Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not alleging that they are mechanically unsafe , but when people go to parties or dances they find that some of the buses are not clean and up to the standard that they had come to expect when buses were under local authority control . |
| 2 | I wish he 'd get his teeth seen to ; do they have special police dentists or do they have to go to the ones everybody else goes to and hope the dentist does n't have some … have some grudge … some grudge against … ? |
| 3 | Did they in fact have access to the new birth-control methods or did they practice older nineteenth-century birth-control techniques , more suited to the pockets of the working class ? |
| 4 | It 's the only way they can go around harassing and criminalizing black kids and think they 're doing a good job . |
| 5 | Mike met his brother 's eyes and saw they were like steel . |
| 6 | Xanthe likes this bit , she has blue eyes and fancies they 're like the sky . |
| 7 | Supporters of sacked workers have rejected accusations of ‘ rent-a-mob ’ tactics and say they plan to turn up in force again . |
| 8 | ‘ She knew the lads and said they were very nice so that made it easier to audition for them . ’ |
| 9 | ROSS was impressed too with England 's performances in recent months and felt they scored some superb tries . |
| 10 | Now as the city of Manchester goes all out to win the race to host the Olympic games … our own town of Banbury has beaten them to a gold medal … the local boatbuilding firm of Laser will be racing at the next Olympics and to celebrate they 're having a water sports week |
| 11 | People still wear flares and think they 're being groovy . |
| 12 | According to Richard Baxter , for example , it led to the arrogance of ‘ idle boys who tear out all the hard leaves of their books and say they have learned all when they have learned the rest ’ . |
| 13 | I do n't want to stand in the doorway and shake hands but it 's a great feeling to go into one of the restaurants and realise they do n't belong to the GrandMet or Imperial , but they are mine ! ’ |
| 14 | These moral issues , which troubled those who wished to enjoy the company of animals but felt they had to judge them on a set of human values , have caused less concern in recent years . |
| 15 | During Allen 's second day in the witness box , he admitted taking the nude pictures but denied they were pornographic . |
| 16 | Previously , they had been presented in the basic , unaffected prose of fanzines but knew they had officially arrived in the real world of music journalism when Neil Taylor asked them to pose outside Buckingham Palace . |
| 17 | Amphoterics by themselves are not recommended for use as disinfectants although when compounded with QACs or bisguanides they can be effective if somewhat expensive . |
| 18 | Oh I can imagine it being a bit strained off and on with er two lots of parents or do they know each other well and everything ? |
| 19 | ‘ We have to get back to a position where investors want to invest in unquoted companies and believe they 're still getting a good return , but I do n't think that will be the 30% they might have been promised . ’ |
| 20 | They sell goods direct from communities in developing countries and say they 're selling the briquetters to encourage Eric Lamont-Gregory in his quest to export his invention to the third world . |
| 21 | Bernard Cotton , the England manager , forcefully expressed the view that England failed to beat the Lahore XI because the Pakistani umpires did not award them the penalty corners and strokes they had earned . |
| 22 | Bernard Cotton , the England manager , forcefully expressed the view that England failed to beat the Lahore XI because the Pakistani umpires did not award them the penalty corners and strokes they had earned . |
| 23 | Suddenly , Rachel saw Tiger Balm Gardens and realised they were on Tai Hang Road . |
| 24 | If , if you buy a p a new pair of shoes and realize they 're faulty and you go back the next day and say I bought these shoes from you yesterday , I 've still got my receipt , I believe the shoes are faulty , can I have my money back ? |
| 25 | Wogs and wops they were called . |
| 26 | The police soon traced the couple 's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris . |
| 27 | I often think of your grandchildren and hope they are flourishing . |
| 28 | This was so severe a problem that in the early twentieth century a petitioner to the asantehene protested against such death duties and said they had |
| 29 | Sixteen losing girls hurled charges of racism and score-fixing at the judges and said they would sue the organisers . |
| 30 | Alarmed by the scale of public outrage over the attack , the Provisional Irish Republican Army accused the police of being more interested in protecting property than saving lives and claimed they had not wanted to hurt anyone . |