Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , there have been so many opportunities for growth in countries that do not require local equity sharing that they have had little incentive to try to build businesses in those countries that do . |
| 2 | It was , he noticed , distinctly less warm than it had been , with an east wind blowing as they turned into the Parade . |
| 3 | Well people have rung into this programme saying that they 've been put off visiting graves because this man is there . |
| 4 | The last two boxes were lifted on to the small boat , the men who strained under their weight cursing as they completed their task . |
| 5 | Isolation facilities were very limited and the clerk was directed to write to the County Council enquiring whether they intended to provide a sanatorium for ‘ consumption ’ . |
| 6 | The proportion reporting that they thought people were healthier now than in their parents ' time decreased with age , from 78 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 years to 67 per cent of those aged 85 years and over ( Victor 1990a ) . |
| 7 | For example , the percentage reporting that they had had a cold or flu in the previous month showed little change with age . |
| 8 | The proportion responding that they thought they could trust the United Sates " a great deal " was 62% ( up from 45% in 1975 ) , a figure not matched by any other country : the closest was Norway , which 37% thought they could trust to the same extent . |
| 9 | While staying at The Vyne in Hampshire at the end of the last century , Lord Charles Beresford made a spectacular conquest which led to the object of his desire suggesting that they furthered their acquaintance in her room after the rest of the party had retired . |
| 10 | Readers may have received mail shots with the Barclaycard logo suggesting that they stand a good chance of winning a six figure sum of money and a car in a prize draw . |
| 11 | ‘ A lot of people fell around the place laughing when they heard about the middle-aged poet bit , ’ he says . |
| 12 | They will tell me they can ‘ see ’ the theme emerging as they interview a person . |
| 13 | ‘ I heard them in the shop talking and they said you had taken her out . ’ |
| 14 | Ullman therefore suggests ( contra empiricists and Piaget ) that a baby — or , one might add , a kingfisher — can see that two appearances are views of one and the same object even if it has never seen that sort of object before , and even if it has no tactile or manipulative evidence suggesting that they pertain to one and the same thing . |
| 15 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 16 | And they get hooked , it acts like a bearing , a ball bearing and they get a little bit on the edge |
| 17 | We circulated a letter to various individuals in the field asking if they had any unpublished records we might need . |
| 18 | Yeah , buy it in innocence and if it 's been robbed the police confiscate off you you get a piece of paper saying that they 've got it , and that 's it you 've you 've got nothing ! |
| 19 | In one typical case reported recently by the Union of Communication Workers , an operator was asked by the ambulance service to keep a woman talking until they arrived to prevent her falling into a coma . |
| 20 | I filled four pages which I sent with a footnote requesting that they send me some books . |
| 21 | As a result far too many people emerge from their doctor , lawyer or bank manager feeling that they have not had a fair deal and have been treated as children rather than as adults who know their own mind . |
| 22 | A Grand Jury in California handed up indictments against two officers of Symantec Corp alleging that they stole trade secrets from Borland International Inc after a six-month investigation by the district attorney 's office of Santa Cruz County , California into the allegations that a Borland officer brought confidential company material with him when he left Borland to join Symantec ; Symantec says that last it hired an independent law firm to look into the charges , and it was given the opinion that there was no crime committed and that none of the items constitute trade secrets . |
| 23 | The transport department said the clauses were introduced to prevent asset stripping and they meant tax payers reaped some benefit from sales . |
| 24 | ‘ So many people come to our clinic complaining that they have greasy hair , when they are simply not washing it frequently enough , ’ says trichologist Glenn Lyons . |
| 25 | Together with other members of the medical team and the accident prevention team , Rachel had been watching the video of a recent casualty faking that they had staged at OBEX Aircraft Corporation . |
| 26 | If someone is given too much change in a supermarket , for instance , they might keep the money claiming that they need it much more than the supermarket does and , anyway , nobody would find out . |
| 27 | Charles Eaton , director of the pilot needle exchange programme and now a city health official , agrees : ‘ There is no evidence from any syringe exchange scheme anywhere in the world suggesting that they encourage people to inject . |
| 28 | An army spokesman pointed out to journalists that the men were being held under anti-terrorist legislation and added that they had already been interrogated and had been ‘ singing like birds ’ , a phrase from the criminal underworld implying that they had confessed to crimes . |
| 29 | We were originally going to do two shows at Knebworth , but we had to cancel one because they figured it would be too hard — we could n't get the trucks there on time and get the show going when they wanted to do it . |
| 30 | REGARDING T. Clayton of Childwall 's letter stating that they have Blackpool lights on their doorsteps in Chelwood Avenue . |