Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then wasps ; a cloud of them hovered around my Virginia creeper where I suspected they had a nest . |
| 2 | I viewed A&R men the same way and when I met them I realised that they knew even less than I thought they knew . |
| 3 | Erm , she died quicker than I think they expected actually , she had cancer of the liver , so I 'm glad she did n't suffer any longer . |
| 4 | ‘ There are no provisions for new ideas , so I keep them posted in my office until I need them , ’ he said . |
| 5 | The Beeb were obviously suffering withdrawal symptoms as Scum were nt on Manc of the Day — So I reckon they arranged a ‘ sportsnight ’ specially last night . |
| 6 | I was in no mood to stop , and continued past as if I thought they wanted to film me from behind . |
| 7 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 8 | Cos I thought they thought seem a bit thin but |
| 9 | How much , how much erm by a landlord cos I mean they did n't even attend the conference . |
| 10 | Cos I think they 'd gone some time ago . |
| 11 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
| 12 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |
| 13 | I think that 's had it , I think the er man from customs Simon was saving that , the man took it all apart and I think that 's why it probably got broken so quickly because I think they messed with it . |
| 14 | ‘ So it will confuse the trackers mightily — especially since I think they picked us up at the Luxembourg border crossing , then followed us in our Mercedes down the autobahn . ’ |
| 15 | I just recall that I got a bit of a shock when I heard they found him on MOD property . |
| 16 | You had to stand and have the clothes made on you , and just when I thought they looked wonderful , she 'd go RIP ! and snatch a whole sleeve off . |
| 17 | and when I looked they did n't have it threaded up right at the top at all I had to re-thread the machine . |
| 18 | When I arrived they showed me the letter they had received from the Chief Education Officer that morning which explained the proposed Statementing procedure : |
| 19 | When I joined they had just published The Thorn Birds so Futura was on a real high — it had expanded considerably over the previous 18 months . ’ |
| 20 | As the PAL:YPE recalls , this impression was based on a combination of physical environment , staff vision , and an existing commitment to an infrastructure including a permanent part-time library assistant : School A I was impressed with , because they too had already started to talk about resource-based learning and they already had as far as I remember … ( now my memory is fairly vague now because it is quite a long time ago ) … but as far as I remember they had a Headmaster , who was extremely interested , very keen indeed , and they had a committee already set up , I think to look into this . |
| 21 | Yes th as I remember they did the other side of first . |
| 22 | As soon as I realised they thought I was knackered from the same route they had just walked , I was speechless with indignation . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | After the end of the hearing yesterday , Det Insp Young , 33 , said : ‘ As far as I know they did not base the character on me . |
| 25 | But surprising the people that you do n't realise , you know , it troubles the parents and as I say they took them to a number of specialists and given different things |
| 26 | And as as I say they had to put all the mens name in the hat and pick them out and put up a roster and they had their turn of going down the bread week by week . |
| 27 | I know , I know , because as I say they gave a |
| 28 | Gladly would I have been in the condition of dog or horse , for I knew they had no soul to perish under the everlasting weights of Hell as mine was like to do . ’ |
| 29 | They were marvellous speakers , even though I understand they did not have the benefit of what was considered an education . |