Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] and they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave him the money and they told me to walk on and not look back because they would be following me . |
| 2 | We phoned the vet and they talked us through what was happening . |
| 3 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 4 | There had been a running buffet in the kitchen and they helped themselves when they were hungry , like gauchos on an Argentine estancia , but meals glued life together for Alan 's family and he could be heard intoning , intoning , instructing , instructing in his foggy monotone with never a word in reply , until the children were able to ‘ get down ’ . |
| 5 | They have an arrangement with the University and they have their own buildings , and they collaborate with the people here , mostly in Engineering . |
| 6 | ‘ When I used to watch Bros on the telly and they said they loved their fans , I used to think it was a really naff thing to say . |
| 7 | The car of the future and they call it the ’ Urbanizer . ’ |
| 8 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 9 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 10 | Complacency about recession could destroy the Tories yet : they have been given a sharp warning by the electorate and they disregard it at their peril . |
| 11 | There was nothing of apparent interest in the lavatory and they made their way into the robing vestry . |
| 12 | Most of the towns were on or near the coast and they exploited their site advantages , capitalizing on their access to sea routes and on the fertile soils of their hinterlands . |
| 13 | Hugh asked after his father-in-law had wandered off into the shadows at the end of the terrace and they heard his stick tapping along the stone floors . |
| 14 | He asked to see the horse and they took him to the stable . |
| 15 | little dog at one of the horse and they kick its legs and that was a nasty blamed the dog . |
| 16 | ‘ He helped Mr Benson into the basket and they got him out , ’ said a national park spokeswoman . |
| 17 | So I went to the council and they offered me h re or a boarding house . |
| 18 | So it 'd got this eggshell in the bottom and they used they would work a a mast a sail on it . |
| 19 | Well I mean that when we start organization and I am on , I 'm on Cortille and on the committee and they wanted me to take over the Vice Chairman and I said no way . |
| 20 | The girls became shrews and harridans : they screamed at the help and they smothered their children . |
| 21 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 22 | As he had done in the first round , he reached the green and they got their par . |
| 23 | She asked them about the child and they said they had just found him . |
| 24 | Well , it came to the and it was in the shop and they said what do you want ? |
| 25 | but that surprised the man in the queue and yet interestingly I think that and she said I was right in my assumption that that is part of the partnership philosophy of John Lewis that they work in partnership with their staff and in partnership with the community and they make their profit which is generated to start through the community which they sell to and therefore they quietly give back without wanting to play their own trumpets and in a sense I think that 's how it should be . |
| 26 | so he goes oh what the hell and they shovel tea down him and erm he starts throwing up and , what happened is that when he , when he gets like cut down they ta take him back to the room and they put them in their boxer shorts just sitting there and they 've wired up a mouse trap to like their their |
| 27 | You had to bring someone into the business and they brought someone into the business and that was their form of selling . |
| 28 | ‘ He asked the senior players if they 'd seen anything as they came away from the dressing-room and they said they had n't . |
| 29 | ’ Athelstan tugged him by the sleeve and they made their way across the deserted bailey to the steps leading up to the parapet walk . |
| 30 | 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 |