Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two hotspots had come loose , damaging pistons and the block , Good buy ( sic ) one Land Rover Another garage has since told us that they would never carry out a hotspot replacement on a diesel Land Rover engine and that a new cylinder head is the only solution . |
| 2 | Second question Chairman , er , and several of the , of the Acts er , they provide er advisory , advisory to the licensing authorities , advisory to district councils , with example pet shops , advisory to district councils , does that mean that they on I can only er , reckon that they think that places probably expect it if they 're asked to do it by the District Council . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd best eat them afore they gits cold . ’ |
| 4 | Because they said they 'd always done it and they had nowhere else to put it . |
| 5 | The acting superintendent-nurse , Miss Worthington , was brought before the committee and questioned about the condition of certain bed-ridden patients , to which she replied that she was aware of only one case with a bedsore , and of two others who had already had them when they were brought in . |
| 6 | Can your client live without an income , they 've just convinced you that they ca n't , they now want to know about this Health Master . |
| 7 | He had always imagined them as they were depicted in the media — beautiful young girls who loved their job and lived like queens . |
| 8 | Carla had once met them as they were walking by the seafront . |
| 9 | They had probably spiked it while they checked with their lawyers . |
| 10 | Sinn Fein were contesting the seat and a tricolour , the flag of the Irish Republic , was flown in the window of the Sinn Fein election office in Divis St. Although the Flags and Emblems Act made such displays illegal , the RUC had often ignored them if they were in nationalist areas . |
| 11 | In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter . |
| 12 | But no , he had indeed loved them when they were alive . |
| 13 | He seemed so fiercely shut up in himself that Ruth was afraid people would start seriously meaning it when they called him mad . |
| 14 | I 've never tasted one but they say they 're very nice . |
| 15 | They had never seen me so they thought I was white . |
| 16 | Preaching in the church there one day , Mr Clare had spoken out bravely against the well-known wickedness of young d'Urberville , who , after this , had publicly insulted him when they met later . |
| 17 | Many of the constituency cases with which I have dealt in recent months have especially worried me because they seem to show that the financial hardship now experienced by many students is especially severe for those who come from low-income families . |
| 18 | The numerous men employed as bearers become undertakers , although they have never done anything until they have got the job . |