Example sentences of "they [conj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and at the end of the quarter I could n't pay that , then obviously you got no dividend on it because you still owed them that hundred pounds , but they would take the book away so you could n't get any more . |
| 2 | So you go in a tell them that six windows are gon na cost them four and a half thousand and they go |
| 3 | A pine tree grew out of the face of the amphitheatre a little ahead of them and fifteen feet below the edge of the track . |
| 4 | After paying a driver and guard approximately £100 per day between them and 500 gallons of highly rebated gas oil ( for the locomotive ) , surely British Rail could be much more competitive . |
| 5 | If it was me I would do the same to them but two wrongs do n't make a right . ’ |
| 6 | They deliberately looked for inconsistencies where they basically knew I 'd told them but two aspects of the truth , in the hope that I 'd blurt out the real truth about something else in my fright and confusion . |
| 7 | They and three charwomen at Wolverton kept their ‘ perks ’ as long as they retained their positions , at the prevailing salaries , but no longer . |
| 8 | The bags were of that thinner kind of plastic they use for the bags that they give away at the supermarket , the free ones ; and now one of the bags in her right hand split and she just stood there helpless to stop them as three cans fell out and rolled across the concrete . |