Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they met she was happily married to her first husband Laurie Brown , a member of Manchester United 's back-room staff . |
| 2 | Durham County Council say they did not know the source of the waste , nor the company responsible for dumping it , and they admitted it is too late to find out . |
| 3 | Somebody who prodded them occasionally , she thinks with a rifle as he was n't right up close , to make sure they realized he was there . |
| 4 | Their eyes nearly popped out when they realised we were together ! ’ |
| 5 | But , of course , the devil finds work for idle hands , and they began thieving , acquiring all manner of things but particularly musical equipment When they realised it was mostly too hot to sell they thought maybe it was n't such a bad idea to learn how to play the stuff they had thieved . |
| 6 | Says Mike , ‘ When the chimps first saw the platform , they stared at it for a long time , and then they realised it was just me up there , and carried on . ’ |
| 7 | The two girls were both on night duty and they waited in vain all night , hoping against hope that Steve and his crew had perhaps been forced down somewhere , but by the time dawn came up and there was still no news , they realised he was just another casualty . |
| 8 | But they insist they 're just normal . |
| 9 | Why do they think they are always right ? |
| 10 | ‘ Do they think it 's too big a risk ? ’ |
| 11 | Why then do they think it is so bad for parents and only those who can afford it paying a little extra to ensure their children get a well-funded education ? |
| 12 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 13 | If you do n't know what they mean i anything if you do n't know how to do it it 's hard but if you do n't even know what they mean it 's very hard to work out what 's going on is n't it and what you 're supposed to be doing . |
| 14 | ‘ How do they know we 're here ? ’ |
| 15 | Did they know you were here ? ’ |
| 16 | But they forget they are less agile and machinery has changed since they last worked , and they get caught out . ’ |
| 17 | it 's a little bit disconcerting when they forget you 're there , and erm |
| 18 | Too many studios had been built in Britain during the production boom and , at a time when filmmakers were anyway keener than they had been hitherto to get out among ordinary people , they found they were no longer constrained by anxious accountants determined to maximize the use of studio space . |
| 19 | But a doctor , one of the doctors in the same hospital saying , that the , during the First World War , when they were so desperate , you know , so many casualties , they had to cut short treatment , and they had to bandage men up and leave them bandaged up a long length of , they found it was often better to leave a wound bandaged up in it 's own |
| 20 | They found it was very active against two bacteria , Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis . |
| 21 | They say they 're just trying to stretch brighter pupils by letting them use facilities not available at most primary schools . |
| 22 | They say they 're also unhappy about the possible loss of overtime , which could mean losing up to fifty pounds a week for some staff . |
| 23 | I 've never tasted one but they say they 're very nice . |
| 24 | They say they 're very large . |
| 25 | They say they 're only doing what the local council would do if it was allowed . |
| 26 | They say they 're still too afraid . |
| 27 | With world No 1 Jim Courier and Boris Becker boycotting the event because they say they 're too tired , organisers were relieved to see Agassi and McEnroe turning up to add star appeal . |
| 28 | When asked what they like in a woman , they say they 're less interested in charm than most . |
| 29 | ‘ The government is very cautious — they say they are only talking about domestic accounting principles — but this is a big step forward . ’ |
| 30 | They say they are always hooking rainbow trout which escaped from a fish farm , instead of the wild brown trout which are much harder to catch . |