Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they got him a tent , and they put it at the top of my mum 's garden . |
| 2 | It was the same when her Mum got when it happened to her they got her a load of new clothes and she was trying them on and grandad said hey get in here now . |
| 3 | Yes we had er ships wh we , they call erm these liberty ships come in from America loaded with bombs and when they moved them up there , well they call them down here they call them liberty ships and er the bombs were loaded , so they used to erm put all timber between each layer of bombs and they had proper carpenters who would fix all these and when the dockers went down , they put these bombs out , cos they were n't detonated , the detonators were in the fore end of the ship , right down the lower hull and erm the bombs were loaded into open trucks loaded into , well the dockers they thought it was dangerous , cos we had the Fire Brigade , that 's the fire service down there and standing by with the fire engines and dockers they wanted the , they want a shilling , I think it was a shilling a day extra , well a shilling extra something like that and there they got it the shilling or extra pound , cos us crane drivers we were n't on the same par as them , so we asked for a shilling . |
| 4 | If they book me a flight out of Gatwick , like the charters do , I just say I 'm not going on that one , get me Luton , change the ticket , get me Manchester , I do n't care , I 'm not going from Gatwick . |
| 5 | ‘ And they bring us the tourain . ’ |
| 6 | Have they given you a tenor clef ? |
| 7 | Have they given you have they given you the length of two sides ? |
| 8 | Have they given you the book that you have |
| 9 | I mean they outclassed us no question , no two ways about it , I du n no what it is . |
| 10 | They made her a slave labourer . |
| 11 | They made her a cup of coffee . |
| 12 | Fate : you ca n't go straight , nobody ever really crashes out , they made me a criminal , nobody lives for ever … |
| 13 | ‘ They made me a general 'cause I 'm old . |
| 14 | They made me an offer I could n't refuse . ’ |
| 15 | They made it a rule never to pay , never to bribe , never to threaten to prosecute except in the case of dealers who could sell a young orang for several hundred pounds on the black market . |
| 16 | They made it a rule that she was never to be alone . |
| 17 | Accordingly when a pare of men went underground formerly , they made it a rule , to sleep out a candle , before they set about their work ; that is if their place of work was dry , they would lay themselves down and sleep , as long as a whole candle would continue burning ; and then rise up and work for two or three hours pretty briskly ; after that have a touch pipe , that is rest themselves for half an hour to smoke a pipe of tobacco , and so play and sleep away half their working time : but mining being more expensive than it formerly was , those idle customs are superseded by more labour and industry . |
| 18 | ‘ Is that why they made you a general ? ’ |
| 19 | So when , when they sold off the buildings , they made us no inclination that the was gon na farm it , he was in another job ? |
| 20 | Well he , he did n't really say a lot , er they asked him a question and er he , he just turned round and said er we hope , we hope it 's er a peaceful solution , that er virtually saying he hoped it did n't come to war , and Christine turned round and said ‘ yes we want a peaceful solution ’ . |
| 21 | They asked us a stream of questions , and laughed and chattered about themselves and their children . |
| 22 | They asked you a question to trap you |
| 23 | Now if you think you have been pleasant and helpful , you 've shared things with somebody , if they asked you a question you did n't bang them on the head , you helped , sign it now we come to the real sixty thousand point question , are you ready for this ? |
| 24 | You know you know some people they lose them a bit young do n't they . |
| 25 | Well they sold me an air rifle on my own . |
| 26 | Would they lend you a dressing gown ? |
| 27 | ‘ If we comb through our stories and one encounters with wild whales and dolphins , we find that they seem to hang together along a shining thread — that whales and dolphins know what they are doing , that their actions are purposeful , and stunningly specific to the occasion , that they intend us no harm , that they are aware . |
| 28 | Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use . |
| 29 | My mum and dad deny that they make them a brew , but when I get home there 's usually 20 dirty cups outside the door . ’ |
| 30 | When combined , they make you a force to be avoided . |