Example sentences of "[prep] they [conj] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the tracks are there , visitors will find out about them and use them . |
| 2 | The agonies of reading one 's most intimate feelings and thoughts aloud to a roomful of strangers , and then being expected to talk about them and explain them in an acceptably relaxed and humorous manner were more than I could bear . |
| 3 | He said he 'd had other complaints about them and barred them from the dances . |
| 4 | The consequence was inertia ; no controversial issue could ever hope to be resolved satisfactorily , so governments , preoccupied with survival , merely tended to forget about them or postpone them to some indeterminate future date . |
| 5 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 6 | When they reached the kitchen Lucy collected the cups and saucers while Jean rinsed the crumbs off them and stacked them in the dishwasher . |
| 7 | Very soon dirty plates began to cascade down the chute and my job was to knock the food remains off them and transfer them to a mechanical washer . |
| 8 | From the smaller to the greater , the patterns always hold true , and the Factory has taught me to watch out for them and respect them . |
| 9 | ‘ Collar ’ was thus often used as a way of asking to go outdoors , and after saying ‘ Collar ’ , the chimpanzees would often go search for them and put them around their necks while pant-hooting in anticipation . |
| 10 | Such countries were allowed to buy non-military materials , provided that they paid cash for them and transported them in their own ships ( the " cash and carry laws " ) . |
| 11 | They 're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do , like die for them and work for them and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys , and they 're the ones who 'll survive another big war , in their bunkers and tunnels . |
| 12 | Now , a number of years later , I have seen some of God 's plans for them come about and realize how much he has cared for them and kept them safe . |
| 13 | ’ Blenkarn received the goods but never paid for them and sold them to Cundy who knew nothing of his fraud . |
| 14 | We pray for them and wish them well in their journey of faith . ’ |
| 15 | There were several questions I would have liked to have put to them , but had I done so I would have altered the environment for them and made them hyper-conscious of their limitations . |
| 16 | However if you say erm oh well you know erm boys will be boys that 's natural , tha that sounds as if you 're kind of making excuses for them and condoning them , so I think you 've got to be very careful about how you use the word natural and clearly it raises the whole question of how far you can , you can push erm cultural ideals against natural constraints an and what really is the issue . |
| 17 | Work for them and tolerate them . |
| 18 | Going up and down tracks is good for them and makes them very relaxed and happy . |
| 19 | Mrs Bennet and Jinny took charge of the two women and two small girls , making tea for them and wrapping them in blankets . |
| 20 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |
| 21 | as opposed to the , but , but some cupboard doors are diamond pattern , Muffin will you be quiet have we any more bones cooked for them or have they had them all ? |
| 22 | Items such as sweets and toys are often displayed at a low level — so that children will see them and either ask for them or buy them . |
| 23 | The capricious blaze , devouring the easiest fuel , hissed between them and drove them apart , and Isambard came leaping through it , grinning like a demon and bringing with him a shower of sparks and the smoky , scorching odour of hell . |
| 24 | With a small smile playing round his lips , he drew their two hands with the intertwined fingers into the space between them and leaned them lightly against his chest . |
| 25 | please look after them and bring them back each day , you 'll find a bandage and a roll of bandage in there and so their your own properties |
| 26 | Encourage people to wear their dentures and look after them and clean them regularly . |
| 27 | Those too young for sailing still enjoy pottering around the beach and paddling around on old windsurfers , though a parent should stay to look after them and keep them from the nearby road . |
| 28 | Well obviously they would look after them and keep them in good order , and what have you , so that there was no hold up with them trying to make a wage or whatever . |
| 29 | Now , the common understanding of this is that , they 're Christians , these are those who are followers of Jesus , they 're the Christians , and Jesus comes and er , ee er , there 's the little , there 's the one who is wandering away , who 's a stray and Jesus goes after them and brings them back into the fold and so on . |
| 30 | We ask that person to look after them and to show them the ropes . |