Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 ‘ And they bring us the tourain . ’
3 Have they given you have they given you the length of two sides ?
4 Have they given you the book that you have
5 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 .
6 They dogged him the length and breadth of the country , wherever the small troupe of players appeared .
7 But a few years ago , when they promised us the summer heat would last for months , she had it cut short .
8 I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking
9 ‘ Yeah , they send me the stuff before it 's published and I try to proof read it as well as I can .
10 They send me the ones I need .
11 And then , when they send you the bill then will they just , you wo n't get so much interest on it ?
12 Is he aware that they posed me the question , ’ Is anybody in the Government prepared to stand up and fight to defend the coal industry ? ’
13 And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is .
14 its not , you ca n't , the thing is you ca n't defend them without how you die , you ca n't train people how to avo to die , you can only train them how to avoid it , so it does n't really matter if you get fired or not , but they show you the drills and you have to do them to the best of your ability the blank rounds are only there to the conditions , now this is why they 've got these laser got laser sights all over the body , helmet and torso and the actual weapons got a laser on top and you get , if you get near one of these things you go dead and your out , and you can actually simulate
15 I du n no if they told me the way — I can t remember , but I think it 's this way .
16 When I came out , they told me the court dates of when he was going to be adopted .
17 When she decided , with the rest of the children , to go to Waco Monday and they told me the Sunday .
18 They told me the regulators would n't allow it and that Glasgow housewives would n't be able to do it ’ , he recalls with a smile .
19 While I gratefully sipped my pint , they told me the story .
20 ‘ When they told me the body had been mutilated and burnt I did n't think it was Brian .
21 Mr Holmes says he reported the matter to the ferry company , and they told him the air conditioning was n't working .
22 He did not feel happy when they told him the result .
23 Did they send you the Walkman as well ?
24 Did they send you the microphone as well ?
25 Why do n't they give them the money to carry on and do all the good work they 've done , which is well worthwhile .
26 For the brutal oriental still held one ace up his sleeve , should they give him the chance to play it .
27 Did they give you the results ?
28 ‘ And did they show you the animal cemetery when you were a child ? ’
29 Yes Chairman , of the hundred and sixty thousand plus cost , erm , part of the contribution by the major servicing committee , and I understand that they advised me the balance has been made from local contributions , and charitable sources .
30 When they assured him the deposits were in order , he assumed it was a payment due from a former employer .
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