Example sentences of "and they [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day .
2 ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time .
3 the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir
4 Farnham reached their second cup final of the season — and they did it the hard way when they met Cranleigh in the semi-finals of the Class Elite Cup at the Memorial Ground on Saturday .
5 And they closed one the other week that 's flooded now
6 She asked the two men all about driving a steam train , and they showed her the automatic brake , and the little clock faces that told them how much steam the engine was making .
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