Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 2 | ‘ I shall go and make them cook me some breakfast . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't want them to ask me any more questions , so what I do is I lie back in the sofa and shut my eyes like I 'm asleep . |
| 4 | City have had more than their fair share of great players : Gordon Banks , Peter Shilton , Gary Lineker , Alan Smith , Gary McAllister , Mike Newell — pity they sold 'em all ! |
| 5 | But as it was , when the generals entered they had it all their own presumptuous way . |
| 6 | We are constantly talking to the press try and persuade them to give us more coverage . |
| 7 | It is worth considering how to start the investigation : whether to do a bit yourself first to get them going , or work with the whole class as a large group , or just state the problem and let them do it all . |
| 8 | ‘ Let them leave it another two weeks to make the two months , ’ he advised . |
| 9 | Twice they 've been with a cart , and Miss Theda let them take it all without a word said ! ’ |
| 10 | Oh Jesus , Sam , she was everybody 's Aunt Jemima , if she 'd turned up with her hair in a bun and flour on her apron she could n't have made them love her more , Jesus , Sam , we 're not guilty . |
| 11 | She says they bought them all from Birmingham — many are for weddings and rituals . |
| 12 | SINCE the BBC has bought the rights to the Thatcher Story , let's hope they tell it all . |
| 13 | They often feel they know it all and tend to give the impression that they are ‘ experts ’ on blacks . |
| 14 | and then she kept saying they owed her some money you know |
| 15 | The closest they came was in the mid-Eighties when their group , Trash , Flash And Money — ‘ straight down-the-line uninteresting Billy Idol rock music ’ — was signed to a development deal by Capitol records in America ( in a development deal they give you some money while they decide whether you are any cop after all ) . |
| 16 | But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there . |
| 17 | ‘ They knock on my door and say they want to pull on a black and white shirt , but when I ask them to prove it some ca n't , ’ said Keegan . |
| 18 | Even better , go down to your local computer shop and ask them to show you several different ways to back-up , then choose the one which seems easiest . |
| 19 | ‘ I say , do you suppose they charged us enough ? |
| 20 | Not like some they sent him ; six weeks in wireless school and they thought they knew it all . |
| 21 | Do n't let them give you that line . |
| 22 | ‘ Did they tell you that ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Really , did they tell you that ? |
| 24 | Did they tell you that ? ’ |
| 25 | Now did they give you that and it 's something you do n't need or do you think maybe it 's something you do need ? |
| 26 | Did they give you that too ? ’ |
| 27 | Did they give you any at the shelter ? ’ |
| 28 | Did they give you any drops to use Bob ? |
| 29 | Did they give you any antibiotics ? |
| 30 | But why , with its criticisms of Micky Stewart and Indian ball-doctoring , did they pass it all . |