Example sentences of "[coord] they [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been either obstinately ultra-conservative and hide-bound by tradition or they amaze all and sundry by initiatives . |
| 2 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 3 | They either assumed that what appeared in such a paper was nonsense or establishment propaganda , or they read such papers as the Manchester Guardian , as it was then called . |
| 4 | ‘ When I wear a fine coat , the working people that I want for models are afraid of me and distrust me , or they want more money from me . ’ |
| 5 | Asked about the SNP leadership , he declared : ‘ I do n't say that Salmond and Sillars and Ewing and them have all the answers , no . |
| 6 | He partnered Dwyer in the foursomes against vastly experienced Yorkshire captain Steve East and ex-professional Chris Bloice and they fought all the way before going down 2 & 1 . |
| 7 | The former bowled mean medium-pace , the latter with a venomous left arm , and they shared all 13 Australian wickets to fall in a low-scoring game that Waddy 's men won by seven . |
| 8 | Her little apartment had become their home , where she cooked for him and they shared all the daylight hours together . |
| 9 | Even though most of the working-class women had low skill , repetitive jobs , they picked out certain qualities of these jobs as satisfying by comparison with housework , and they shared this tendency with the middle-class women . |
| 10 | Women were able to do the job for which they were hired and they cost less than men . |
| 11 | This meant that everyone lived near to one another , and they copied each other exactly . |
| 12 | The heavies clump downstairs laughing , and they jeer all the way down the garden path . |
| 13 | Only the highest standards in church broadcasts are acceptable , and they require much careful planning and rehearsal . |
| 14 | concrete stairs and , George nearly killed himself on them one morning , but er , and we tried everything to get out of there you know , no one would exchange a two bedroom maisonette for a house and of course I longed for a garden , but , and er George got a job in Hatfield and they offered this three bedroom house The Commission for The New Town , rent was cheaper than here , so we moved over there , but er , as I say we were only there two , three years and we came back again , we were over here , we used to come over here three times a week , when we lived there did n't we ? |
| 15 | As a result they , they grow large , they grow aggressive , and they 're highly coloured and they fight each other for access to males . |
| 16 | They discovered the olive oil we had left behind and they took all our olive oil machines . |
| 17 | And they took all the shandy out of the machine . |
| 18 | ‘ Edinburgh citizens , ’ Mr Thin complained , ‘ were advised not to come into the centre of town , and they took this advice very literally . ’ |
| 19 | And they took another driver on and he does a lot of that , the runs there you see . |
| 20 | This seemed to worry the two men , and they took several minutes to calm Bobbie down and to stop her crying . |
| 21 | Probably should have won it on , about seventy-five percent of it , but we were n't as good , we , nowhere what we should have been , but give them credit , they worked very hard and er well there was only one goal in it , they kept doing their job and they done that quite well . |
| 22 | sort of track are contacting the people who done a very good job on the on the public footpath erm and that was actually going through our land , and they done some steps with erm you know erm wooden erm supports in them , er maybe in in conjunction with , was it ? |
| 23 | They disliked having so young a couple in the vicarage and they made that plain . |
| 24 | He went down to and trained here and then he came back and they made all the maps there . |
| 25 | Well I , I , as I say , I did follow it up and in fact , I even went to a committee where I sat and spoke to the er the police face to face and they made all sorts of promises but nothing materialized . |
| 26 | peters also introduced him to small-boat cruising and they made many cruises between Marblehead and the Canadian border . |
| 27 | And he was going round and they made such a fuss of him cos he was Philomena 's husband |
| 28 | Now you could say that was perhaps maintenance , but it 's all been cleaned , it 's been repointed , there are new lanterns , they 've done all the paintwork and they made such a beautiful job of it , it 's really almost for the craftsmanship and the care that we gave them a certificate for that as well . |
| 29 | and well they used to make , and they made these they made kind of lots of tin things you know like different sizes and I can nae just describe what they , there was one had big whiskers down his face but er the rest was clean shaven , you ken . |
| 30 | I designed and made the drawings for some jigs and we made them I 'd two or three men with me and they made these jigs and them underneath the sets . |