Example sentences of "[coord] they [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 2 | And they sold me The Last Boy Scout . |
| 3 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 4 | the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir |
| 5 | And I mean the nurses and everybody , the doctors were really great , and they give us the best of treatment there , and I do n't think you 'll speak to anybody that was in the hospital that 'll say anything differently , they were really great . |
| 6 | And they gave him the rowdiest send-off of the campaign . |
| 7 | Not only was Pumblechook 's elbow in my eye , but I was n't allowed to speak , and they gave me the worst pieces of meat . |
| 8 | Farnham reached their second cup final of the season — and they did it the hard way when they met Cranleigh in the semi-finals of the Class Elite Cup at the Memorial Ground on Saturday . |
| 9 | She asked the two men all about driving a steam train , and they showed her the automatic brake , and the little clock faces that told them how much steam the engine was making . |
| 10 | But they called him the un-canny Scot . |
| 11 | But they do it the other way as well . |