Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of us ignore the fact that people do have their own development and they want to do something a bit more exciting , but unless we 're given the opportunity ask will they want to demonstrate it ? |
| 2 | The chairman , Martin Jay , told me they were always looking for new ideas to raise money but they want to keep it an event for the family , a rural event based on the race . |
| 3 | No that 's true Alan , no , aha , I know , aha , and they want to pay somebody a fee to do a service , how many service have we had done ? |
| 4 | They say giving someone a patch is far cheaper than treating the same person for heart disease or lung cancer . |
| 5 | They seem to use them a lot , buses , do n't they ? |
| 6 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 7 | They keep calling her a liar cos she hangs about with me . |
| 8 | And they keep giving her a courtesy car so I should think so after spending twenty one grand ! |
| 9 | they they they do give you an option just to start off very low . |
| 10 | I think sometimes they do tell you a lot but er y'know generally speaking they 're like looking for items that strongly distinguish . |
| 11 | And he said yes but it 's , it 's the accommodation we 've got , maybe it 's a Company move and they 've given them an apartment or something , seven months old , you know , that big , so by the time |
| 12 | My Uncle Stan and Aunt Alice are very good to me and more than good to Carrie , they 've given her a start in life she would never have had here . |
| 13 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
| 14 | ‘ They 've given me a lot of furniture and other things that have been passed down through the generations . |
| 15 | Now she came away thinking I 've got this secondhand car and they 've given me a warranty . |
| 16 | ‘ They 've given me a roomette or some such , but I take this thing seriously . |
| 17 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 18 | They 've given him a price just for painting the walls . |
| 19 | Yeah they 've charged me a fiver 's fucking commission on that . |
| 20 | When , when they 've been down , and they 've been back to school , they 've sent me a collections of drawings and nice little notes about it , and we 've come firm friends because first they look at me , on me as the pond woman , oh , they saw me on television getting my award , and erm they thought that was rather wonderful , and so we , we , we talk and now the , the first ones have quite grown up . |
| 21 | Well they 've sent you a letter from hospital . |
| 22 | They 've picked themselves a chairman in David Harris of Adobe and the board includes Peter Winston of Xhibition , Peter Shaw of AGE Logic , Stephen King of Tektronix , Brian Fitzgerald of DEC and Michael Harrigan of NCD and Anil Malhotra of IXI . |
| 23 | They 've brought you a farewell present but they think it 's just too big . |
| 24 | An example of that would be if you bought a new pocket calculator and then find it wo n't work then the legal position is the shop have broken their contract with you , because they 've sold you a pocket calculator which is not of merchantable quality , and you should be entitled to money back in a case like that . |
| 25 | They 've sponsored us a consultancy , |
| 26 | Yeah but they 've tak they 've taken they 've taken it a stage further and er prettied it up and given it another facility . |
| 27 | They 've had it a bit too easy I think . |
| 28 | Fear not , honoured woman , said he ; you are but lately arrived , and they come to bring you a present , which shall help marry your daughters . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ They have made it a priority to discover a Yorkshire-born non-white player to play for them . |
| 30 | We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright . |