Example sentences of "they [vb base] it [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did it as they want it sort of you know ? |
| 2 | Yes , er maybe I would n't have mentioned it , but er , well , that 's a story of one like dozens of people , congratulating us , that at long last we 're going to do something about the environment and protect it for the future of our children , and they consider it money well spent , and asking the question , why was n't it never done before . |
| 3 | They actually like well argued a sort of elegant prototype concept so if you 're gon na present a model theory , they like it sort of well thought through , rather than a half-baked airy-fairy model . |
| 4 | And they like the erm the water , excuse me ! they like the water drained out the site , you know , they like it sort of all the water switched off on , on each van |
| 5 | So that they 're not having to find money for that as well as their ticket they get it sort of all in one price . |
| 6 | No they do it year by year |
| 7 | They do it tail to tail , like Volkswagens : |
| 8 | the ways that they do it sort of thing . |
| 9 | The Camel Trophy … they call it life 's last great adventure |
| 10 | They call it word book , and every week , |
| 11 | The doctors have a word for that misery ; they call it anhedonia , which only means an inability to feel enjoyment , and that 's what it is , but it feels like hell , like true hell , and it 's a hell you ca n't even escape from in sleep because overdosing on cocaine gives you chronic insomnia . ’ |
| 12 | they call it achievement you know they call it record of achievement |
| 13 | And they call it and they call it progress . |
| 14 | They call it style . |
| 15 | You went out and about for twelve weeks with your tutor constable , if you like , they call it puppy walking he was the highly trained policeman and I was the new policeman , I was with him for twelve weeks . |
| 16 | ‘ They call it Dragon 's , ’ he said . |
| 17 | They call it survival of the fittest , although it 's their own survival they are now worried about . |
| 18 | They call it survival of the fittest , although it 's their own survival they are now worried about . |
| 19 | ‘ They call it hospital now — what we used to call the asylum . |
| 20 | because I , the doctors I work for they have opted out , they are what they call it fund holding , they 've got their own budget , they 've got a , they 've got a practice manager and its run as a business and they look at every thing and any profits that they get are ploughed back into the G P's surgery and er , and they improve the surgery facilities for the patience , and it will be a better service , but I mean how can Labour come in and then say right you 're not doing that , how can they undo it |
| 21 | Been with C U for about two years last September , er started management training , came straight from University , erm , tt several section section head erm , starting with with various instructional outside they call it process control . |
| 22 | ‘ You know why they call it Ecstasy ? ’ |
| 23 | they call it achievement you know they call it record of achievement |
| 24 | They call it émissole here , and to us it 's a dogfish . |
| 25 | take over a they call it copyright infringement . |
| 26 | I think they call it fire safety now , in my time it was fire prevention but now fire safety which is probably a better word for it . |
| 27 | it was gorgeous but Chris was saying that Tescos do one , but they call it passion cake which is the same thing |
| 28 | Then they take it sort of up a level |