Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milton ward Tories were so impressed by his la-de-da-accent and gold-plated walking stick that they made him social secretary . |
| 2 | Most enterprise-based unions remain fairly self-contained and although many do affiliate to the appropriate national , regional or industrial federations they accord them little authority for conducting collective bargaining or sanctioning agreements . |
| 3 | I like to think they found it fun flying , too . |
| 4 | She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her . |
| 5 | So you mean Christmas Eve they paid you normal time ? |
| 6 | They showed him great sympathy . |
| 7 | Yes and er if I might s oh I er do n't know I 've been to bloody shop meself but I ai n't sorry about it , cos I 've done what I 've wanted to do and I 've enjoyed what I 've done and erm the authorities they get 'd me that on er hardship grounds there , as I say , being on er residential premise and er they showed me great respect and er |
| 8 | They are intended for those who like to probe into the whys and wherefores of things or who like to assess fully the credentials of a subject before they give it serious consideration . |
| 9 | ‘ Make sure they give you extra iron tablets , ’ he told her . |
| 10 | That 's where they give you good news or bad news . |
| 11 | There are all kinds of refreshing drinks made out of fruit juices — orange , mango , papaya , banana , apple , passion fruit etc , and of course there is ubiquitous coffee , which is very good and cheap here — in fact if you go into the supermarket they give you little paper cups of free coffee . |
| 12 | They give you competitive fuel prices and valuable credit . |
| 13 | They give us extra knowledge about the thing itself . |
| 14 | They tell them Christian freedom |
| 15 | And mis the the constructors here they loaned us different equipment and we worked from Monday to Friday getting the things ready we worked all day Saturday doing the show , and we worked all day Sunday clearing the field ! |
| 16 | they get him free time , so now he 's had two weeks off |
| 17 | As Spire Oxford City Stars , who are supported by Fox F M , finished runners up in the autumn cup , and now they 're brimming over with confidence as they approach they new season . |
| 18 | was a digestive tea , they called it Digestive Tea in those days . |
| 19 | With my ham and cheese , which were not of my making , they brought me iced seltzer . |
| 20 | Already they keep me busy coming and consulting me about their topics to write on , and that , with 12 hours teaching a week , means that it is no holiday . |
| 21 | They offered him hot wine and canella , surrounded him and talked eagerly in a mixture of Russian , French and Yiddish . |
| 22 | They gave him fortified water to drink . |
| 23 | He spent the night at their hut , they gave him soft water to wash in , bread and salt and a clean , sweet bed . |
| 24 | Meantime Berndt gushed with the oil of social graces , pouring her a glass of wine she had no intention of drinking , ( she remembered the Tjerssens as Friend had shown her them , smiling as they gave you ruby venom ) , pouting when she refused his macaroons . |
| 25 | Well they think they loose time if it 's only a woman you see ? |
| 26 | Now they call it defensive driver training and er what we 're really talking about is safe driving , nothing more and nothing less . |
| 27 | At the moment , Mrs Thatcher and her ministers are playing the role they seem to like most , that of school bully — they call it strong government . |
| 28 | what they call it desperate dye faces |
| 29 | You know they do But anyway the point I was making was that they call it distant intimacy . |
| 30 | Well it , it must have been heart trouble the earliest memory I have of that is mother sending me with a neighbour out of Street , a Mrs , to tell my Aunt Lucy which was my dad 's sister , who lived in Street house , house was right opposite their gateway , now Aunt Lucy and there was er her family she w married a fella in and her daughter , her son and me uncle was my dad 's brother , I lived in the house with her , but er I remember tagging this Mrs from the Street down to Street along road and past the hospital , then along Walk and I up in Street , and er tagging Mrs and er Mrs had never met Aunt Lucy and er me Aunt Lucy suffered , what in those days they call it white leg , a woman 's complaint she was bedridden and er when we went in she must have asked why we were there , Mrs was a little bit flabbergasted and I blurted it out oh me dad 's dead , and me Aunt Lucy nearly went into hysterics , so that 's , that 's all I can manage I remember about that . |