Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] they and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What if there 's a scrap and I do have to fire at them and they return it ; for after all , as I 've said , we do n't really know whether they carry guns ; all we know is they have n't used them yet . ’ |
| 2 | Now for all those reasons madame speaker , this these orders er er today are inadequate , too little , too late , we ca n't vote against them , much as the the member who preceded me seemed inclined to vote against them and I wish that he had the g er the guts of 'is cu the courage of his convictions er he should vote against them , er we on this side are far more responsible er than that because to vote against them er might be an indication that we 're as much in frau in favour of fraud as members on the other side of the house , er we 're not in favour of fraud , we welcome any progress to detection of fraud , even progress that we asked for five eight years ago when the relevant legislation was passed . |
| 3 | I said , oh no nothing to do with them and he goes ah , Shrimpy then ? |
| 4 | A rather awkward silence began to stretch between them and she strove for something pleasant to say . |
| 5 | It was the first time he 'd bothered to read through them and he found much useful material for his hobby of persecuting Gina . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ Ronny unsettles defenders because he is prepared to run at them and they do n't like that . |