Example sentences of "a [noun] and they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I emphasized to the volunteers that this was a trial and they were now a member of my trial ‘ team ’ . |
| 2 | There are only two requirements when taking a case and they are interdependent : Observation with all the senses and objectivity or freedom from interpretation of what is observed . |
| 3 | It 's a pity in a way that we did n't have this discussion before , because I do think it 's important and I think parties these days , goodness knows what we 're matching is to , should be a bit and they want more , sort of less than putting in less fifty percent . |
| 4 | Three subjects were taken at A level and they were usually taken as packages of closely related studies : physics , chemistry , and mathematics ; French , German , and English ; history , geography , and economics . |
| 5 | The way we see it , they both did a runner and they 've been in hiding ever since . ’ |
| 6 | They went without a hope and they came back , it seemed , without a friend , perilously close to reaching mother-in-law status as the comedians ' favourite butt . |
| 7 | They just put it on you see with a brush and it was a paste you see , all over the coach , and then they had a hose and they washed all that X mover off you see , the X mover was an acid and it ate into the you see , bodywork . |
| 8 | I was sweltering , I was wearing a t-shirt and they were out you know with jumpers on and all sorts . |
| 9 | They thus need only provide care to quality standards which they set for themselves when first agreeing a contract and they can avoid being drawn into the ‘ high volume/doubtful quality ’ trap . |
| 10 | There were six to a cabin and they were on deck H. The initial was appropriate . |
| 11 | One day we had a fight and they told Miss . |
| 12 | Where they , they 're having a fight and they 've got all the different people in the news like Chinese people go and there 's fights and then they get , there 's custard pies thrown at them . |
| 13 | In some cases , pupils are given the beginning or ending of a story and they have to complete the rest of the story in their own words . |
| 14 | But anyway he saw this one stall and he had a look and they had three racks of them for ten ninety nine and then we found some others then , they were they were ten ninety nine but they were as thick as these other ones . |
| 15 | only other one he 's got is a silk one so er I was gon na go on Tuesday and have a look and they had them there before Christmas , seven ninety nine and , but it said one size now I do n't know whether the one size will fit Di because the last one I had for him I sent away for and I had erm so I do n't know whether them down there would fit , they were seven ninety nine , there were white and lemon and pale green that was striped I think . |
| 16 | is the answer to a division and they 're saying what 's erm forty divided by a hundred right ? |
| 17 | Of course you can well I knew of a girl who married I would n't say she 'd married well when she started out but her husband was enterprising e eventually got himself quite a good job at the at people who print the bank notes so so that they they started off in a prefab and they ended up with a new four bedroom bungalow with central heating at Athorpe Roding . |
| 18 | Which meant that er you could try and get away if you liked but you as soon as you mentioned you were a baker and they looked at your age you were . |
| 19 | In effect , Ayer has put them in a ghetto and they are happy to remain there , content to be making statements of nonsense in the assurance that what to the believer are the words of God must necessarily appear to the unbeliever mere gobbledygook . |
| 20 | The way it worked was they 'd give him 70 quid for a gram and they 'd sell it in fiver or tenner bags . |
| 21 | It 's all anonymous , you 're not e e e nobody know who it is , it 's for it 's for a dictionary and they want new words that are commonly used and they do n't want and all old words that never get used it 'll be dropped in the next edition of the dictionary . |
| 22 | He ordered a cloak to be draped and tied round the body which was then slung over a horse and they continued on their way to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 23 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 24 | if you found out then you might have found out that they were n't very far behind , so they could of caught up and they could of gained a seat and they could of gained a say in the government |
| 25 | At that time , I mean , I have known when my , when I was a dredger and they used t we used to clean the bottom , I have known er mussels on the bottom , used to feed on , be on the side of the ship , good mussels , but of course there used to be cockles , winkles . |
| 26 | Robbie and then they had a boat and they went across . |
| 27 | Yet they enjoy none of the advantages of debentureholders ; they receive a return on their money only if profits are earned ( and not necessarily even then ) , they rank after creditors on a winding-up and they have less effective remedies against the company . |
| 28 | a book that 's lasting them a term and they start getting trouble and he gets you know messed about |
| 29 | To , to make people feel sorry for them and they have no shame at all in breaking limbs and distorting their features and all so that kind to make themselves look as pitiful as they possible can because they 're going to live a life of a beggar and they tell us it 's very profitable being a beggar in some lands , people can make in this country they reckon up to in places like London a hundred pounds a day being a beggar that 's more than you earn a day is n't it ? |
| 30 | was getting really cross and was beginning to call the police over she just produced a card and they just throw it and said this means nothing to me , this means nothing to me , cover your head and she just laughed at them and walked away , but he , he pounced on a Filipino girl who was actually wearing jeans , and socks and said her jeans were too short |