Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scum are rampant ( although they owe it all to ooh-ah ) . |
| 2 | there has to be space for these people though somehow I always feel that they cream it all the same . |
| 3 | Prior to his arrival Sotheby 's ( still specialising heavily in books at this date ) had an unwritten agreement with Christie 's that they sent them any pictures brought to their offices and in return Christie 's sent them any books they received for sale . |
| 4 | it 's , it 's , it 's ridiculous I just think it 's very unfair that they regard you that way . |
| 5 | Then he knows that they fear him more than dishonour . |
| 6 | Anyone viewing all this nonsense from another planet — as most men do — can be forgiven for assuming that women are a bunch of mixed up crazies who do n't know what they want , but do know that they want it all , both ways and with jam on the top , too . |
| 7 | I filled four pages which I sent with a footnote requesting that they send me some books . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it was quite a victory , looking at ‘ The Aztecs ’ , that they allowed me some leeway there : having me chosen as the wife of the Warrior , which more or less said , look she 's marriageable now . |
| 9 | These people here are very over-careful you know , they just like to cover every eventuality so they asked us all to ring our families even though there is n't a thing wrong … . ’ |
| 10 | It 's not that bad , it 's just that red and green are fairly important colours to people who try to wave down planes and things like that , so they told me that being a pilot was definitely out . |
| 11 | They decided they wanted to make me look unusual , to make me look ‘ spacey ’ , and so they cut it all off . ’ |
| 12 | all these drugs he 's been having , so they gave him some er tablets and er , he said on Sunday he was in such pain , so he said try these , he has given me some before , but er , you 're supposed to take two and I was only taking one |
| 13 | I did n't really believe the , so they showed me these pictures of themselves with Mr Brando , on his Tahitian island , their arms round him . |
| 14 | They did n't like the turkey so they threw it all away . |
| 15 | And I went , I know everybody had a piece of this chocolate on their plates , but there was nothing else I could do , once they saw it that was it . |
| 16 | The boots had platform soles and they cost him more than his weekly wages at the warehouse . |
| 17 | So I had to go to the , like the job centre and they offered me this , which I did n't really fancy at the time . |
| 18 | She opened her window and screamed and erm , of course the neighbours come but they was gone and they took it all they 're gold she had it on in bed , pulled it over husband neck , . |
| 19 | ‘ — and I was placed between Harry Burrows and Piers Langley and they told me all about hunting round here and really it was so interesting that I hardly noticed what we ate , some sort of fish and pheasant I think and , oh yes , there was an ice but by that stage , you know , I did n't have the smallest corner to put in so much as a mouthful — ’ |
| 20 | I mean in terms of population I think I somebody did er Strathclyde regional council used to be a client of mine when I was with Three M er well you know a client of my rep up here but er and they told me some time that I think a huge percentage of the whole of Scotland 's population |
| 21 | ‘ And they told him this here cow run away . |
| 22 | we 're still involved , and they tell me that life on a fire station is still very pleasant so I 'm sure it must be . |
| 23 | But if you did and said can you sell me some erm emulsion paint , which is non-drip , and they sell you some matt paint , which drips , then clearly they 've sold you something which was not fit for the purpose that you had specified . |
| 24 | Adolescents have no defence like that to cut off experience , they have wide-open eyes , and they take it all on . |
| 25 | and they cut it all that |
| 26 | and they come round and they bring them all out to the front |
| 27 | But the only thing what , I , I mean , I got through , it says hi you 've got through to Ross King 's er , blah , we 're going to repeat those competition questions for you , and they repeat it all to you , and they , is your answer A bla B C and then , it 's please speak after the tone , beep and then you say your thing and then , now would you like to leave your name and number |
| 28 | There are fertilisers gone down the river and they kill them all off . |
| 29 | eighty pound if it 's not one thing you know it 's fortnight ago from Co-Op it 's forty one P a packet , went last week it was forty six P a packet , so Richard and Angela went the other day for nan and they got me some at same time , she leant me the money , yeah , cos I was absolutely broke , gone back down again to forty one |
| 30 | People slag them 'cos they ca n't play properly and they get it all wrong . |