Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have a lot of privacies , and a lot of things until we change them , and you know why we changed it , because you went out and saw your clients and told them products and they reported you , and you came back and said but what about this , what about this ? |
| 2 | Audrey said : ‘ I talked to a lot of women jockeys to research my part and they told me men getting heavy with them is common in the racing world . ’ |
| 3 | They were really bad mistakes on my part and they cost us dear . |
| 4 | I pointed to my mouth and they understood I was hungry . ’ |
| 5 | I refused to go in my cell and they put us down the block . |
| 6 | ‘ The regiment saw an exhibition of my work and they commissioned it — which was very brave of them , in a way , as I 'd done very little before that . ’ |
| 7 | I would n't let anyone see them , not even Cal — they 're part of me — I would n't show them around any more than I 'd lie flat on my back while they slit me open and stared at my pulsating innards . |
| 8 | And the Shelley party were near at hand — though the fluctuations of the time scale made it hard to determine whether they would recognize my name if they heard it . |
| 9 | They found most of the equipment to do just that in my flat when they searched it : an answer-machine , my PC and its modem ; another lead or two and it would have been easy to set it up if you knew what you were doing , or just used trial and error and were patient . |
| 10 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 11 | to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out |
| 12 | Well I went outside and I shut my gates and they saw I mean , er I was looking at them as I was shutting the gate , there 's only three of them ! |
| 13 | They are to do with my profession and they bother me increasingly . |
| 14 | ‘ And your parents quite obviously hate my guts because they think I walked out on Jennifer when she most needed me … |
| 15 | Eventually , I found a rope and threw it to my pal and they made it fast . |
| 16 | They wanted my bag and they grabbed it , but then they started to beat me for no reason except sheer wickedness . |
| 17 | Er , the recommendation to those committees was that they should treat the paper as a basis for consultation , it was on that basis that they approved it , it was my impression that they support it in general terms . |
| 18 | I know enough about geophysics to say that these people are lying through their teeth when they claim they can eventually guarantee long-term safety underground . ’ |
| 19 | He and the other members of the company were picking out shapeless ingots , precious gems and buckled coins , licking their fingers as they burnt them , as if they were pulling roast chestnuts out of a grate . |
| 20 | Men who can cling to overhanging rocks thousands of feet above their companions , men who climb into perilous situations in the knowledge they are inches from death , men who are strong enough and man enough to meet any physical challenge , these are the men who call for their mum when they find they left the jungle Formula back in the car . |
| 21 | They want their money and they want them out of there . ’ |
| 22 | Police hunting a man who raped a woman at Swindon college have widened their search because they believe he may have moved out of town . |
| 23 | In other words teachers and schools will readily seek to improve their practice if they regard it as part of their professional responsibility , whereas they are likely to resist change that is forced on them . |
| 24 | The staff talked only banalities at her , until she could have screamed with irritation , and try as she might to ignore it , there was no doubt in her mind that they disliked her , these crisp women in their crisp uniforms . |
| 25 | But the descriptions in the diary were there in the forefront of her mind and they stopped her . |
| 26 | The people in the town may say ‘ Oh , he 's not all there , you know , ’ but that 's just their little joke ( and sometimes , just to rub it in , they do n't point to their heads as they say it ) ; I do n't mind . |
| 27 | Michael was already there ; he sensed their disappointment when they saw him , they had wanted it for themselves . |
| 28 | Most new users find the Windows software , which has friendly picture-book instructions rather than arcane codes , already loaded on their computers when they buy them . |
| 29 | After having had it ruin so much of their practice time , it seemed only fair that it should come to their aid when they needed it . |
| 30 | Ruth did not have to finish what she had begun to say ; she saw from the look in their eyes that they understood her . |