Example sentences of "[coord] they [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean in terms of population I think I somebody did er Strathclyde regional council used to be a client of mine when I was with Three M er well you know a client of my rep up here but er and they told me some time that I think a huge percentage of the whole of Scotland 's population |
2 | And they brought them flick-knife combs . |
3 | And Ford 's put up a lot of the money and so they wanted their cut from the publicity , and they gave me another award , and their manager in Brighton came to present it . |
4 | And they says , Well a person who lived in your flat before you had a telly , you know and they gave me some excuse , you know that the the the person who lived in here before me had ripped them off and they says , How do we know that you 're not that person , you know things like that . |
5 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
6 | ‘ It did n't cause us any problems , and they gave us 1,200 lempiras ( $300 ) . |
7 | ‘ They 're cheaper to run and they gave us more flexibility on positioning , ’ Wren adds . |
8 | I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water . |
9 | I read them , furtively , like boys do pornography , and they showed me another world . |
10 | And they bought it last summer and they 've had trouble ever since ! |
11 | But they stopped them last year did n't they ? |
12 | John did not want to see a doctor , but they overrode him this morning and had the quack in . |