Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Erm that was on the same vein and they got they got a ce er a certain amount of national er erm national er publicity .
2 And then they got me to sign a form , they did n't say what it was for .
3 When Ivy went to see her she said oh Mrs Mr came to see me yesterday afternoon he brought another gentleman with him , a nice gentleman so I she said I think they were taking the census , they got me to sign a paper .
4 When the borders opened up last year , they realised they had the worst .
5 They realised I told a better story when I was composed .
6 Nan why do they make him wear the trousers like ?
7 I then did a physical which they made me run a mile and a half , did press ups , sit ups , which I passed .
8 They made me look a risky proposition until Terry Butcher gave me a chance at Coventry .
9 They made him dig a grave in the rocky ground at 1.00 am and then forced him to lie in it while they shovelled earth over him .
10 How disappointed would you be if you went to a game and they made you watch a video instead of the real thing ?
11 How disappointed would you be if you went to a game and they made you watch a video instead of the real thing ?
12 " They made us carry the injured into the station .
13 They made us leave the hotel very early in the morning for the trip home .
14 They asked me to take the children for a full medical .
15 Her first commission came about quite casually : ‘ My husband and I had gone to stay with friends and they asked me to do a charcoal drawing of their Dachshund , Rosy .
16 But I was glad we could n't because they asked me to read the lesson .
17 They asked him to make a speech entitled : ‘ What kind of paper and how we 're going to sell 1.5 million . ’
18 Let me just point out to you that last year if you remember they asked you to describe the the passage where Jesus is crucified , that 's 1521 to 31 and I guess they wo n't do that again this year , but they 're likely to pick on a significant passage , significant section then you 're asked to relate it relate the passage at the end of Mark 's Gospel where Jesus is crucified .
19 They recommended we maintain the present scoring system .
20 I mean if they insist they want all that I mean I 'll if they insist they want the interest as well then I 'm in er a bit of a spot
21 They insist she puts a blanket over her knees to damp down the chief rabbi 's blood pressure .
22 They make me want a lot of things that I never had .
23 Do they think they need the training ?
24 Our unwound watches lay in our rucksacks and when they stopped we followed the pattern of night and day instead .
25 ‘ Because they want everybody to have a Big Daddy with his leather belt keeping 'em in order — less for them to do , ’ he said .
26 And the they want me to do the .
27 They want him to have the best possible educational start , and they see children elsewhere , like Emma , getting a whole year 's schooling more than Sam .
28 They want them to obtain a good position and be independent , preferably in the city .
29 They want anyone recognising the shirt — with The Dude written above a cartoon of a man holding a Union Jack surf board — to contact them .
30 If they pack you off to Brighton , they want you to put a bullet in him .
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