Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | To please him , she travelled , learnt languages , read all the guide books to the cities he insisted they visit , became a sexual virtuoso , developed opinions on the classics and on contemporary literature , and learnt never to voice them at the dinner table unless asked . |
| 2 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 3 | Cos they are quite tame , I mean that 's one thing about the hens I mean they ca n't come out though , they just wander about . |
| 4 | Well naturally I was I was raving wild when I got up and that 's well the lads I thought they were going to turn the van over tell you the truth . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true . |
| 6 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 7 | So we have a rehearsal of grievances centring on the injustices they feel they have suffered as a result of black immigration into the area . |
| 8 | They feel bitter and disillusioned by the conditions they say they are forced to endure , under direct threat of assassination . |
| 9 | And a lot of people realise that the things they thought they were going to do ( marry for love and have three children ) or hoped to do ( swim for Great Britain ) are less likely to come true . |
| 10 | Most of what local authorities do is in a sense not really party politically controversial because they 've got because most of the things they do they 've got to do , they 're mandated to do . |
| 11 | He tries to persuade the children to talk to him about the things they feel they ca n't discuss with the staff . |
| 12 | When she thought about the things he did they became even sharper , so that it felt as if an electric shock was passing right through the centre of her body . |
| 13 | Well there 's a physical limit to how much we could produce in a an eight hour shift and all the slate makers were adamant that the figures he reckoned they could produce and what they reckoned they could produce you know they were totally different . |
| 14 | Course manager Jack Bennett said : ‘ The going could be described as choppy , and if anyone wants to know the prospects I suggest they contact the coastguard ! ’ |
| 15 | They will , and the Japs I think they 're evil |
| 16 | Yeah , we went through these stories , and tried to link all different things they go under , got attitudes , weight , sex , exploitation , memories , mother and child relationships , old fashioned settings , aspirations , working women , ageism , husband and wife , loneliness , change , working in middle upper classes , racism and grief , and then , we started again , through the stories giving numbers , and putting them under the headings we thought they came under , but the thing is , we 've got a lot of them under all , well not all the headings , but a couple of the headings . |
| 17 | Only for a bloke actually it 's pretty easy , but for some of the girls I mean they sometimes has to false herself . |
| 18 | Oh yes , er yes they were , they were er of course there was a great divide there I mean between the Liberals I mean they were the only two parties in those days . |
| 19 | the raffles I want they 've got some prizes . |
| 20 | Tiles were the ro making the tiles was a major operation because erm when they first tried to make the tiles they tried they dug a hole big hole at Rawcliffe and they they tried to make forty thousand tiles , line them all up in the pit and they brought something like forty tonnes of dry wood chippings from the erm saw mills in er forest but they could n't quite get it hot enough so the whole lot had to be thrown away do again . |
| 21 | The officers also discovered a syringe on Jones but when asked about the drugs he said they were not his . |
| 22 | ‘ When you have what is effectively a one party Government for 13 years working hand in hand with the developers they believe they can do whatever they like . |