Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm going through a stage where erm , I 'm cooking them lunch and they just have a |
| 2 | I could n't type , we had n't got anybody doing the office work in the detective staff , the Detective Sergeant used to do most of it , if he was not available I used to have to get an older detective to type a report out for me , and because I was a junior , they were not so careful in typing my reports as they were theirs . |
| 3 | No wonder the goalies wear those protective face-masks ( they also come in useful for protecting their identities when they go around hacking people up on Summer camps ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Look at me , ’ he said , and she did , slowly opening her eyes until they were fixed on his face . |
| 5 | It was in their interests to make work for the dental profession and sell vitamin C , not to let it get about that simply by keeping their hands where they ought to be young people could have healthy teeth and gums for life . |
| 6 | This was so important that he and some colleagues spent the next two years computing and checking their calculations until they were totally satisfied with the correctness of the result . |
| 7 | Boxer called over his shoulder , cracking his whip as they moved off . |
| 8 | sending their mail to erm Body Shop er , they 'd been grooming their nails because they 've heard that the Body shops , in the paper the other day erm are paying ten pounds per nail if your nail 's an inch long , you know , so you cut this talon off if it 's an inch long and they had loads and loads of them sent in envelopes or people just ringing up and asking can we send our nail , ten pound a nail and they said , where the rumour started from these people had heard that because they do n't do erm experiments on animals any more they 're using nails to do experiments , the nail polish and that |
| 9 | More effective was the rush by two of the protection squad firing their tommies as they ran down the ship 's steep gangplank . |
| 10 | I have scant evidence to suggest that the problem for incomers is seen as much more than this — there may be a threat to house prices on behalf of non-oil-related incomers ( who have no guarantees ) but oil-related workers seem to be assured-of recovering their costs if they decide to sell up . |
| 11 | ‘ I will write a novel about the Empire [ Du Camp reports him saying ] and bring in the evening receptions at Compiègne , with all the ambassadors , marshals and senators rattling their decorations as they bend to the ground to kiss the hand of the Prince Imperial . |
| 12 | The schemes now are paid a pension at fifty , but the only , the only snag I understand is it is n't inflation , inflation proofed until fifty-five , but people are drawing their pensions and they get their lump sums at fifty and it 's enhanced to take into account the actual and expected earnings for the next three years , so er you take thirty thousand people , one point seven billion can soon erm |
| 13 | Second , if they were sympathetic , they were more likely to enjoy freedom in publicizing their science if they were Protestants . |
| 14 | Users with a horror of suddenly finding their workstations grinding to a snail 's pace need not worry since they can stop LoadLeveler from using their machines when they are logged on . |
| 15 | The same group placed much more emphasis on their children being happy and enjoying their lessons than they did on examination results . |
| 16 | The weather was fine and they were enjoying their walk when they came across the neglected remains of a large house which they had often seen in the distance from the pump-house . |
| 17 | The more weak-willed of the defenders very often spent more time watching the native princes eating their banquets than they did watching the enemy lines . |
| 18 | Doom Divers take their opportunity very seriously , practising for weeks by jumping off increasingly taller rocks , strengthening their arms by flapping their wings as they run about in circles , and getting trolls to throw them into the air . |
| 19 | Hippopotamuses spread their scents by whisking their tails as they defecate , while white rhinos stamp in their faeces and then deposit the odour with each fragrant footstep . |
| 20 | What they do find difficult is filling their day once they have actually come off drugs because they have built up a kind of lifestyle that has already been said |
| 21 | ‘ They 've all gone mad and they 're filling their suitcases and they 're leaving for Spain in about thirty minutes ! ’ |
| 22 | She did not really care whether people listened or not ; she was interested herself in what she was saying , and she was quite happy to potter about from bench to bench watching people writing their diaries when they should have been writing up their experiments . |
| 23 | I mean sure they 're acting their ancestors and they 're quite willing ( in exchange for some Mickey Mouse presents ) to build us a raft and transport us upstream on it and be filmed doing this . |
| 24 | Many knitters worry about damaging their machines if they break the rules , but so long as you allow the machine to guide you , you should n't damage it . |
| 25 | Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time . |
| 26 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 27 | ‘ And what the plague , ’ demanded Rhodri Parry irritably , grasping her arm as they crossed towards the guesthouse doorway , ‘ did you want with starting such a frantic legal bother , without a word of warning to me , without a hint of your purpose ? |
| 28 | Because people can still be paying their premiums once they go past seventy one , they have n't got to cash it in . |
| 29 | Salesmen have a job to do but many have a far better chance of selling their wares if they demonstrate a degree of understanding and sensitivity . |
| 30 | Afterwards she felt that Sarah had deliberately steered the conversation away from Terry , and recalling her remark that they knew him better than she did , Anne felt uneasy without quite knowing why . |