Example sentences of "[vb base] a [noun] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if , somebody knows that they really , really want a child and they want it themselves and they do n't necessarily want a third person , then that it absolutely fantastic ! |
| 2 | If you write a spreadsheet for somebody else , you might be using a sixty six megahertz four eight six duel processor erm , spaceship , and , somebody is using a steam driven I B M A T or something , and it runs quite acceptably on your machine , a reasonable speed , and you give it to somebody else on that steam driven thing , and it takes ages to do anything , and er , you press a button and they wait half an hour sort of thing . |
| 3 | Potting of growing plants should be continuous until they attain a size where they can be transferred to the outdoor pool without hazard . |
| 4 | Edwards , in his book on in-service training , excluded short courses held by outside bodies as being ‘ properly outside the scope of this study ( although they deserve a mention because they are commonly used to supplement in-service training ) ’ . |
| 5 | But , no wait a minute cos they 're two issues ! |
| 6 | ‘ We wait a while and they just go away . |
| 7 | CRUSADERS deserve an Oscar if they were play-acting to confuse watching Swiss spy Michel Pont at Seaview . |
| 8 | True , all acts of government policy create a presumption that they will remain in force and are an invitation to the citizen to adapt his private behaviour accordingly ; but the tendency of decisions in the social service field to create vested interests is of a quite peculiar order . |
| 9 | Protruding parking bump sensors that sound a warning when they nudge another car have been launched as an accessory to help drivers squeeze into tight parking spaces . |
| 10 | RESIDENTS of Alexandria , Minneapolis face a problem if they fancy a bit of nookie after a meal . |
| 11 | I mean today they do , they plaster a wall and they |
| 12 | Well Liberties sell a fabric that they call poult , P O U L T for what was it ? |
| 13 | Well for my own part I think that one can educate students as far as possible in terms of what appropriate behaviour is , and I think that you can police students with disciplinary measures when it 's absolutely clear that when they know what the inappropriate behaviour is they nevertheless make a choice that they 're going to move beyond those boundaries of appropriateness . |
| 14 | You do something well and they 're cheering you , but you make a mistake and they are on your back . |
| 15 | It is true that when they use words like " aggression " and - " altruism " ( which they do a great deal ) they make a pretence that they have somehow dissociated these terms from their human behavioural origins — but it is only a pretence . |
| 16 | nearly always make a loss if they stop the |
| 17 | With 300 people each day dying from tobacco-related illness insurance firms know a risk when they see one . |
| 18 | Besides , they will not be put off because they know a bargain when they see one . |
| 19 | ‘ They like a drink but they have a weird attitude to anything else . ’ |
| 20 | I do think players get a fee when they renew contracts … but not in the same league as a big signing on fee . |
| 21 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 22 | And and a and if you like an affirmation that they 've got a future with us . |
| 23 | Is it is it because having taxed the disabled and taxed the divorce the government are aff afraid to face to the music and make an announcement that they are increasing tax on the sick . |
| 24 | Here Letham Carpets operate a shop-within-the-shop as they do in other Great Mills branches . |
| 25 | For instance , if someone knew that John and Mary always talk a lot when they go out , then that inference might be made in the face of example ( 4 ) , leading to a further set of mappings in which both John and Mary map into the same role-slot ( both are agents in a talking schema ) . |
| 26 | ‘ We produce a programme and they produce a programme . |
| 27 | Choose a spot where they can bask in plenty of sunshine each day . |
| 28 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 29 | That awful thing that so many groups get themselves involved in , when they 're on a plane and they do a gig and they do n't even know what city they 're in , he 'd manage to avoid . |
| 30 | Leave a space and they just hand write it straight off the report . |