Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] they [vb base] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I know anyone who has made a fortune from their knitting machine , but then they are not likely to tell me if they have a yacht in the Mediterranean and a villa in the south of France , are they ? |
| 2 | The bespectacled motormouth gets a cover splash on the New York Post for urging black kids to skip school the day his Malcolm X biopic opens , claiming that ‘ the teachers ca n't hold it against them if they write a report on what they see . ’ |
| 3 | Fortunately , the British can now buy them and they form a basis for this kind of pizza . |
| 4 | check it out for them and they want a quote , say it takes two blokes an hour each |
| 5 | Where were you when they put a man on the moon ? ’ |
| 6 | A track runs east from the car park , alongside the magnificent Water of Nevis , starting off benignly enough to lure bored coiffured teenagers in high heels along it until they come a cropper as it climbs through the woods and becomes rocky . |
| 7 | If anyone wanted to attempt it from what they 've read in this book , I would strongly recommend that they think very carefully about it before they acquire a bird . |
| 8 | ‘ Any artist thinking they have made it when they sign a recording contract is totally wrong , ’ warns Gatfield . |
| 9 | Now let's get back to them before they send a search party out looking for us . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But those do n't apply to us as they imply a sharing that 's total , and there 's only one area of my life that I can bring myself to share with you . ’ |