Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we called them tramp coles but a lot of them called them tramp ricks . |
| 2 | They got them wash house ! |
| 3 | So you can get the three in there , and bung them in as one package you get them while they got them voucher things on offer . |
| 4 | I did n't show my true colours until they made me chairman . |
| 5 | So he finally they made him port captain for for Cunard and I knew him . |
| 6 | Oh yes they made it Miss has just died erm then coming down there was the Post Office with old Pa and the , then the Miss , they used to keep the Post Office , then there was er well there was a gents outfitters and then there was a beautiful shop I always used to think , it was called , another , but it was confectioners , but it was all most delightful old oldy-worldy sort of shop and my mother often used to go in there then you 'd |
| 7 | Thresher manager David Newton and assistant John Onanuga are suspended on full pay for ‘ inventing ’ a story that they sold him Champagne at £15.49 and Raffles cigarettes at £1.98 . |
| 8 | They sold it Christmas Eve day it was gon na go through the twenty third , Christmas , the day before Christmas erm it was gone and they were supposed to fly over to Spain and they were gon na , gone , exchange a contract to sell it and then she phoned me back and she said I 've got some good news for you , we 've decided not to sell , it 's so beautiful up there and it 's called Los |
| 9 | They helped him kit up , Nell connecting the leads from the back pack into the suit attachments . |
| 10 | On their way out they found it nose down in the field . |
| 11 | On their way out they found it nose down in the field . |
| 12 | yes , because my er , my niece 's husband when he came er , oh they brought us back , they fetched us Boxing Day and brought us back and he said it would be a right off he said |
| 13 | They taught me bravery in the face of bigotry , the way that anger intelligently channelled can move mountains , the use of laughter as a weapon and a source of strength . |
| 14 | Embroidery embroidery and then they taught us French . |
| 15 | They shipped it South you see . |
| 16 | Yet the logic of the definition suggested that it would benefit especially kings , whose competence to declare war could not be impugned : thus Thibaud of Blois failed to persuade the monks of Marmoutier that they owed him service when he fought against Louis VI ; they claimed discretion in the matter ; and in 1184 , the mighty Philip of Alsace hesitated to commit to battle the army he had summoned against Philip Augustus , through fear that its ranks might melt away . |
| 17 | Do you know that bit in that er Top Gun where he , where they hit them air brakes sort of thing and the plane was going like that ? |
| 18 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 19 | ‘ They called me Papa because I was the eldest , three years older than Gifford , six years older than Eddie . ’ |
| 20 | They called him Father . |
| 21 | I said to her , I said : ‘ In my time they called it idleness , ’ I said , ‘ if it was n't stupidity . ’ |
| 22 | There was a fire at Mr 's store and they called it arson . |
| 23 | He claimed that they lost him money by selling Licence To Kill cheaply to boost company finances , when they were raising cash for a takeover bid . |
| 24 | ‘ He used to say they brought him luck . ’ |
| 25 | Isambard was in his bath , washing off the sweat of the hunt , when they brought him word that there was a groom at the lower guard in Llewelyn 's livery , asking safe-conduct for an envoy from Aber . |
| 26 | He had his light back , and his blankets , they brought him food , and in every movement he was acutely aware of his still resilient sinews , and the smooth round joints that turned and bent in such a beautiful and ingenious fashion . |
| 27 | I thought they knew you cunt ! |
| 28 | What did they say when they saw you shoplifting ? |
| 29 | So they returned each to his own country , blessing him for their deliverance , and magnifying his great bounty ; and forthwith they sent him tribute and acknowledged themselves to be his vassals . |
| 30 | They sent him delivery order but he failed to come and collect the rice . |