Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [indef pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strength of this method is that managers give their views on their peers — in other words , on firms they should know something about . |
| 2 | If we say , There 's somebody suspicious knocking about the flats , or , There 's a person on such a walk doing something we think 's a little bit er mysterious , then they 'll sen they 'll send somebody round as quickly as they can . |
| 3 | They 'll send someone round , either here or to your house . |
| 4 | ‘ They 'll tear everything down . |
| 5 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 6 | " But we do n't want the council in on it , " said another , " they 'd want something out of it , but we just enjoy doing it ourselves . |
| 7 | Lancashire they used to call it and , we used to , they used to set one on at first and then , as he knocked , if he could knock one off his feet onto his two feet , then he had to help him to knock the others over as they come in close and er , I know they do n't sound nothing like , you know , now but er , in them days we use to think it was great . |
| 8 | And they used t they used to have a little , they used to have a railway from the sewer outfall , a little one , narrow one , there used to be , as I say used to have a machine up the top of the hill and they used to pull one down and one up . |
| 9 | When no verification came , they would send someone round . |
| 10 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 11 | ‘ Not if they can rake something up about Ana ! ’ |
| 12 | Many clients like to shop around before they commit themselves to a solicitor and like to feel that they can find something out about you before they are committed to the payment of fees . |
| 13 | Maybe they can get something out of it . ’ |