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 . |