Example sentences of "and [adv] they [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | But stolid stonewalling makes for poor copy and dull viewing , and eventually they let him go , although even then a few of the younger and hungrier among them followed him down the wide staircase and out into Piazza Matteotti , hoping for a belated indiscretion . |
2 | They did n't like the EVO column one bit and finally they made me choose between them and it . ’ |
3 | And then they make you do it — with a gun pointed at the back of your neck . |
4 | He remained like that for a few seconds longer , while they tied his wrists to a pair of iron rings bolted into the wall , and then they let him go and left him dangling there — half in , half out of the river . |
5 | yeah , yeah I must admit it 's a poor do when they know exactly where the criminal 's going to be at a certain time and then they let 'em go |