Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] they [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were so relieved at the college that they let him keep his job . ’ |
| 2 | It was as if the train journey itself , the old-fashioned intimate compartment in which they had found themselves , the freedom from interruptions and the tyranny of the telephone , the sense of time visibly flying , annihilated under the pounding wheels , not to be accounted for , had released both of them from a carefulness which had become so much a part of living that they were no longer aware of its weight until they let it slip from their shoulders . |
| 3 | K : ‘ It is , because we do n't have room for a washing machine and they let us take the laundry to them . ’ |
| 4 | People can ‘ change their luck ’ , and can in a way say ‘ No ’ to divine Providence , though of course if they do they have to stand by the consequences of their decision . |
| 5 | He nearly had a nervous breakdown so they made him go to Plumford . |
| 6 | Even in the best run schools there are times when children , staff , parents and neighbours do n't receive the quality of service that they feel they deserve . |
| 7 | but then they could hit you on the head if they saw you 've got it with you . |
| 8 | Ca n't let this go on , they 'll be in trouble if they let it go on . |
| 9 | How disappointed would you be if you went to a game and they made you watch a video instead of the real thing ? |
| 10 | How disappointed would you be if you went to a game and they made you watch a video instead of the real thing ? |
| 11 | For voting as they do they have reasons sufficient in their eyes and not to be called in question . |
| 12 | ‘ and what I particularly like is the way that they make you feel so welcome . |
| 13 | Children after the age of 2 are often so keen to prove their own independence and ability that they feel they know much better than their parents and so argue or ignore parents ' normal requests . |
| 14 | oh Barbados , but we have to seen if their teletext if they let us do , but I 've just talked to Jamaican people and they said their , their friend he got some contact wanting some order , then later on this lady says no it 's best thing to do go |
| 15 | In fact , we 've stolen some nuclear weapons and we 're going to tell the government we 're going to blow up the whole country unless they let us play Wembley . ’ |
| 16 | Barnsley always looked threatening on the aerial front and they made it count when Brendan O'Connell arrived at the back post to bury a Wayne Biggins cross with a power header . |