Example sentences of "[coord] they [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either they are one of the best of the bunch at home , or they make their name abroad . |
| 2 | Often the press reports fail to state the facts completely or they slant their account of the case . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't know if it was false alarm or they got my name confused , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Or they made their contribution through Lutheran forms , as happened in the famous case of Greiter 's melody for Ps.119 , ‘ Es sind doch alle ’ . |
| 5 | He had managed to endear himself to all of them within the week , and they shared his agony as he groped for the lines . |
| 6 | More than 17 per cent of all disabling occupational injuries , plus many thousands of less serious accidents , were caused by falls in 1990 , according to the National Safety Council , and they cost US business billions of dollars |
| 7 | They were really bad mistakes on my part and they cost us dear . |
| 8 | The puppets are modelled on the famous illustrations by Tenniel — but Spitting Images must have influenced the formidable duchess and Tebbit-like cook and they stirred their pepper soup and sneezed . |
| 9 | New converts , on the other hand , have no such problems because pre-Christian experience is still fresh in their mind and they communicate their faith in an everyday language because they have not yet learned a new jargon . |
| 10 | He looked directly at Stephen , who lowered his voice and in a quiet but firm tone said , ‘ Barbadians are a proud and self-respecting people , and they deserve your respect too . |
| 11 | And they wish your Grace joy , and comfort in the favour God has shown to your arms , and the Lord Henry trusts to see you in health and spirits at the assembly of your parliament at the month 's end . ’ |
| 12 | Douglas held that they dare not risk this , Ramsay agreeing , and they persuaded his uncle to so rule . |
| 13 | And they took their case to the small claims court . |
| 14 | He , he found out cos he went for , to , for a check up and they took his blood pressure . |
| 15 | Lincolnshire is a flat county , you see , exactly right for aerodromes , and they took our house for the airmen , I suppose . |
| 16 | There was nothing of apparent interest in the lavatory and they made their way into the robing vestry . |
| 17 | The grass was wet and thick near the stream and they made their way up the opposite slope , looking for drier ground . |
| 18 | Carefully they crossed the river and they made their way into the city . |
| 19 | ’ Athelstan tugged him by the sleeve and they made their way across the deserted bailey to the steps leading up to the parapet walk . |
| 20 | They said , ‘ this is how we were in the past ’ , and they made their image out of historical facts . |
| 21 | ‘ I had five great years at Wimbledon , winning an FA Cup medal , and they made my career — so there is no bad feeling from me for Sam Hammam . |
| 22 | That 's where my dad was and they made my mother |
| 23 | Genes are made of the nucleic acid DNA , and they exert their effect by determining which proteins are made in the cell . |
| 24 | Most of the towns were on or near the coast and they exploited their site advantages , capitalizing on their access to sea routes and on the fertile soils of their hinterlands . |
| 25 | Kinawley are now supremely fit , and they enhanced their championship credentials with victory over the double champions Enniskillen in the quarter-final , before overcoming Roslea at the semi-final stage . |
| 26 | Hugh asked after his father-in-law had wandered off into the shadows at the end of the terrace and they heard his stick tapping along the stone floors . |
| 27 | He went , less sidling , up , and they heard his bedroom door open and close . |
| 28 | Now , unemployment among unskilled black people is six times higher than among whites , because employers have to pay the same rate to both , and they express their prefence by choosing white employees . |
| 29 | A big van pulls up and they stick their stuff inside and get in , but just before they go , the man with the fog horn thing turns round and says all friendly like , ‘ Happy Christmas ’ . |
| 30 | They understand straight up as meaning the direction of the sun , and they know which direction is straight up because they are sensitive to gravity . |