Example sentences of "they [vb base] it [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never found it to be a boring job , erm if it is boring I think it 's because they 're only making it , if they make it that way and I think it 's partly due , if they , if people do talk that way then I think it 's partly due to the sort of duty systems that people work now , and erm the number of hours they work , and , and strangely for little things like the introduction of television , I think television , very nice in its way but it 's killed life on fire stations and in certain areas , cos the whole business of conversation and learning and so on has gone , people would much sooner sit nowadays in front of the television and be entertained for an evening , instead of using all the other skills and , and erm things that are offered to them . |
| 2 | But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there . |
| 3 | It 's what they put down the lavatory to disinfect the pan only they give it another name . ’ |
| 4 | Today , many of it 's current students made it clear they like it that way . |
| 5 | No when they hear it all day |
| 6 | they do it that way . |
| 7 | so I says it 's going , now as far as the , er , what they call it that fella that come to did that job |
| 8 | they call it this week , it changes names every week |
| 9 | ‘ They prefer it this way , I 'm telling you . |