Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] they [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , I was a gypsy and gypsies never forget and they never forgive . |
| 2 | None of them won but they still considered the day a victory . |
| 3 | Career girls kiss but they never tell |
| 4 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 5 | They always , they always lag as you know , our , our , we always underspend capital in the first half against what our division think they 're gon na do and they always think they 're gon na catch it up in the second half , they never do but erm , it wo n't be , you know , it wo n't be materially different . |
| 6 | Nothing could be said and they just sat in silence enjoying each other 's company . |
| 7 | Well it 's , it 's more like more or less just like today , you know , if you , if you 've got nowhere to go and they just put you there , but I mean now you ca n't get in very good can you really , not now , but erm , Pat since she 's been on duty she 's had a terrible trial , terrible she had to get one , help in this morning , get one of the floor next door , then we 've had trouble one down further , but she 's been put into erm Ashlyn now for five weeks , so she 's out the way for a little while we 've had an awful worrying time here though , it 's absolutely been a pantomime cos this has just keeps er throwing herself on the floor , all the time she 's doing it |
| 8 | ‘ We get a lot of day trippers motoring around the Downs and they see the signs for Brands Hatch and they automatically put their foot down thinking they 're bleedin' Formula One drivers . ’ |
| 9 | Ideally , of course , the best support for any kind of camera is to mount it on a tripod , but tripods are awkward things to carry and they also have a dampening effect on spontaneity . |
| 10 | But there was nothing to see and they soon returned to their posts as the bus continued on its way . |
| 11 | These guys seem to think all speed limits are there to be broken and they just do n't believe they will ever be caught . ’ |
| 12 | Many of them have had their terms and conditions reduced , some have been dismissed and they now have no one to turn to as they have turned their back on the Trade Union which is their only guarantee of protection ’ . |
| 13 | But what happens to those families when they 've been housed and they gradually improve their position , do we send our officers down and say ah , you 've got some money in the bank now , you 're not in need , get out of this council house we 're gon na give it to somebody else . |
| 14 | The edge of the dorsal fin is not tapered and they often exhibit a dark band running along the flank from the eye to the caudal fin . |
| 15 | A few children 's homes have been opened but they also double as reformatories for young offenders . |
| 16 | They may have some specific items that are to be bought but they also have a general readiness to look around and be tempted by what they might see . |
| 17 | His wife , Sarah , was also a canoeist before they met but they now face the problem of babysitters for their two youngsters . |
| 18 | The the Jolly George er was a ship that was loaded with arms er to send to Russia , to for our the use of our troops in Russia , and the sailors refused to sail it , and there was quite a to do about this because they 'd got the steam up and it was ready to go but they never went . |
| 19 | This has been completed but they still have to be fitted . |
| 20 | Word of St George 's high interest has been well publicised but they still have failed to gain Ofahengaue 's services . |
| 21 | The contradictions remain but they only become tension and conflict when we are under pressure to perform more than one role at a time . |
| 22 | Instead of sitting lost in their own thoughts or sleeping , the patients had been stimulated and they now chatted to each other as they recalled the places , the people or the events of the past . |
| 23 | You know and they probably went well yeah , what do we do ? |
| 24 | Yes of course maybe play acting when they 're doing that they 're more conscious of the way they 're speaking and they probably want to make it right with what they think it should be . |
| 25 | They , they know what they have to do to protect that stock , to protect their life 's interests and they , and they know they do n't need to be told really by any officer here who are not in that not , not in that game , what they have to do that 's what they 're asking us to do and they certainly asked us to do that on the erm , on the tour of county farms that we had only , only a few weeks ago . |
| 26 | When he was quite young he emigrated to Australia ; his girlfriend followed and they eventually married . |
| 27 | And full credit to the visitors Portsmouth , they pushed more and more men forward as the game progressed and they almost snatched it towards the end . |
| 28 | Neither knew the other had gone and they never met . |
| 29 | and then they go and they never know where they are . |
| 30 | they do , they do er a carpet stall and they also do erm on the same stall with a carpet , they do erm , duvets |