Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [subord] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jannie gazed into the food cupboard , picking up cereal packets and shaking them to see if they needed replacing . |
| 2 | And erm Joseph and Mary they went to Egypt or somewhere , yeah Egypt , and when they went erm and I think the angels called them to go cos they came to Egypt as well and then they went to . |
| 3 | I have seen them leaving Stronsay after a dance and you would still have heard them singing when they reached Papay . |
| 4 | One way of allocating groups quickly and randomly , ensuring a good mix , is to ask the children to sit in a circle , allowing them to sit where they want , and then counting round the circle , giving each child a number — one to eight , then starting again . |
| 5 | So they were there for me to see as they came in , etc . |
| 6 | Cos it makes me laugh when they pull up here , I say , look at this outfit dad ! |
| 7 | It 's sometimes easier for them to cope if they distance themselves from it and rebuild their lives as single parents , without telling people what they 've been through . ’ |
| 8 | See them laugh as they feed the ducks . |
| 9 | The RSPCA also want to change the law which currently makes them wait until they see cruelty inflicted before they can prosecute . |
| 10 | A chilly breeze was moving and several of them trembled where they sat . |
| 11 | These Awards are intended to encourage schools and local agencies to work together in involving young people in sport , and keeping them involved when they leave school . |
| 12 | Give a free class to old and new members and ask them to renew/join if they enjoyed it . |
| 13 | Having said nothing about the er the charity erm erm the meeting on erm the meetings four times a year and we 're quite but there are some available for erm people erm and particularly to erm we agreed a list of people who wished to give them Christmas gifts , cash but I 'm sure they would help and and erm the names of people who who might need help er are always welcome so if I could just erm erm ask people to let me know if they know of anyone financial help . |
| 14 | I am almost tempted to produce some enormous prize for any bookseller who can furnish me with a list of the shortlisted titles , or even let me know if they have the winning title in stock : I feel confident that I would have no takers . |
| 15 | We wanted them to know if they had information we could protect them if need be |
| 16 | I asked whether they did not find it inconvenient , living so near the French border , not to speak French , but they said not . |
| 17 | I asked when they 'd gone . |
| 18 | I asked if they knew the way to the Sanctum . |
| 19 | When he told me that he had inherited the cardinal 's robes of his predecessor , Cardinal Heenan , and I asked if they fitted , he said , ‘ No . |
| 20 | So I asked if they wanted anything and she said a bed at the cottage hospital |
| 21 | I glowed when they gave me their expert c , pinion that I was in most respects ‘ a normal young man ’ . |
| 22 | need n't be , I mean once they 've got all of this the form tutor one need n't be anything . |
| 23 | The other possible way of answering your question is to think in terms of having a large project in which you would write a whole series of poems that would add up into a book , which as it happens I have just done , since I have just published a book of poems which are all retellings of bible stories , and there the subjects quite clearly came from the outside , though I mean unless they latch onto something inside you they wo n't make poems . |
| 24 | I mean unless they get a temp from an agency they gon na want somebody are n't they ? |
| 25 | Just briefly , I have been correspondence right back erm it 's difficult to see why that land was designated for land except that it 's agricultural land and erm my point is that the gradient on a lot of the site , especially on the northern erm banks is one in five and one in seven and to build on that would erm well even said that the building would be imponderous so I mean i it just is n't a suitable site , apart from the link road , for , for housing either because the gradient there would , would be very erm difficult from a landscape point of view a there 's nothing they could do to improve the till you know the turn of the century and they are and through all the planning papers from nineteen eighty five it is said that that Hill ca n't be improved so I mean unless they do something erm dramatic , I ca n't see what they can do , I mean it just is n't a suitable site for development . |
| 26 | I mean whether they hushed it up or not I do n't know . |
| 27 | I mean whether they decide to do anything |
| 28 | I mean whether they want any . |
| 29 | I mean before they went quite a depth down sometimes . |
| 30 | I mean before they came to the centre I think people felt Save The Children only did work in countries abroad . |