Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 2 | and , they asked us did we want to take over the dinners because |
| 3 | So devastated were they when she announced that the term was due to end last week for a long Easter break that they begged her to let them continue . |
| 4 | I do n't mind whether we used reins or not , th th they just Well I mean they knew what to do you see ? |
| 5 | When they nagged her to let them go , she conveyed to Kit he should allow it . |
| 6 | Oh it er oh it used to take it all depends how much they gave her to do you see . |
| 7 | ‘ They said what did we want to be . ’ |
| 8 | Well , it came to the and it was in the shop and they said what do you want ? |
| 9 | Well they said what do you want it to be oh God , I ca n't , there you are it 's as , it 's as easy as that , it 's as easy as that |
| 10 | Well , I , I said everybody 's said , everybody said exactly the same thing , they said what do you think of her ? |