Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them send us word when Balliol returns … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ New bugs are wets and weeds their mummies blub when they kiss them goodbye while seniors such as me hem-hem stand grimly by licking their slobering chops . |
| 3 | Well if they owe us money and stuff like that , we might have to be going to court in the end with it but the only trouble is , we 're losing that much bloody time taking a day off and going down there ! |
| 4 | Finally , there is one point which all of the customised companies made : personalised cosmetics may cost a little more than standard products , but they save you money because they do away with make-up mistakes . |
| 5 | They give me life and hope , they renew me . |
| 6 | Eh , first of all they give them champagne so they all get caught drinking and driving , |
| 7 | Get a few ranters together and they give you broth if you let them save your soul . |
| 8 | They give us their advice on what they know about the voluntary sector , and they give us guidance and help , in fact , the meeting took place er , only two days ago , and absolutely invaluable to be able to sit and listen to people who 've spent their life in the voluntary sector working with some of the difficulties we do n't appreciate . |
| 9 | They name him Xorandor because they notice that ‘ His logic could be both absolutely rigorous and absolutely contradictory at crucial points , some arguments could be both XOR and AND , or XOR and OR ’ ( 18 ) . |
| 10 | Yet the logic of the definition suggested that it would benefit especially kings , whose competence to declare war could not be impugned : thus Thibaud of Blois failed to persuade the monks of Marmoutier that they owed him service when he fought against Louis VI ; they claimed discretion in the matter ; and in 1184 , the mighty Philip of Alsace hesitated to commit to battle the army he had summoned against Philip Augustus , through fear that its ranks might melt away . |
| 11 | ‘ They called me Papa because I was the eldest , three years older than Gifford , six years older than Eddie . ’ |
| 12 | Isambard was in his bath , washing off the sweat of the hunt , when they brought him word that there was a groom at the lower guard in Llewelyn 's livery , asking safe-conduct for an envoy from Aber . |
| 13 | So they returned each to his own country , blessing him for their deliverance , and magnifying his great bounty ; and forthwith they sent him tribute and acknowledged themselves to be his vassals . |
| 14 | They bought him canvas and paints and Maurice continued to paint from postcards . |
| 15 | And like my parents sort of went , the thought that they gave them money that we had for it , yeah |
| 16 | They gave him character and sex appeal . |
| 17 | Where they gave me meat and drink . ’ |
| 18 | Then I was in the hospital for a fortnight and they gave me Librium and I was really ill at that time . |
| 19 | They gave me bread and milk , and asked my name . |
| 20 | I revelled in winning major titles , setting records ; they earned me respect and I wanted more . |
| 21 | Did they teach you hockey when you went to school ? ’ |
| 22 | They think they own you body and soul , ’ she said , nodding towards where she last saw Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke . |
| 23 | The cleverness was in using the wealth of old prints lying around ignored and simplifying them to make them fresher and give them a contemporary feel . |
| 24 | The second point is that the staff and the community , with the support of the Labour group and now the Democrats , have finally got a compromise solution which may not give them everything but again gives them what is achievable within the political complexion of this council and they must now accept that there is an onus upon them to make it work and thirdly we have got to make sure that the staffing arrangements that are referred to in here and I quote there there 'd be posts for each centre who will be expected to add each with staff teams to coordinate the delivery of services by the two centres . |