Example sentences of "[conj] we [verb] they [det] " in BNC.

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1 Sadly , we fell behind early on and never really threatened them after that , although we chased them all the way .
2 There were tracks over the snow and we followed them that day .
3 ‘ All our things are country things that have been well used over the years , and we use them all the time , and live with them , and enjoy them . ’
4 Okay and we want 'em both no half points for this
5 Oh well we try and keep all the cows mid-fifties as far as the cows goes and we run them all home here .
6 Oh yeah plenty and we caught them all but we were n't allowed to keep them .
7 And we gave them all the chance to have a share in the profits .
8 pupils , cos we see them all .
9 I tell you what if we had every company that sent their two parcels a week , if we carried them all we 'd be doing well would n't we ?
10 So if we change them all into quarters how many quarters would there be in a half ?
11 That an idea , yes , we , if we let them both know then , then erm , we might we might speed things up .
12 If we get them all in a row , we could do that one ah .
13 Afraid the water-table will go down if we flush them all at once ?
14 The melodic contour would suffer if we made them all equally prominent , so we have to decide on their relative importance and stress them accordingly .
15 because if we told them that
16 If we send them that well-known telegram ‘ Send reinforcements .
17 If you make a mistake , it 's just not possible to go back and retrieve it , and for a selector to say , ‘ Well , I do n't think this person 's made a very good case , I 'm sure if we gave them another chance they would make a better one . ’
18 did not get the peasants to support us unless we give them that .
19 But we had them this morning .
20 Remember that while we debated them both together , the vote will be taken as separate items .
21 It could take a number of years before we get them all on A L O courses and in fact there 's no way w I assume there 's no way we can put them on A L O courses til they 've done a crime prevention course at Is that right David ?
22 So the new element of the system is very much that we , the local authority , the social services department , do now have to assess people 's needs before we offer them any sort of care package to address those needs .
23 Their devotion was apparent when we took them both out for a walk .
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