Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [modal v] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I think the lads they used to get them some chocolates or something , she says oh more chocolates I 've got loads of them |
| 2 | Except that women were deferential to other speakers they would let they would they were they would allow themselves to be walked over in conversation but at the same time you had this stereotype of women who talked too much . |
| 3 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 4 | flower gardens they used to use them for , some people would probably grow small things like lettuce and salads and things of that nature . |
| 5 | I dare n't have done if I had n't er oh oh I know once my my doctor came to see me about something and there was erm a lot of people used to use er some pills oh what were they called , little round pills , when at the monthly periods they used to use them , oh Doctor Johnson 's , Doctor somebody 's pills , now they would have the effect of er your period you would see more than you usually did . |
| 6 | Intimacy is risky because as the other person discovers our weaknesses they could exploit them . |
| 7 | Well er , probably about er in them days they used to call them twelve score and then so it 'd be twelve , two 's or something that 's two hundred forty pounds I suppose like , you know and er , but most of the people er . |
| 8 | It is always wise to examine a flower very carefully before placing it in the blotting paper as if it contains any tiny insects they will think they are being provided with a picnic lunch and eat their way through the contents of your press ! |
| 9 | I am sure that there 's ways they 'll find they can cut their prices dramatically . |
| 10 | And they 'll they 'll anybody new in the estate agent in sta in staff terms they 'll let them look at that and say well that 's what Lynda 's here er sorry I beg your pardon |
| 11 | In this area there was also a great amount of seasonal labour-migration : farm-workers going to sea after the harvest for the home fishing — half-breedfishermen they used to call them in the Saints district of north Suffolk ; and the fishing-chaps who bought or hired a horse or donkey and trap to hawk fish round the villages during the herring season ; and there was an associated dealing in horses from Scotland to satisfy the seasonal demand . |
| 12 | If the scientists had enough systems they could distinguish them all , the blood types I mean . |