Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] they [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 2 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 3 | I give them a hot mash too , as well as letting them scratch about here , we cook up all the scraps in the kitchen . |
| 4 | The only way people will trust me is if I give them a signed piece of paper with my address on . ’ |
| 5 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 6 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 7 | They wo n't wear it for one minute when I tell them the whole story . ’ |
| 8 | I find them a constant worry when they 're sleeping cos you 're making sure whether they 're still breathing |
| 9 | Shall I tell them the latest news ? |
| 10 | They usually need to be cooked and I use them a great deal with beans and in Mexican dishes , slicing them before cooking . |
| 11 | And they , the company wrote back and said it 's so much a policy and looks reasonable and I sent them a bloody cheque you see |
| 12 | I gave them a bogus address but they did n't check it out . |
| 13 | I gave them a three-hour lecture on the basic principles of stochastics , he said . |
| 14 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
| 15 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 16 | I gave them a three-minute start then Bogartishly gunned my heap . |
| 17 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 18 | I gave them a good show , with my writhings and moanings . |
| 19 | Well he said on that tape , I gave them a fat cheque of six thousand pounds . |
| 20 | Of course , I gave them the warmest spot in the garden , against my only south-facing wall . |
| 21 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 22 | Most people are accustomed to follow linguistic rules more or less slavishly , but in this case they would be glad to change if only someone gave them a new set of clear rules to follow ( an earlier work by Miller and Swift was subtitled ‘ New Language in New Times ’ : it seems they take the optimistic view that we are living in a postfeminist world ) . |
| 23 | Correction , someone gave them an early Christmas present . |
| 24 | Altogether , I did them a good turn . |
| 25 | shepherds pie yesterday and I did them a few chips with it as well . |
| 26 | I have them the undisputed champions of they 're idiots . |
| 27 | Then I , for a few minutes , we 've got only fifteen minutes so , about twelve to fifteen minutes , and I explain them the historical aspects . |
| 28 | Hirszowicz summarizes the specific features of communist bureaucracies which make them a new species of bureaucratic order as follows : |
| 29 | The key characteristics of each company which make them a good fit with the client should be identified . |
| 30 | The key characteristics of each company which make them a good fit with the client should be identified . |