Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 2 | You should make sure you know where the parents can be contacted , and that they have given you all the information you are likely to need about the child . |
| 3 | It 's , what they 've done is they 've closed er er , erm branch , an office massive office in London and they 've moved them all over to Leeds because they ca n't get the people to take jobs in London so they 've transferred it all to Leeds , and erm there 's a chance of erm getting promotion , well , a very good chance of getting promotion down there . |
| 4 | He was , he said he 'd send us , once they 'd got it all sorted out he said he 'd send us a book , the book on it . |
| 5 | And they 've given me that . |
| 6 | And they 've given her half of it are n't they ? |
| 7 | I 've spoken to Nylabone — the manufacturers of the Plaque Attacker and they have reassured us that small pieces are intended to break off when you chew vigorously . |
| 8 | I 'm gon na see if they 've saved me any . |
| 9 | Looks as if they 've cleared it all up , he 's looking all around . |
| 10 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 11 | Erm it would have been better if they 'd given you some information to say , They all voted for at least one |
| 12 | Yeah , its probably cos they 've done it all before so , they know , they know what goes on there . |
| 13 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 14 | They thought he was a bit peculiar , maybe , but they 'd accepted him all the same . |
| 15 | The two usual options are either a big block , like on the back of a Strat , which is really hard to deal with , or there 's nothing , because they 've sanded it all away . |
| 16 | oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done |
| 17 | Oh I do n't know since they 've done it all up , no probably not . |
| 18 | ‘ Well ? ’ said William , when they 'd seen it all and adjourned to the pub opposite the station , an old waiting room of a pub that had not yet been converted into a wine bar or a theme park and was consequently empty . |
| 19 | No , looks as though they 've done you some sort of . |
| 20 | In cafes they would come up and sit at your table and chat as though they had known you all their lives . |