Example sentences of "and they [vb base] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boots had platform soles and they cost him more than his weekly wages at the warehouse . |
| 2 | are our best friends and they wish us well , |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And they take them five in a nest and they were all er males , of course . |
| 6 | Adolescents have no defence like that to cut off experience , they have wide-open eyes , and they take it all on . |
| 7 | They go here , they go here and they make me dizzy . |
| 8 | If I see things and they make me mad , I have to talk about it . ’ |
| 9 | Disorganized capitalism remains capitalism , and they make it clear that they are not bidding farewell to the working class . |
| 10 | and prevent you from erm and they make you healthy and really fit and everything . |
| 11 | And that 's led to a change in the guitars , as well , because any guitar with a tremolo arm is a guitar with a trapdoor , an escape route you can take any time you 're feeling uncomfortable — and they make you lazy with your finger vibrato as well . |
| 12 | and they cut it all that |
| 13 | and they come round and they bring them all out to the front |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | There are fertilisers gone down the river and they kill them all off . |
| 16 | If you bring something to them , they assume it 's your 's , and they keep it safe for you . |
| 17 | People slag them 'cos they ca n't play properly and they get it all wrong . |
| 18 | All their special , you know , relics and that and they put them all in the cellars so when it was bombed , all the precio all the treasures and that were kept . |
| 19 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 20 | And they give me all the equipment I need . |
| 21 | Worked out less than , I do n't know and they give us all the posters and everything , so weekend I 'm gon na send away for another seventy |
| 22 | And they give you all the other information you need . |
| 23 | And you go in there and they give you dirty looks , you know . |
| 24 | There 's some people send us money and say , I 've read in such and such a paper , erm somebody send it from Chesterfield the there their paper there , and they send us ten pounds or something and erm you know erm you never know how the fruits er . |
| 25 | ‘ And they do him some . |
| 26 | They know when to knock it to the corners , when to play it short , when to feed the strikers and they do it all with the highest quality . |
| 27 | And they buy it all in , there was no pay in it . |
| 28 | ‘ And they call me cynical ! ’ he laughs . |
| 29 | And they want it open a little bit earlier because erm you know , in case anybody comes . |
| 30 | Er where do you go if you go to court and they find you guilty ? and they lock you up . |