Example sentences of "[coord] they [verb] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had some material and they said they would make it up into a Kamiz for me , so next time I went there I took along a garment that fitted me . |
| 2 | ’ They have raided the Glen Moriston site twice this week already in strength , and they said they would return before the end of the week . |
| 3 | ‘ I phoned the president 's office and they said they would see what they could do to help . |
| 4 | I could hear them pulling drawers out and they said they 'd go . |
| 5 | So we left there that Wednesday morning and they said they 'd give us until the Friday to think about it . |
| 6 | The buil the I 've rung them up and they said they 'd do it . |
| 7 | So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each . |
| 8 | I phoned them last week and said you know have you got any suggestions , and they said they 'd come back to me and they have n't . |
| 9 | Pam was a very down-to-earth person and they thought I 'd get on well . |
| 10 | It transpired the reason why I was put on the works was because there was another woman on the works with the same surname who 'd gone to Holloway for her appeal and they thought she 'd come back and had got us mixed up . |
| 11 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 12 | So it 'd got this eggshell in the bottom and they used they would work a a mast a sail on it . |
| 13 | Peculiar , they all agreed , but they knew they would go to cabin 10 none the less , for the deep , dark eyes held a mystery . |
| 14 | Not very seriously — just a hand up her dress — but they felt they would prefer a better neighbourhood . |
| 15 | Well , I suppose to find out his surname , but I have n't found it out , but they said they would stop it anyway . |