Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes Chairman , of the hundred and sixty thousand plus cost , erm , part of the contribution by the major servicing committee , and I understand that they advised me the balance has been made from local contributions , and charitable sources . |
| 2 | But you can see that er for someone who has no , a wife who has no income and her husband 's paying twenty five percent or forty percent then by moving a , say er twenty thousand at erm well er whatever percentage to fill up these allowances er if you 're getting ten thousand or twenty thousand put , put it into the wife 's name that they give us the interest is then hers , if she has no other income it neatly can be swallowed up by the allowance . |
| 3 | It 's part of the school 's job to convince parents that they want what the school wants and values . |
| 4 | Is he aware that they posed me the question , ’ Is anybody in the Government prepared to stand up and fight to defend the coal industry ? ’ |
| 5 | But anyway we , they must have been so impressed by the , the order that they got , that they gave us the agency for Galashiels and Selkirk for the Austin . |
| 6 | Good grief it must cost them a fortune to erm you know , pay for all these then , so they give you the Walkman to , while you 're doing this and they give you the batteries , tt |
| 7 | Mr Holmes says he reported the matter to the ferry company , and they told him the air conditioning was n't working . |
| 8 | If it 's s something like that and they tell me the amount of furniture and if two thirds of the van will be filled with big stuff , and then they tell me there 'll be half a dozen boxes , I assume there 'll be at least four times that number of boxes , and if it 's still going to go on , we 'll do it . |
| 9 | Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use . |
| 10 | ‘ And they bring us the tourain . ’ |
| 11 | They sought no patent ; they ordered him to give information freely to their customers ; and they denied him the reward to which he believed he was entitled under the terms of his contract . |
| 12 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 13 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
| 14 | And they called it the number one . |
| 15 | ‘ And they gave me the job . ’ |
| 16 | They are usually organised by well-established foundations ( the Arvon Foundation , for example ) and they offer you the opportunity of working with and learning from well-known writers . |
| 17 | It used to be the south east midlands , now it 's classed as the south midlands but Bedford , twenty one miles along the road there , and they call it the south . |
| 18 | Our Lady was seen by many people , and they call it the shrine of Our Lady of Carns . |
| 19 | I du n no if they told me the way — I can t remember , but I think it 's this way . |
| 20 | Oh there was no such thing if they gave you the money , you might nip off . . |
| 21 | Erm so that 's true , that if they give you the house , it is , it is an inheritance tax problem as well . |
| 22 | people if they say what the hell are you doing . |
| 23 | we went in , you know , and that was the place an'all even the carpet that 's twelve hundred pound , cos they showed us the bill , you know er it 's been a it 's dirty and that but you know that wants , wants a good washing you know |
| 24 | Pressure on the pound lightened yesterday as financial markets decided to suspend judgement until they heard what the Chancellor had to say , a mood which was reflected among Conservative representatives . |
| 25 | But they know what the game is , and they know when they have done a good job : the rewards are tangible and clear . |
| 26 | ‘ There always seems so much to do — but they like everything the way it 's always been . |
| 27 | On the other hand , what are the ethical problems involved in deceiving volunteers , as did Milgram , or hospital doctors , as did Rosenhan , just for the sake of avoiding the problem of their behaving differently because they knew what the experiment was about ? |
| 28 | In the first place developing countries accepted the loans that were thrust at them because they believed what the West was telling them — that it would be possible for them to industrialize , to develop their economies to the point where paying back the loan later on would be an easy matter . |
| 29 | The elements of the curriculum considered essential by LEAs were varied and some were reluctant to make any statement on this because they felt it the job of schools . |
| 30 | They 're talking about going with us certainly , but they 're doing it in a positive way because they see what the future is . |