soaking in what the authors say as if they had the last word . |
| 4 | You encounter as if they were a sort of home Fountains of fern that jet from the coarse loam . |
| 5 | They choose to tax as much as they want to and they choose to spend as much as they want to and no one can tell them otherwise , there is no central control over that . |
| 6 | You say that so far as you 're concerned , it 's all right for children to learn if in fact they 're enjoying it and if in fact they want to and they 're not being coerced . |
| 7 | You say that so far as you 're concerned , it 's all right for children to learn if in fact they 're enjoying it and if in fact they want to and they 're not being coerced . |
| 8 | and to who they want to if they want |
| 9 | We 've the goals from Swindon 's game , but first Oxford United who proved they can shine when they want to as they beat Stoke 3:2 at the Manor . |
| 10 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |
| 11 | ‘ The trouble with foresters , ’ said Kāli , ‘ is that they 're permanently hungry : feed them well and they 'll leave you alone : forget to and they 'll scour the entire village for evidence of green wood , musk , tār and all the other protected animals that you 're not supposed to kill . |
| 12 | ‘ I imagine , ’ Alexandra said with difficulty , her swimming eyes still fixed on her plate , ‘ that in most households , people of twenty-one are not required to eat food they detest as if they were children . ’ |
| 13 | Any absences that you 've had erm for sickness full or half pay actually count in full for in these calculations as do erm any maternity leave absence you know providing you were actually receiving pay that 's half pay or more then those absences count as if they have n't actually occurred . |
| 14 | The term ‘ gouger ’ is flexible in that it refers to known criminals as well as others who look or act as if they have a potential for crime and trouble . |
| 15 | The Experience consists of four young men who look , talk and act as if they 've grown up in good families , graduated from decent schools , and dress as if they shop at just the right places — Paul Smith , say , or Emporio Armani . |
| 16 | Occasionally we hear of people of very advanced years who appear and act as if they were in their prime , both mentally and physically . |
| 17 | They are the guiding fictions which we repeat to ourselves so often , and with such conviction , that we forget that they are simply themes in a script we have written , and act as if they were true . |
| 18 | The followers of a charismatically inspired prophet may , for a while , feel and act as if they were all equally members of God 's elect , but if the community is to survive , the " routinization of charisma " , to use Weber 's term , always recreates a hierarchically ordered social structure . |
| 19 | Donkeys are not natural enthusiasts ; they walk as if they have arthritis . |
| 20 | If , on the other hand , you do not let yourself pay attention to your symptoms , or worry about whether they are there or not , then it is less likely the vicious circle will be set up and so the symptoms will not get worse . |
| 21 | Flipping talking , when they listen to that they 'll burst their bloody ear drums ! |
| 22 | All penalties are cumulative , but penalties for disobedience depend on whether they are incurred at one obstacle or not . |
| 23 | Other essays are damaged by what appears to be an opposite problem , but is actually a result of the same lack of structure : they read as if they are trying to solve two or more problems at once . |
| 24 | Laura smiled that silly sort of champagne smile that all men ( all right , some men ) look for before they move in for the kill . |
| 25 | Genesis is exhilarating and exuberant orthodox big-band music of a kind rarely played with such punch any more and the sharpness of the CD enhances the brash , headlong momentum of it — Tracey 's orchestras always sound as if they are going to work with the elan of Saturday night at the Savoy ballroom . |
| 26 | Several recent or forthcoming operas sound as if they were designed for — or perhaps by — what in Soho are known as people of strange and unusual tastes . |
| 27 | Bon Jovi never did dirty their songs with real spunk , anger or despair , on in fact any emotion that was n't packaged up in stadium size , third-hand slogans with melodies so open and bare they sound as if they 've caught sunstroke in the New Jersey heat , and nothing 's changed . |
| 28 | For most Indian families a marriage is as much a business proposition as a romantic affair of the heart , and perhaps for this reason many of the advertisements sound as if they are marketing objects rather than advertising potential spouses : |
| 29 | ‘ No , but I 've heard about the place , and I must say they sound as if they 're rather exciting , ’ Lucy said with a certain amount of truth . |
| 30 | To me they sound as if they 're very similar — so be warned . |