Example sentences of "[noun] and they [vb mod] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 2 | But they 'd had men dragging those stinking waters for twenty-four hours and they 'd come up with nothing . |
| 3 | They consulted their street map but , before they could work out their route , the little girl told them that they had to go down the hill , over the bridge , past another church , turn to the right and they would come to the church for which they were looking . |
| 4 | They used to make it at Cambridge and they used to come and bring , bring one , there used to be a little door in the top of this fridge and they used to slide it in , you see , and then they 'd , that would freeze , keep that fridge cold so 's you kept your meat better . |
| 5 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 6 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |
| 7 | One unlocked and you got in touch with the station and they would contact the key-keeper and they would come out and lock the place up . |
| 8 | And then in the herring fishing time , oh it was very busy right enough , and you see they did they did no fish on a Sunday and they would come in on a Saturday night . |
| 9 | It is important when planting submerged oxygenating plants that this lead weight is buried in the compost ( Fig. 13 ) , or else it will rot through the stems and they will come floating to the surface . |
| 10 | An individual 's sexuality is their own affair and they will come to terms with it when they are ready to . |
| 11 | And I think that once I 've taken e a few of the local bigwigs , then when they want a photograph taken , my name 'll get mentioned somewhere along the line and they might come to me . |
| 12 | Though I must admit , we 'll be glad when it 's all over in the Far East and they can come back safe and sound . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ They will know all about our reputation and they 'll come here frightened to death . ’ |
| 14 | We 'd be down there with a load and they used to come along and inspect it . |
| 15 | And these were put on and then one after the other would put onto the van and they would come right up to this height . |
| 16 | They used to send the stewards round and er you you 'd suddenly see two new people in the congregation and they 'd come to hear the minister preach to see if he was a good preacher and then they 'd go back to report . |