Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't necessarily mean that they 're unscrupulous in the way that they get their own way ; they just have very clear ideas and it 's impossible for them to see it any other way . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But you have to make them want it first . |
| 3 | they have a tendency to open them make them wider apart |
| 4 | The sheer numbers of them make it spectacular although there are no huge centrepiece fireworks . |
| 5 | Then he held two men friends of his estranged wife at gunpoint and forced them to drive him 200 miles to her secret address at Barrow-in- Furness , Cumbria . |
| 6 | To babies had this dried milk and some of them got it cheap and I suppose there was no work and then they were poor were n't they . |
| 7 | ‘ Can they be so hideous in appearance the mere sight of them drives you mad ? ’ |
| 8 | The prospect of seeing them made him full of joy . |
| 9 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 10 | Whatever these changes were , many who witnessed them found them worrying and unsettling . |
| 11 | Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired . |
| 12 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
| 13 | ( Both of them told me this ! ) ’ |
| 14 | Well it 's up to them put it right ! |
| 15 | It is worth considering how to start the investigation : whether to do a bit yourself first to get them going , or work with the whole class as a large group , or just state the problem and let them do it all . |
| 16 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 17 | I I always make them give me three p |
| 18 | Do n't let them give you that line . |
| 19 | He looked round them all as though none of them afforded him any surprise , though two of them did not belong here , and to his certain knowledge had been elsewhere only a short time ago . |
| 20 | Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ? |
| 21 | Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ? |
| 22 | All of them give you fair warning of their character by deliberately making themselves conspicuous and waving their bushy tails . |
| 23 | ‘ But the council 's so embarrassed about that one that they 're just leaving them to put it right as quietly as they can . |
| 24 | What you tell the fuzz to get them to leave you alone ? |
| 25 | And nine times out of ten people in that situation , when they 're actually creating their article or their programme or anything else , will take that material , use their own style , wrap it up , and as it were throw it out , and if you 're pro-active in that sense , you stand a very very much better chance of them getting it right . |
| 26 | for them to give you this kind of service ! |
| 27 | We are constantly talking to the press try and persuade them to give us more coverage . |
| 28 | Their nerve was a match for his ; they had most of them served him several years , for his men did not leave him . |
| 29 | Twice they 've been with a cart , and Miss Theda let them take it all without a word said ! ’ |
| 30 | Arrange the bulbs close together , almost touching , on top of these , and place more pebbles around them to keep them stable . |