Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They eventually reach her via the markets in Liverpool . |
| 2 | so it was a bit of er struggle to er , to get them to come and look at it and fix 'em up again , well they did n't fix 'em up they , they , they give 'em a new one , they only got it in the sale |
| 3 | That 's right they only have it off the |
| 4 | And they only do it to the angry ones . |
| 5 | They constantly warned us of the danger of the roads , about the thieves and vagabonds who dressed in green or brown buckram and played Robin Hood in the dark forests or wastelands we passed through . |
| 6 | They literally pushed them down the stairs ? |
| 7 | that was cos of the fat , the fat so as they just lay it over the top and put the potatoes and onions |
| 8 | They just chuck it on the floor . |
| 9 | It was a wet morning so they just took him to the corner and ran him to the corner of Richmond Row in his bare feet — brought him back — ‘ Put your shoes on ! ’ |
| 10 | This time there was no knife , they just got him on the floor and it was just a fist which had come down on the man 's face again and again . |
| 11 | Well where would you , mind you I suppose like in the olden days you could only get big prams , they just had them in the living room did n't they ? |
| 12 | so they just left it in the middle of the road |
| 13 | They just put them in the meat wagon and dropped them up town . |
| 14 | People have to invest their money and most years , whether in an era of low interest rates or high interest rates , they are likely to have some of their capital eroded by inflation , after tax is taken into account , if they just put it in the building society . |
| 15 | They just put it in the machine and tag it and , price |
| 16 | They just leave them in the post room do n't they ? |
| 17 | It has also been suggested that people buy the book because they have read reviews of it or because it is on the best-seller list , but they do n't read it ; they just have it in the bookcase or on the coffee table , thereby getting credit for having it without taking the effort of having to understand it . |
| 18 | ‘ They already have them in the States . |
| 19 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 20 | They still drive her up the wall — and no one acts it out quite as well as Kirstie . |
| 21 | I think they might … they still owe us from the famous Wembley farce in the 70's . |
| 22 | I wondered if they still did it at the pictures , 'cos it 's years since I went to the pictures . |
| 23 | Item that Richard Curteys of Battle … entered the liberty of this lordship and made an assult on Richard Knyght against the peace by night ; and with a strong hand , with force and arms , to wit , with swords , bows and arrows , they unjustly took him outside the aforesaid lordship and carried him off to Battle , within the liberty and town of the abbot of Battle , against the peace . |
| 24 | It is said that there is a spell within the music , and that they always spin it for the true heir , and that it protects that heir throughout his life . |
| 25 | They always play it by the bloody book . ’ |
| 26 | No matter how hard you try , they always beat you to the huts . |
| 27 | They always see me as The Boss , and I do n't want to The Boss . |
| 28 | If she was already this tired of his witty conversation , he wondered , how would they ever make it to the coffee stage ? |
| 29 | They also develop it through the process of living , itself . |
| 30 | They also enrolled him in the Skoda Owners ' Club , complete with badge and sticker . |