Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nothing much doing at the pond , they had set the rods up and were wandering around , looking for frogs and newts , then they returned to their rods ; nothing stirred , so around 10pm they decided to call it a day . |
| 32 | The Indians ran out of arrows — they decided to call it a day |
| 33 | Then I went through the samples in my kitchen and realised that , rather than look at the non-mainstream areas , I could look at wines from perfectly accepted areas that broke the usual conventions ; or in one brilliant example , I could see what great traditional winemakers — in this case a pair of Burgundian grandees — could do when they decided to rough it a bit in France 's far south . |
| 34 | They keep calling her a liar cos she hangs about with me . |
| 35 | And they keep giving her a courtesy car so I should think so after spending twenty one grand ! |
| 36 | Because I 'm , you know , if they sa if they keep crossing me the way they are , quite frankly I 'm you know , willing to make remarks myself . |
| 37 | A peek through the window showed that the taxi had arrived , brief farewells were made to the men , and Karl left , promising to ring them the next day and making mock threats to Erika and Paul should they forget to meet him the following Sunday . |
| 38 | ‘ I have had no hassle from the other women but the prison guards at Risley were awful , they kept calling me the Duchess , ’ she says with a touch of nastiness . |
| 39 | They did send me a cheque for £8 , which I returned as inadequate . |
| 40 | They did give me the name of the hospital Salome was in and the taller one told me that the accident had happened ‘ just off the M20 near Wrotham ’ , but they had no more details , they were just running errands for the Kent police . |
| 41 | And if they did give you the sack you would be walked away to the army I expect . |
| 42 | Grolux tubes are great for promoting plant growth , but they do give everything a pinkish tinge . |
| 43 | ‘ My God , they do give you a red face when you 're least expecting it . ’ |
| 44 | This book , these books are quite good because they do give you a little bit of explanation . |
| 45 | And they 've given you they 've actually given you , not in this one , but they do give you the clefs here . |
| 46 | they they they do give you an option just to start off very low . |
| 47 | I think sometimes they do tell you a lot but er y'know generally speaking they 're like looking for items that strongly distinguish . |
| 48 | When you think about it , it 's amazing how they do learn what the different aids mean . |
| 49 | and erm , and then every time the poor women went to get off stage he says oh Joan you ca n't go , come here , let's , he said we ca n't just give you that so he , he called her back and they bought give her a rabbit |
| 50 | The death of Elise , and Max 's desertion — had they combined to give her a look of pathos ? |
| 51 | And they 've assigned me a prolific blighter ( 'lific blighter ) — |
| 52 | They 've made it a , a , a sort of through cut there , which is now going to allow people to cross over erm , it 's , it 's going to make erm , two points of pedestrian access shown on the north boundary at the site , will create new rights of way and will become short cuts for pedestrians and especially children . |
| 53 | And he said yes but it 's , it 's the accommodation we 've got , maybe it 's a Company move and they 've given them an apartment or something , seven months old , you know , that big , so by the time |
| 54 | My Uncle Stan and Aunt Alice are very good to me and more than good to Carrie , they 've given her a start in life she would never have had here . |
| 55 | ‘ They 've given me a roomette or some such , but I take this thing seriously . |
| 56 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
| 57 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 58 | ‘ They 've given me a lot of furniture and other things that have been passed down through the generations . |
| 59 | Now she came away thinking I 've got this secondhand car and they 've given me a warranty . |
| 60 | It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’ |