Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when they asked her why the yellow ribbon , |
| 2 | they sold them out the next morning , they 'd |
| 3 | Oh I was playing up and they chucked me out the class or something and I had to stay in at dinner time . |
| 4 | They send me exactly the same as unsigned bands except the tape is invariably a finished master of high quality . |
| 5 | reported it and they send him out the flats . |
| 6 | they hooked you out the rapids twice did n't they ? |
| 7 | So I think they let her out the day after . |
| 8 | I refused to go in my cell and they put us down the block . |
| 9 | Then another time I smashed my cell up and slashed my arms and that , because I did n't get any letters or anything like that , so one of the screws came in and they put us down the block . |
| 10 | It was before I had the bairn , and I would n't go and they put us down the block for being cheeky . |
| 11 | I just cracked up , and they put us down the block . |
| 12 | Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can . |
| 13 | Well that happened and er I was man and er they er brought me all the odd jobs that was going about and they used to go down the warehouse and er there was a fellow there , well a woman more than anything , know 'd where every thing was and in no time at all they showed me where the things were and er I er , young , it was in my memory , and in no time at all the men in the shop used to come and ask me to get them something from out the warehouse for this and that and the other . |
| 14 | I swallowed this , and even as they walked me down the garden path and into the field where the half-built aviary was situated , I still had no idea what was going on . |
| 15 | They owed her only the debt of Ruth . |
| 16 | Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers . |
| 17 | When they pulled her out the vase had n't a crack in it , and then the air-raid warden stumbled … ’ |
| 18 | Innocent — and so they fancied her all the more . |
| 19 | how did they take it then the lads ? |
| 20 | They watched it clear the farther hedge and disappear into the wood beyond the river . |
| 21 | They took her down the hospital . |
| 22 | Unfortunately they leave us little the wiser about its essential nature . |
| 23 | ‘ They had their own little bits of garden but they were never made to help when they were young , which is probably why they liked it all the more . ’ |
| 24 | As they tugged it straight the wind bellied it out , taut as a sail . |