Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] they [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , thank goodness for er modern technology I got them please do n't , do n't all fax them up to the department , er these faxes are very hard to read |
| 2 | so I described them how to do it , perched on our knees , looking down , no sound without a script , it was just absolutely ludicrous |
| 3 | Right , erm I told them just throw these out ! |
| 4 | I told them not to wait ; or to come back . ’ |
| 5 | I told them not to worry , that I was sure I 'd see them again — on the scene . |
| 6 | My position there was simple : I told them not to worry about it . |
| 7 | I told them always to hold their heads up high because , at the end of the day , this family is as good as any other . |
| 8 | If he became excitable , I advised they gently apply the brake on the lead and calm Moby down with quiet words and perhaps a short ‘ sit ’ , before leading him off toward the dog or person again , allowing Moby to become used to their presence . |
| 9 | They both got it instinctively wrong , but then worked it out roughly by the sun , and I showed them how to use a watch as a compass , which Gareth half remembered , having learned before . |
| 10 | I showed them how to build my mast , and soon everything was ready for me to start work on the woman monster . |
| 11 | The holes got bigger on top of the hill so I rang them again saying they 're dangerous for cyclist for a motorbike could have an accident . |
| 12 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |
| 13 | They went to Merrivale today , she and Chadam , I knew they both had today off , she said it was gorgeous there |
| 14 | I tapped them blindly to sound as if counting them out . |
| 15 | I thought they just pratted about |
| 16 | I thought they just did sides . |
| 17 | I thought they just called it a domestic |
| 18 | I thought they normally had two , you see . |
| 19 | But I thought they only allowed you to bury Catholics there . ’ |
| 20 | I thought they only liked bananas . ’ |
| 21 | cos I took them off to peel some potatoes |
| 22 | ‘ I sent them in to retrieve Christine LaFayette , the female offspring of the woman who now … manages … your Earth . |
| 23 | I said they even fight then , there 's not enough . |
| 24 | Just as I said they just phoned , Kenny just phoned and said are you coming horseracing ? |
| 25 | I had them specially done ! ’ |
| 26 | I know , just that when your house needs a re-wiring got you worry I wished they never got rid off her new Christmas one , just think all the money we 've spent on |
| 27 | It is often the way with Mughal ruins : while the more primitive forts which preceded them still have an aura of power as they rise solid and impregnable from the burning plains , the silky refinement expressed in Mughal architecture turns , in decay , to something approaching seediness . |
| 28 | In New York they were called an hour before the show opened , and once they had done their face make-up , they only had to put on tights rather than spend a long time carefully using wet white , which gave them longer to gossip . |
| 29 | The Fascist youth organizations which replaced them never went camping , or learned how to cook , or developed any other outdoor skills . |
| 30 | They drew up some papers which said they legally owned it . |