Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] have [verb] they [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Jack Smith and his wife Maisie were pets who 'd known them all their lives . |
2 | In Waves we 've had them all from ‘ yours thankingly ’ to ‘ up yours . ’ |
3 | I remembered how in England I had pitied them all tucked away in oblivion : Feathers , the first man of my course to go missing ; Johnny Soames whose aircraft I had watched skidding away from the formation on one of the early daylight raids over northern France . |
4 | I know that three days before they were killed , twenty-five people were invited to that house for the mass whipping of a dealer from Sunset Strip who 'd given them some bad dope . |
5 | After two days or so of ice-breaking we have found them all pleasant and cooperative , and eager to take advantage of the books , etc. that we have brought . |
6 | No , Crawford , that was the name of the host ; she could distinctly remember Justin mentioning it before they 'd arrived here ; it was his wife who had invited them all — well , not all of them exactly , just Justin — ‘ Because she likes them young , ’ Justin had informed them , as they 'd piled into his old banger of a car . |
7 | But once again on the phone you have to tell them that 's what you want to discuss when you come round . |
8 | ‘ The next minute he 'd picked them both up and thrown them out of the window . ’ |
9 | Mike Barson , the man who 'd given them most of their best tunes , quit the group , spent . |
10 | A.D.A.S. are once quoted as saying our land would grow nothing but Rhododendrons and Heather ( and when their advice was free , we would call them out and go away and do the opposite ) but in true pioneering spirit we have proved them all wrong ! |
11 | Mosley and Joyce , however , were determined to make some gesture of defiance towards the growing crowd which had booed them all the way . |
12 | Some really weird creations are possible , and although their are thousands of possibilities , this probably has the least long-term ‘ playability ’ — you know once you 've seen one thirty eyed , nine legged , four mouthed Zug monster from Venus you 've seen 'em all … |
13 | The visitors were again struck by injury ; a problem which has plagued them all season . |
14 | And she has been so taken by her findings she has put them all down on paper . |
15 | By the time you 've bought them some cigarettes and given them some money for the pub and said well if there er and the car has n't got any petrol so you pay for ten pounds worth of petrol . |