Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] it the " in BNC.
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1 | When Liam managed to get a word with her alone , she said the less fuss they made about it the sooner Nellie would get over it . |
2 | I think that 's a load of shit , half of his stuff , I mean they 're , they 're good reproductions , tin of Heinz Bake Beans but any monkey can fucking do that charge fifty grand for it or whatever they charged for it The ones I 've always liked is erm , I du n no if you 've ever seen any , Ed , Edward Lanzear used to paint a lot of er Queen Victoria used to do er animal paintings . |
3 | However , no sooner had they built such a machine than they recognised in it the inherent dangers of a heartless device capable of original thought . |
4 | And the more they talked about it the more they decided that it was . |
5 | But they went about it the wrong way . |