Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the curtains , it says please do n't touch , if you touch them they 'd fall to bits , they 're that old . |
| 2 | People want someone they can look up to . |
| 3 | if they want something they will break in |
| 4 | If they want something they can get it themselves . |
| 5 | FORGET WHAT they might think in Paris and Milan : China 's fashion commissars have decreed what is and is not stylish . |
| 6 | erm , artist erm if we require er , request it they can afford him . |
| 7 | cos it was only like sort of eight inches difference and I thought well when I wash 'em they might shrink anyway |
| 8 | Y I mean you they might have risen slightly , but you wo n't be getting that sort of investment return , you wo n't be paying any tax , and you 're guaranteed your money 's absolutely safe . |
| 9 | Anticipate what they might say . |
| 10 | People tell me they 'll fade and that I should n't worry about them , or that I should n't bother about things like that when I 've got a baby , but I ca n't help it . |
| 11 | They tell me they will send an estimate . |
| 12 | and that 's the basis , if you like them they 'll become your best friend , there 's times you do n't love them , but you still like them |
| 13 | I told you that I loved him , that 's God 's truth , I love him and I tell you they might have made such a place just for him . ’ |
| 14 | There was a half of the premises , and the casual wards there they , course I tell you they used to have to bath and then they used to have to do chopping wood and sort of work like , like that . |
| 15 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |
| 16 | Simon thought it sensible and practical ‘ which is more than can be said for most of their gimmicks , but ’ he warned her , ‘ if they like it they 'll take it over as their own . |
| 17 | Tell 'em they should get away with ten bob a week on this one . ’ |
| 18 | Remember what they used to say at Pontins . |
| 19 | They 'll see my car coming here and they know no one 's ill and you know what they 'll think . ’ |
| 20 | And she said , ‘ I know what they 'll think and they will be quite right . ’ |
| 21 | well I mean you know , you know what children are , you never know what they might do |
| 22 | Of course , if the financial institutions were forced to explain themselves we know what they would say . |
| 23 | Try to get some er old door casings rip down from me you know , now , I was thinking of going to North Wales but I know what they 'd say cos it , the ones that I got from our Rob 's you know the they 're quite clean but of course they 've had nails in the , you know , the head like I made the cab some cabinets you know . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , as his in-tray piles up with requests , the pupils of St Edmunds know what they 'd ask for if they were granted an audience . |
| 25 | DO try not to tap the function keys by themselves , or in combination with the Control , Shift or Alt keys , until you know what they will do |
| 26 | ‘ My family never know what they will find in the oven , ’ she says . |
| 27 | Public confidence in the police is enhanced when people know what they can expect from their local police force , and when outsiders are let into the process of inspecting how they work . |
| 28 | Be decided from the outset — they prefer that , then they know what they can expect from you . |
| 29 | They value everything they can get their hands on . |
| 30 | He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river . |