Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | nearly fifty years had n't they ? |
| 2 | It took the English eleven days to discover where they were ; they planned an attack on the encampment , but were dissuaded and the only military action was a surprise move by the Earl of Douglas against the English camp . |
| 3 | You 've all got friends and relations in er other jobs and they 've all been struggling for the last two or three years have n't they ? |
| 4 | Er say , I mean they normally give me three pounds do n't they ? |
| 5 | They 've all got three names have n't they ? |
| 6 | Jeff Goodman talks about a new opportunity which the University Careers Service is offering to graduates of the last ten years to re-assess where they have got to in their careers . |
| 7 | When they start probing you , they go right back and I mean they went back what ten , twelve years did n't they ? |
| 8 | Er Twelve men take So they 're building a wall or something . |
| 9 | Been there for a hundred years have n't they ? |
| 10 | This exchange of ideas during the class in no way impeded the work of the children , as these conversations never lasted longer than a few minutes and even if two children spoke together they continued their work . |
| 11 | Outings can be for just one or two residents to go somewhere they want to , or it may involve the whole staff and all the residents . |