Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I du n no if they told me the way — I can t remember , but I think it 's this way . |
| 2 | Oh there was no such thing if they gave you the money , you might nip off . . |
| 3 | we went in , you know , and that was the place an'all even the carpet that 's twelve hundred pound , cos they showed us the bill , you know er it 's been a it 's dirty and that but you know that wants , wants a good washing you know |
| 4 | The elements of the curriculum considered essential by LEAs were varied and some were reluctant to make any statement on this because they felt it the job of schools . |
| 5 | And she rang up here when when they offered us the space , she rang up here and asked for me . |
| 6 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 7 | ‘ When they told me the body had been mutilated and burnt I did n't think it was Brian . |
| 8 | When they saw me the laughter stopped . |
| 9 | The Waste lay on a high part of the forest so that when they reached it the sun , which had already sunk from sight in the valleys , was still poised above the dark low edge of the distant forest . |
| 10 | ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’ |
| 11 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 12 | When they gave him the MBE ( some said it should have been the Croix de Guerre ) for services to the Party , the club committee charged 10p a pint all day . |
| 13 | The men times the hours when whenever you whenever you get your answer , you can check that your men times the hours must still still be the same as it was when you when they gave you the question . |
| 14 | There was only one good bit in the film — when they showed you the lit–de bastard pissing up a wall . |
| 15 | As they showed her the house , Rose seemed to enter completely into the terrible awareness of Moran now sitting in the car chair meditatively rotating his thumbs about one another . |