Example sentences of "[coord] they [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They disliked having so young a couple in the vicarage and they made that plain . |
| 2 | They had to make policy on the hoof and they reprieved that place . |
| 3 | And they know that music so well . |
| 4 | I remember one time er these barges , old barges when you used to come up there , they ai n't got any engine in 'em at all because now they got motors in 'em , but erm , at that time , I was asleep one night and er these barges had been up , they 'd been down the the engine room , cos the engine room and the stoke hall was all in one and th and then I was so sound asleep they 'd filled the sacks up with coal and took them up over the and took the only thing they did do they did n't take the shovel they 'd used , cos they bought their shovel from off the barge and they left that downhill that 's how they 'd pinched the coal . |
| 5 | They scavenge energy from all around them — from the rays of the Sun , or by consuming energy-rich molecules created by other living things ; and they use that energy , constantly , to maintain their own extraordinary complexity . |
| 6 | You know , and then you leave it It 's what they term soft and it 's got to be left to sort of harden you know , and then some instances some people prefer a dull polish , they do n't like a a very bright and they 'll say what they call pumi powdered pumice stone and they put that sprinkle that on , and it 's got to be done a certain way with a brush so to not to leave any marks . |
| 7 | And if they did n't get up when the Night Sister switched the lights on , they were on the Matron 's mat , and they lost that hour . |
| 8 | As these teachers realized they were not to get the major posts of responsibility , that their objective career progression had come to an end , that their own subject expertise was being compared unfavourably with that of their colleagues from former grammar schools , and that they were to be allocated the ‘ dirty work ’ of teaching the lower-ability groups in the lower streams — they formed a staff counterculture which set about resisting the initiatives of the head , and they withdrew that commitment and enthusiasm in the classroom that had previously been a major part of their secondary modern identity : |
| 9 | Because I was quite heavily involved with that , and they withdrew that application , pending putting in one to com comply with what they were told from East Devon . |
| 10 | Well we 've talked football , we 've talked speedway , we 're now going to talk rugby , because if you 've been following the exploits of the Bicester Rugby Club , you 'll know they got through to the semi-finals of a big national competition , and they play that semi-final this coming Saturday . |
| 11 | Pretty li'l thing she was , but delicate ; you could see she wouldn ’ be long for this world — and they started that pottery thing … ’ |
| 12 | Hucklecote made most of the early running and took the lead on six minutes , Steve Barslow converting a penalty , and they increased that lead after a quarter of an hour when Mark Halkins went over for a try following good work from Steve Hamslow . |
| 13 | So I sent them a tape of stuff , and they liked that track . |
| 14 | So I sent them a tape of stuff , and they liked that track . |
| 15 | He kissed her fervently and they stayed that way until the lights went up and the usherettes began moving down the aisles with their trays of icecream . |
| 16 | and I , I mean I , I think we 've heard earlier a lot o , people who , people who 've who have become carers because they need that , they need to care for somebody , and they want that dimension in their life . |
| 17 | Is it any wonder that I now plead with my right hon. and learned Friend to intervene on behalf of pupils and parents who wish to move their children over the border to Staffordshire because they are fed up with their own high-spending council and they want that council to take responsibility ? |
| 18 | Erm , the next one is purely from the Carnival er , towards their erm , er , expenses and they say that insurance has risen from three hundred to twelve hundred pounds . |
| 19 | The media also perceive some institutions as more ‘ important ’ and hence more ‘ newsworthy ’ than others and they perpetuate that perception by locating themselves within or near those institutions . |
| 20 | Initially , of course , those who drove her out had to justify their actions to Elizabeth and prevent the English queen making any serious attempt to restore her sister of Scotland ; and they used that scholar of European distinction , George Buchanan , as their apologist , thus enabling the grave and learned humanist to display a remarkable talent for writing , as it were , copy for the Sun in the style of The Times , in his sensational Ane detectioun of the doinges of Marie quene of Scottes . |
| 21 | and they sold that and they bought that house between them Romana 's mum and dad |
| 22 | They did n't win in 1970 , but they put that right with a vengeance in 1971 . |
| 23 | True ; but they forget that privatisation will loosen the tight corset that the Treasury now puts on investment . |