Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 2 | Carter and Cureton 's entries on " style " seemed to match the first brief and I found they complemented each other in interesting ways . |
| 3 | then I noticed them exchanging terse remarks every time my man was facing . |
| 4 | I ordered them to fasten all windows — much good that would do — draw the curtains , and stay out of sight . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw them nudge each other and stare — after all , he is divine . |
| 6 | Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) . |
| 7 | If one may suspend conscience , and forget the conditions and costs of labour which allowed them to create this wealth , then these streets — as they do in London and Edinburgh , and still to be seen in Dublin — define the comfort of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century middle classes . |
| 8 | Many were following the old General ( later Combined ) Degree which allowed them to study three subjects for finals . |
| 9 | Mr Hook pointed out many of the Division One sides were concentrated round the south-east , which meant they had less travelling expenses . |
| 10 | A number of studies have brought out the bargaining strength of trade unions during the period of near full employment [ Brown , 1981 ] , which enabled them to reinforce long-established work practices which were an incubus on British industry in the form of overmanning . |
| 11 | They even took pride in developing new skills which enabled them to use difficult machines which inexperienced people could not use . |
| 12 | By bourgeoisification , Taylor is referring to the increasing emphasis within the game on comfort and entertainment manifested in such developments as the reconstruction of grounds as commercial stadia ( with covered stands , seats and floodlights ) , the payment of large transfer fees and the freedom of contract for players which enabled them to command large salaries . |
| 13 | If somebody said they wanted Ionic number five slightly different |
| 14 | Thus , in Dorchester Finance Company Ltd v Stebbing , two non-executive directors were held to have been negligent in equipping an executive director with signed blank cheques who used them to make unrecoverable loans . |
| 15 | Diomedes ' mares differed from mortal horses in that they would feed only on human flesh , a trait encouraged by their master who ordered them to eat any stranger who trespassed in his kingdom . |
| 16 | When she found a lot more shoots in different places , she decided they needed more air and light , so she began to pull out the thick grass around them . |
| 17 | She knew they had different fathers and she knew that in each case there was only a certain number of possibilities , but beyond that all was obscure . |
| 18 | Always so many darlings , and you knew they hated each other . |
| 19 | Thought it was only a day , and they were talking to somebody else on the ferry who said they did this trip every year did n't they ? |
| 20 | She says , Ali Carver , she said they 'd been to that last Saturday night with a couple from and she said they paid fifteen pound just them |
| 21 | Er and then similarly to that they er were said to seek agreement by Lakehoff she said they used more questions and more tag questions . |
| 22 | She said , as you said , they s she said they used less swearing and more please and thank yous . |
| 23 | You said they had nice boys at Walthamstow . |
| 24 | I remember an Oxford don complaining that she was tired of hearing the claim that universities should aim to produce ‘ rounded ’ people ; she wanted them to have sharp corners that would interact and strike sparks . |
| 25 | You came back and said you wanted them to have thirteen weeks . |
| 26 | I think you wanted them to have some time together but … but perhaps not most of the night , ’ she finished on a whisper . |
| 27 | We asked them to consider two things — what would make a good general gift for any fishkeeper — and what would they actually want to find in their Christmas stocking . |
| 28 | When we arrived they kissed each other good night and Albert kissed me on the cheek before he turned and walked off . |
| 29 | the empire we allowed them to have British passports did n't we ? |
| 30 | 8e Lawrence admitted : ‘ We watched them play that day and they slaughtered us . |