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Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] they " in BNC.

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1	Some pensioner constituents who come to see me ask why they are penalised and punished .
2	Hypnosis may also occasionally help someone remember by encouraging them to imagine how they felt or what they were doing at the time of the event .
3	Last week it despatched entry forms for the Scottish Marketing Awards to its members , encouraging them to show how they had got to the top of the class .
4	they sell them do n't they ?
5	You ca n't make them come off they 're blimming boots .
6	plus all the schools that they 're going to between and what do we want them to collect so they can do all and that .
7	But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of
8	For example , we gave some a picture showing some batteries and a light bulb and asked them to show how they would connect them up to make the light bulb glow .
9	times of I mean , I actually think it 's a an awful lot of ask of a friendship , or of a family situation and also , indeed , if you I mean I think sometimes they can be very supportive but th the true understanding may not be there and erm I think that 's what led me to start up a self- help group in Edinburgh erm which is , has been erm running for the last two years now .
10	Cos I mean I do n't they wan na be cut out or anything like that .
11	‘ Program them to self-destruct whenever they miss a target .
12	Do you know I wondered why they were suddenly
13	d' ya know when they go and er
14	D' ya know why they do n't know it exists ?
15	which we have a erm , there 's a bit about release policy and procedures for local groups , er , groups can help their prisoner with mummy or other erm relief , erm on the Christmas family particularly and it 's , it 's explaining you know how they do it and the best ways to go about it .
16	They expect you to get on They tell you what to do and you had to make the best .
17	These trousers fit you do n't they ?
18	they trained him did n't they ?
19	‘ As a result the majority of young girls I have interviewed say they regret how they lost their virginity and would love to turn the clock back . ’
20	Erm people say they come round they come round with their children
21	Mm , see they , they 'd actually approached all this , they 've approached it have n't they ?
22	If you were gon na go for it , but then they , they changed it did n't they ?
23	they seem to sell them do n't they ?
24	‘ Tell Wally to keep his eyes open and let me know when they pass him , ’ Hitch instructed .
25	They let you know how they want to be treated .
26	but the boys who have knocked him down come and told her did n't they ?
27	and though they went away and the bomb squad came they went away they they had a problem with their vehicles and the second lot of dogs did n't like the area either
28	not gon na do it do n't they ?
29	It will therefore be wise to record details of job changes and about leavers No doubt there are gaps in my scenario , but the range of activity I have described provides ample scope for the beneficial use of computers , so let us see how they can be used In doing so I shall make particular reference to the value of microcomputers .
30	We want to open up lines of communication and provide more information so that people know what is available , tell us when they are pleased with the services and , equally , let us know when they are not .