Example sentences of "[subord] i gave they " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 2 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 3 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 4 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 5 | If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see . |
| 6 | When I gave them a grenade they had n't found , I got another kick . |
| 7 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |