Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 When they sit together you 've got problems .
2 They say just I mean we , yo th there 's bits and pieces of like you know
3 They say well we 've offered you three blocks and you 've turned them all down and you say well yes but you 've offered us blocks not not
4 That 's what they say well we have this silly game that we play on the number line , going up and down the thing and when you do three start from three , count seven in the opposite direction we finish up at this number called minus four .
5 yeah , well with the on the van as well , so he try and put a bit more you know , and they say well they do the same , they used to have a
6 I 've do It 's like it 's like practising for football I mean you might be the best footballer in the world and you say you know they say well you 've just won the cup say
7 If we are going to deliver to the people to whom we as elected members owe the highest duty , that 's the people who are in receipt of our services the sort of quality service that we , that they deserve then I have to say that we can have as many reports of this nature as we like , but you have got to acknowledge the need to change and you have got to stop resenting the rights of parents and governors to run schools , you 've got to stop being obstructive to competitive tendering and you have got to stop arguing for the retention of services where it 's patently obvious that there 's over provision .
8 If they sail independently we have to pay additional yacht insurance and keep a shore based engineer on call to support you .
9 Well I 'm , I 'm easy , I mean the thickish cord erm , washes ni , they wear better I think the thickish cord but I mean erm and they 're a bit warmer , but if you shop about usually you can get them erm the same price as the needlecord I 'll leave that with you , right .
10 As they finish so I go round their horses and then I 've got ta go down and report to him .
11 ‘ About schools , no doubt , they know something-perhaps they have schedules and inventories that tell them in wearisome detail what they should look for in the structure , the physical fabric .
12 Mm , well actually when , when somebody passes away lots of people say that when they pass away they 've received their spirit
13 I 've said to Jay I do n't know whether she do n't want me to help her , I do n't know , I , this is the second time I 've said to her , and she said oh I do n't know where they are , and I ai n't gon na ask her no more , if they get there they get there and if they do n't
14 Well they reckon now I mean
15 they iron better you know if they go out
16 Spell correctly , in the course of their own writing , simple monosyllabic words they use regularly which observe common patterns .
17 Spell correctly , in the course of their own writing , simple polysyllabic words they use regularly which observe common patterns .
18 As they do so we tend to know fewer of the people we see in them .
19 Sleight apologised for this state of affairs at the Congress in Dublin in 1895 : " It must be remembered that it is exceedingly difficult for the executive committee to meet together often , for every time they do so they have to bear their own travelling expenses , and sometimes hotel expenses ; and to whatever centre they are summoned , it only means that some members of the committee have to travel a considerable distance .
20 If they start today they have something under three weeks before treading the boards .
21 So what I 'm saying is we need to be very , as soon as you get the stuff , that , if you wan na get anything out of this course at all , and what people do get out of the course , is the fact that by the time they leave here we 've said right , that 's the way we 're going that 's what we 're gon na aim for and it is reasonable time .
22 As they move upwards they lose their nuclei and synthesize the special proteins like keratin that give the skin its protective toughness .
23 I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know .
24 But he said they 've just I mean this year the whole orchard .
25 Yeah , if you think you might come to the end of a conversation before you reach the end of the tape , they 've rather you put a new tape in .
26 I do n't like they 've both they 've worked as they 've gone along and have n't been scared to put colours in and things .
27 If people want to kill themselves , that 's their affair , but when they come here I want to give them food which will do them food rather than harm .
28 they come home they 've got ta snuggle up in bed with a book
29 Well it 's like you say , if they work there they work .
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