Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had you by your short and curlies the minute they got you into that uniform . ’ |
| 2 | But they got us into this mess , it 's up to them to get us out of it . |
| 3 | They asked me for more money . |
| 4 | No , the council 's took it over , they sold it to this bloke . |
| 5 | He 'd been talking to these erm Greek blokes and they invited him into this bar for erm |
| 6 | You see in consecrated ground so they buried her in this bit of wheat land at the Muckle Water there . |
| 7 | before they transferred him to another prison . |
| 8 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 9 | The police probably knew everything ; it was only a matter of time now before they challenged her about that sample of nail polish . |
| 10 | The Mitchells were granted permission to burn charcoal from coppiced timber at Hangman 's Wood if they returned it to this state of management . |
| 11 | The boy had not spoken since they thrust him into this sandstone cell under the ground and left him with his single candle and his narrow bed . |
| 12 | They took me in this bungalow |
| 13 | I found a felt-tip pen in the desk drawer and addressed the envelope to ‘ Mr F. MacLean ’ care of a pub I knew in Southwark where they knew me by that name . |
| 14 | They did it with such tenderness that I gained new strength from their friendship , suddenly seeing the value in continuing , if only to deepen that shared bond . |
| 15 | Cos erm they gave it to this woman and the woman gave it to me . |
| 16 | They buttressed me to some degree from the isolation I felt . |
| 17 | yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see . |
| 18 | but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason |