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 .
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