Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 2 | I do n't think education comes into it , Chairman , because they change them every other year anyway , |
| 3 | Morality and religion open the door to oppression but in focusing so sharply on the woman 's role they make her the central symbol of the culture . |
| 4 | And the other thing about visual things , let's , let's say there is a reference to somebody having piles , but they make it a visual gag |
| 5 | They send him a free one every six months ! |
| 6 | Perhaps they send you a similar letter . |
| 7 | The timbers are badly shaped and put together ; such a structure can only be a vehicle for plants and the sooner they cover it the better . |
| 8 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 9 | They show us an exquisite quantity of French cured meats , smoked crayfish , mayonnaise , salads , champagne , pâté , patisserie and chocolates . |
| 10 | At the moment they 've a very good training plant for for Sizewell B , they show you the old erm magnox station , but they also the pressure water reactor station , and course also we 've got the very old one down at Bradwell if you know about , down on the Me West Merseyside , we got the old power station down there . |
| 11 | They charge you an extra quid for booking with a credit card , and say they ca n't be held responsible if the postman wobs the ticket in transit . |
| 12 | We pay every week to get into the game ; this money goes to the manager and team , and in return they owe us a good afternoon 's entertainment . |
| 13 | Although they give me a good start for next issue . |
| 14 | ‘ Now it 's great to be going back there in a successful side — I only hope they give me a good reception . ’ |
| 15 | Anyway , they give me a good talkin' to an' one o' the coppers kept givin' me an old-fashioned look . |
| 16 | Mm , mm , I do n't know , I think one of me tablets , me , for me heart , they give me a different tablet like , it was a same like Heinz Beans or Cross and Blackwell Beans |
| 17 | But do n't call the law unless they give me the black spot , or if you see the seaman with one leg — he 's worse than any of them . ’ |
| 18 | You know they , they give me the military police at the school I tell you , who are you , well I 'm Nick , are you sure , yeah |
| 19 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 20 | They give them a some of the information . |
| 21 | No plenty of bloody but no or see he forgot to go up and help was busy on Boxing Day they wo n't pay , they give them a free ticket to get in . |
| 22 | the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir |
| 23 | Frequently they give her the exact day they decided life was not worth living , and sometimes even the time of day the decision was made . |
| 24 | And his collaborator Donovan Wylie 's superb photographs do n't merely illustrate or complement his text ; they give it a further dynamic depth and dimension . |
| 25 | When you 're a child they say , ‘ You know you should n't do that ’ , and they give you a bloody good rollicking and leave it at that — they try to terrify you . |
| 26 | So take aways sometimes they work and sometimes they give you a nice counting number and sometimes they give you this thing . |
| 27 | And you are left in this condition during the operation , then at the end of the operation they give you a second injection that reverses the first one that paralysed you . |
| 28 | You ask how they know and they give you a vague description about the pelvis , etc. etc. , and you go away not altogether satisfied with the explanations . |
| 29 | Closely co-ordinated with the controls , these ‘ ladders ’ not only give you a functional , attractive display , they give you a precise setting , too . |
| 30 | Right , here 's one where they give you a little bit of the table This this is a That 's a fairly complicated sort of thing that they give on the table , erm give you the valencies and the |