Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm no I mean it 's , it 's good to see them on they were , they , the programme on , on the fourth of November will be audio described |
| 2 | But if they was good hay and that and you tramped them down they stayed for ages . |
| 3 | Two elderly Irish ladies , sisters , linked arm in arm , asked me where they were . |
| 4 | And they 've gone all , you see I have n't been eating them so they 've been in the fridge and they 've gone all soft . |
| 5 | and I thought well I 'm not gon na eat them now they 've been out of bag , so I thought oh I 'll boil them up for dog |
| 6 | Rabbits are lively at nightfall , and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious . |
| 7 | ’ My husband asked them why they did n't take a statement from me four years ago . |
| 8 | But to have a trolley they needed money , their father 's money , and when Patsy suggested the idea to him , their father laughed and asked them where they expected him to find that sort of money . |
| 9 | I asked them where they were going . |
| 10 | So they agreed to let me play and I asked them where they wanted me . |
| 11 | Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big . |
| 12 | Oh I wonder what they 'll be like , I do n't want them as tight as those others , yeah but it 's the legs and that , those others of mine , when I got them back they were really very ti tight |
| 13 | I like airy but if , when you push them down they come back up . |
| 14 | But if he does n't trust them then they 're not then the Communist Party is n't gon na be able to fulfil their expectations of trying to change the peasants ' mentality to increase production . |
| 15 | These people , one of whom was a whiskered old man , carried guns which they let off frequently , rode horses at terrifying speeds across an arid landscape similar to the one I played in each day , while breathless crashing music and a small dog pursued everyone everywhere they went . |
| 16 | They 're spelt how you say them so they can be spelt er ten different ways in the same village ! |
| 17 | Now you 've let me down they 'll just say , we told you so , Sam and Foggerty and all . |
| 18 | Erm no I I honestly do n't think that er that the the problem is as big as as big as you you say it is and I I think the the structures are there to deal with that and if if people had you know if people used them then they would they would work and they from time to time that they are used and you know it it is not impossible to get rid of rid of a teacher in in the way you are suggesting . |
| 19 | group to go in and to spell them so they can talk to individual kids . |
| 20 | They 'd stand there and laugh at you , or say things to get you going , and when they felt they 'd wound you up they 'd walk away laughing . |
| 21 | Needless to say voluntary bodies are very nervous about that , because they have difficulty contracting to provide a service when they are totally dependent on unpaid volunteers , and therefore there is reluctance on their part to , to enter into contracts that bind them to provide something where they are uncertain about their ability to do it . |
| 22 | Once you have let anybody in they 'd chop you up and put you in their next stew |
| 23 | Er most people who claim invalidity benefit I mean do n't need it anyway they 're people who 've got , you know , the existing bad backs , people |
| 24 | yeah , but they 're not gon na , if they say it then they do n't make you strip |
| 25 | That 's like what the decorator said really knocking it out they 're on erm |
| 26 | It is hard for parishes to know what exactly they can do for the unemployed . |
| 27 | Better behave yourself else they wo n't swap it . |
| 28 | He 'd seen Nancy and Frank embracing in the back of the car , so closely entwined that it had been impossible to guess what else they were doing . |
| 29 | Those arrangements or agreements with , with us are within the law and that they 're between consenting adults , I do n't know what else they 're gon na think of banning . |
| 30 | Well I do n't know what else they had I think |