Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] they [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Magistrates told them they 'd used the vehicle as a weapon , with no regard for the life of their victim . |
| 2 | They told me they 'd found the source and they were going to prosecute the offender . |
| 3 | He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 ! |
| 4 | Father Morrow said magistrates told him they had studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Tony and felt they could not serve the summons . |
| 5 | Yeah I went and got it yesterday but they 'd had a break in and you should 've seen it they 'd smashed the front door , it were all smashed in . |
| 6 | They told us they had surrounded the building . |
| 7 | ‘ The advertising agency told us they wanted to make the ground look as much like Roker Park as possible , ’ he says . |
| 8 | He had to show the print a second time to censorship boards to convince them they had imagined the nudity . |