Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [subord] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had thoughtful parents , though , who thought the Grand Canyon was for real and so they put her on the waiting list . |
| 2 | what the hell are you doing , you give them that and if they say they do n't wish to be on the tape you have to erase their voice . |
| 3 | I 'm sure that if they saw you cry , I swear to God if they saw you crying things would be slightly different . |
| 4 | They want to know that you know it , and they want to feel confident that if they ask you question you can answer it , but they very much want to know what it does for them and how much it 's going to cost them basically . |
| 5 | They quarrelled hardly at all and when they did it was almost always because Roland expressed concern about Val 's reserve with the world in general , her refusal to advance opinions in class , and later , even to him . |
| 6 | They s they seriously ca n't do much more than if they catch you they suspend you there 's not a lot more that they can do . |
| 7 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 8 | I 'm still terrified , even though McDunn 's on my side , because I can see he 's not so hopeful any more and if they take him off this I might get the bad cops , the ones that just want a confession and Christ I 'm in England , not Scotland , and despite the McGuire Seven and the Guildford Four they still have n't changed the law : down here you can still be convicted on an uncorroborated confession even if you try to retract it later . |
| 9 | Whenever the students thought they were evaluating the work of a man , they assessed it as far more impressive than when they thought it was authored by a woman , whose efforts were labelled mediocre . |
| 10 | I said I would make them a hundred butterfly cakes , and they either they 'll eat them or they 'll sell them , and I 'll hav I 'll try and have them ready for when rings up at half past one and if they sell them and she brings me any I would n't mind knocking a few more up for tomorrow , but I 'm not gon na give them all |
| 11 | ‘ People can be a bit odd at first but after they realise I 'm not trying to chat them up it 's okay . |
| 12 | But they 're worried that if they turn it down they could go to the bottom of the housing list . |