Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one knight became separated from the rest of his team he might find five or six opponents all bearing down on him at once , and one of them might strike him in the back . |
| 2 | They must squash them in the hand and just throw it in must n't they ? |
| 3 | If the Greens ever form a government , they should use him in the commercials advocating population control . |
| 4 | You take one or two , having studied the collectors of the world , and the highly professional fences of the antique market , and place them where they 'll bring you in the best and safest return . |
| 5 | They 'll poke you in the eye |
| 6 | to remind somebody they 'll fill it in the accident |
| 7 | Like you say you 've got to watch them cos they 'll stab you in the back wo n't they ? |
| 8 | They might keep it in the garden and have it as bed and breakfast ! |
| 9 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 10 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |
| 11 | On 28 May , the DIA video gear arrived from Lebanon , and on the 29th , he flew home alone with it , having been assured that Mary-Claude and Sarah would be protected until such time as they could join him in the States with Mary-Claude 's sister Giselle . |
| 12 | ‘ Because the rope used to come down through here so they could ring it in the cloakroom . |
| 13 | They 'd put it in the boot of the car and she said chuck it ! |
| 14 | Er I saw how they used to do it in the after they 'd finished work , used to be at it till till nine or ten that night . |
| 15 | I recall many years ago a lot of people used to go on bicycles and they used to leave them in the front of those houses that are just in . |
| 16 | In this area there was also a great amount of seasonal labour-migration : farm-workers going to sea after the harvest for the home fishing — half-breedfishermen they used to call them in the Saints district of north Suffolk ; and the fishing-chaps who bought or hired a horse or donkey and trap to hawk fish round the villages during the herring season ; and there was an associated dealing in horses from Scotland to satisfy the seasonal demand . |
| 17 | And they used to put them in the christmas pudding . |
| 18 | And then they used to keep you in the Winter more or less and the visitors making up So it was s a steady trade all round . |
| 19 | They used to have them in the Summer , ready for the Winter . |
| 20 | They used to have them in the in the houses you see . |
| 21 | They would scorn you in the condition you 're in . |
| 22 | And erm erm the tailors would come when they wanted to do any pressing of seams , or anything , and they would take the goose iron , and put it in on of the , what we call press cloths , that we pressed the And then they would douse it in the bucket of water , to get it the right heat , to start , so a cloud of steam went up . |
| 23 | Well er they would rest it in the parapet of a bridge I think . |
| 24 | The equations they will give you in the book are in that one . |
| 25 | They will put them in the gaol for that ! ’ |
| 26 | Leithers will give the Prime Minister a warm welcome , but they will put him in the hot seat because of mass unemployment , homelessness and general misery , which have been experienced not just in my constituency , but throughout Britain . |
| 27 | If Mr Major and his Chancellor are still not sure of the size of their task , they will find it in the latest TODAY/ICM Feelgood Index , which measures consumer confidence . |
| 28 | Erm and they will keep them in the archives and I suppose transcribe them or something of the sort . |
| 29 | ‘ I need two or three good club games under my belt first and if I do well in those I hope they will include me in the team again . ’ |
| 30 | That 's alright , play with it , there 's no point in saying anything to them Bev it 's now got to be proven and I say , if I can get it done and I can get it sent off , then they will point me in the right direction wo n't they ? |