Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | He trained two thousand brave men , who became well disciplined ; no man swearing without paying a fine and if found to be drunk , they were set in the stocks and some were cashiered , and they became known everywhere they went as an elite regiment and many more wished to join them . |
| 2 | If pupils feel they want to smoke there they 'll have to stick to the bikesheds . |
| 3 | What I say is , if they want to live here they should live like us , not sleep outside on that mountain like animals . |
| 4 | I , I , I think Chairman , that I , having to put very good money after bad doing it this way , I think it 's perfectly true , people think of Shropshire as a rural county , and I think film producers will be people erm , if they want to come here they will and it 's hardly Council business , taking huge amounts erm , well known production , but er , quite often major films have been |
| 5 | They want information about what the band is doing ; or they want to know where they can get T-shirts , sweatshirts , concert tickets and other merchandise . |
| 6 | Well they swap do n't they |
| 7 | I know well , this is it they say do n't they |
| 8 | And she said and he said , well they told did n't they ? |
| 9 | In London you could be robbed , mugged , murdered , even , and no one would take the blindest bit of notice , yet here , in this little backwater , they 'd done all they could and more . |
| 10 | And they were going in the next morning , oh they 'd phoned up they 'd cancelled . |
| 11 | If they 'd played badly they might have expected a hiding . |
| 12 | What she 'd had was a double-booking , effectively , cos she 'd had this dinner which was meant to be in the private dining hall , but the numbers had suddenly shot up , and because they 'd said originally they wanted either the private dining hall or the main dining hall depending on numbers , she should have really booked them both and decided later and told me to like try somewhere else , but she did n't , she told me yeah the dining hall 's free . |
| 13 | Her daughter 's attack made her break down and weep , and after they 'd cried together they talked about the misunderstandings . |
| 14 | They vary do n't they ? |
| 15 | they hibernate do n't they ? |
| 16 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
| 17 | I know they refer to do n't they ? |
| 18 | and er they like do n't they George ? |
| 19 | When they began to travel abroad they invested in a couple of suits and a jacket which they passed around each other . |
| 20 | They know do n't they Dave ? |
| 21 | They followed did n't they . |
| 22 | Erm not necessarily addicted though , they just like it and they just wait until they get caught then they suffer the consequences themselves . |
| 23 | I took Tim to the match one Easter Monday they played Luton in league match , and Ted played , the old Ipswich player , and we go absolutely , it rained , hailed , blew , and we got home soaked to the skin you know , and er it seems to make you feel better if they win you know , but if you sort of put up with those sort of things and they , they lose it 's makes you feel right down in the dumps , but when they get promoted like they did last time it 's remarkable , it 's been remarked about this aspect , that people in local industry seem to work harder , and it seems to be a boost in general local traders make shop window displays and it seems to be a boost to the town in general and give a lift to the town if you like |
| 24 | But did n't they have did n't they say the fresh water 's ? |
| 25 | Only amid the mud and chaos of the West German embassy in Prague did they try to explain where they were going . |
| 26 | At this juncture the peace of the night was rent by the sudden wail of air-raid sirens , and as they started to walk off they bumped into some Italian soldiers . |
| 27 | they reckon do n't they , Waikiki |
| 28 | Dusk came quickly and they decided to stay where they were and camp for the night . |
| 29 | They died did n't they ? |
| 30 | And in July 1986 , 28 women were teargassed in their communal cell in Pollsmoor when they demanded to know why they were being held . |