Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claims to have found new mechanisms of evolution are common in the press , but they rarely make it into respectable science journals . |
| 2 | Although there was initially some resistance on the part of manufacturers to the development of the variety multiples , they eventually found it to their advantage to deal directly with them . |
| 3 | so it was a bit of er struggle to er , to get them to come and look at it and fix 'em up again , well they did n't fix 'em up they , they , they give 'em a new one , they only got it in the sale |
| 4 | They must drink because they are so dry yet cold water disagrees with their stomach so they only take it in sips . |
| 5 | They only want it for games do they ? |
| 6 | That 's right they only have it off the |
| 7 | If this is what they need now , this is what you give them , er , on the understanding that perhaps they only have it for fifteen or ten years , but in fifteen or ten years ' time , they might well be able to afford to extend it and pay more . |
| 8 | And they only do it to the angry ones . |
| 9 | Smokers form a kind of club ; they understand one another ; they have their addiction in common and they mutually reinforce it by handing cigarettes around like little , ritualised gifts . |
| 10 | ‘ But they obviously see it as an important matter of principle , so I ought not to stand in their way . ’ |
| 11 | They 're very pleased at that because I mean they obviously found it to be useful , erm we proved it to be useful and it 's nice to see them all taking on this responsibility now , now and doing it , because that 's all progress . |
| 12 | What are they all doing it for ? |
| 13 | So he did , and it was working , and he was so , they just connect it from outside , |
| 14 | And she goes to me like a silver plate and they just turn it into gold as soon as they walk in there . |
| 15 | that was cos of the fat , the fat so as they just lay it over the top and put the potatoes and onions |
| 16 | They just chuck it on the floor . |
| 17 | ‘ I would n't mind , ’ she explained , ‘ but they just took it for granted that she would go back to work and I would look after the baby , without even asking me . ’ |
| 18 | In my old group , they just took it upon themselves to clean it every now and again . |
| 19 | Yeah , they had them come and fit their kitchen and they really did pay thousands of pounds for it , and erm , there was a chip erm , one of the units on the top and they , they just fitted it like it , and my , their dad called them back and said , look you know , I 'm paying thousands of pounds for this . |
| 20 | ‘ But I reckon they just mistook it for a runway . |
| 21 | They just takes it in their stride . |
| 22 | They just use it as a holiday home do n't they ? |
| 23 | And they say you have to send in some of your product and then they come round to your stand and if it does n't comply they just take it off your stand which is our whole merchandise really . |
| 24 | so they just left it in the middle of the road |
| 25 | They just put it on you see with a brush and it was a paste you see , all over the coach , and then they had a hose and they washed all that X mover off you see , the X mover was an acid and it ate into the you see , bodywork . |
| 26 | And they just put it on leg and just put a little bit on like that and just went ee ooh ! |
| 27 | People have to invest their money and most years , whether in an era of low interest rates or high interest rates , they are likely to have some of their capital eroded by inflation , after tax is taken into account , if they just put it in the building society . |
| 28 | They just put it in the machine and tag it and , price |
| 29 | You can turn that house so they just print it like that could n't they ? |
| 30 | Just looks like just looks like toffee and they just roll it like that and then do it like that . |