Example sentences of "and they [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The colonial assemblies saw themselves as bodies parallel to the House of Commons and they felt they could use their authority over finance to control the royal governors . |
| 2 | And they know they 'll have to unite behind the new one if they 're to be a force at the next General Election . |
| 3 | And they know they 'll get something . |
| 4 | American guests are famous for deep ties and they hope they will consider themselves at home as long as they are in this country . |
| 5 | and they said we 'll wait for you . |
| 6 | I had some material and they said they would make it up into a Kamiz for me , so next time I went there I took along a garment that fitted me . |
| 7 | ’ They have raided the Glen Moriston site twice this week already in strength , and they said they would return before the end of the week . |
| 8 | ‘ I phoned the president 's office and they said they would see what they could do to help . |
| 9 | Well I sort of gave them a choice , do they want to nominate who does overtime or do they want to have a cat or do they want to pay , get paid less and they said they 'll get paid less . |
| 10 | the Beverley sisters were on and they said they used to wear very daring clothes and the B B C banned them from showing their navels , cos you 're not supposed to show your navel on television and you could n't say the word , oh yeah Lonnie Donegan was on and he said that he was banned from singing this song er in eighty forty was such a little drip and in it he says we beat the bloody British and they would n't let him sing that because he swore so he had to sing we beat the ruddy British |
| 11 | I could hear them pulling drawers out and they said they 'd go . |
| 12 | So we left there that Wednesday morning and they said they 'd give us until the Friday to think about it . |
| 13 | The buil the I 've rung them up and they said they 'd do it . |
| 14 | So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each . |
| 15 | I phoned them last week and said you know have you got any suggestions , and they said they 'd come back to me and they have n't . |
| 16 | I used to go to Sunday school all the time before and they said I could go free . |
| 17 | I cleared that and fixed the vice up and they said I could do that and I used the and that in their place and er then they had to quit the premises completely , did n't they ? |
| 18 | He asked the masters and they said you can come for an interview . |
| 19 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 20 | Pam was a very down-to-earth person and they thought I 'd get on well . |
| 21 | It transpired the reason why I was put on the works was because there was another woman on the works with the same surname who 'd gone to Holloway for her appeal and they thought she 'd come back and had got us mixed up . |
| 22 | And they fear it could mean the end of traditional pubs . |
| 23 | Do they issue them , part of the reason that of them having higher wages is that part industrials are bias that they , they have a higher wages and they think they will have a stronger growth in the industrial sector |
| 24 | They get the shilling , and a golden promise , and they think they will come back alive one day . ’ |
| 25 | The young regulars come to a station and they think they can tell a reserve man what to do . |
| 26 | But you know sleep escapes a young person , if one 's in their young twenties and they think you can go to bed at er half past two in the afternoon and have an hour or two . |
| 27 | Workers are only too aware that Ford of Britain 's pre-tax profits doubled to more than £673m in the last financial year and they feel they ought to share in its success . |
| 28 | If you do and they work you will keep them , or adapt them until you feel comfortable with your ‘ tool kit ’ . |
| 29 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 30 | He 's in the sixth form , working for his A-levels , and they reckon he might go to Oxford . ’ |