Example sentences of "[vb base] they [adv] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat and David have known each other since they were eight years old and astonishingly they say they always knew they would marry ! |
| 2 | Many of the families claim to have made regular payments but the landlords say they never received them . |
| 3 | Yes , I know they just gave me a little walk on part . |
| 4 | Never yes so I thought let them come and they wanted you to be there and then I could n't rid of I just could n't get them to change their minds you know they just wanted you there and I said |
| 5 | We know they ill treated them , but so they did here . |
| 6 | ‘ But I reckon they just mistook it for a runway . |
| 7 | ‘ Lots of people say it must be easy for my family to carry on in music and that I must have taught them everything — but I feel they just inherited their love of music as it 's in our blood . ’ |
| 8 | I know this was the first time they 'd ever thought of or considered themselves as artists , before that I guess they just thought they were lucky . |
| 9 | I mean they only had their door there and letting in draughts and them running in and out you see we put that there look . |
| 10 | I mean they only threw him out because they just did n't , have the , the , the staff , I mean I sat in there day after day and I felt bloody sorry , they were ringing , ninety percent of their day taken by ringing , begging for staff |
| 11 | I was coming to do all again sort of thing , you know , I mean they suddenly announced who |
| 12 | They 're very pleased at that because I mean they obviously found it to be useful , erm we proved it to be useful and it 's nice to see them all taking on this responsibility now , now and doing it , because that 's all progress . |
| 13 | Erm I think they probably thought their jobs were at threat or the continuation of employment in their quarry and the quarry would shut down which manage management had certainly hinted at , yet which I considered to be a bluff , because no one 's gon na kill the goose that lays the golden egg . |
| 14 | I think they just thought I 'm the type of person who 'd go too far and you know do a joke like that , but I 'm not . |
| 15 | I think they rather wanted me to wear my old farm clothes , but we compromised with a grey check skirt which a good friend gave me , and a blue jumper . |
| 16 | I think they quite enjoyed it . |
| 17 | After a rest and a preen they then put their feet together and hop , hop , hop upwards all the way to the nesting colony on the cliff-top . |