Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , by the time someone comes to see me they have usually made up their mind that hypnosis will be beneficial for them and so this is not a situation I encounter very often . |
| 2 | The week I met them they had £2 left after shopping for food . |
| 3 | When I first met them they had hardly ever granted interviews for the purpose of making any disclosures about their background . |
| 4 | ‘ How far to Chedder ? ’ , they asked everyone they met , receiving estimates which varied from two-and-a-half miles to seven . |
| 5 | But now women are meant to go along on an even keel and when something upsets them they think tha e , I should n't be able to express this any more , so I 'll go to the G P and he 'll give me something and then the emotions will go away , but unfortunately they do n't go away , they just go wandering , they 'll come back again at another point . |
| 6 | Many elderly people become so deeply attached to their animals , however , that when they lose them they go through a very real and depressing bereavement experience ; so every effort should be made to help them to keep their animals properly fed , groomed and exercised when they begin to find this difficult to cope with themselves . |
| 7 | The Pitts were glad to see someone they knew . |
| 8 | ‘ One of the most frustrating things for the police is to see someone they have spent weeks tracking down released on bail and subsequently re-offending . |
| 9 | I mean I they 've got a , a stall on the market , I 've seen something on the market on that stall , but they 've not got it in their size and they 'll say to you , ooh , go over to the shop , you know , and you go over |
| 10 | He did n't add that when he had first telephoned them they had n't wanted to know . |
| 11 | My parents hid the Jews in their apple loft for two months , Baptiste said : then when the Germans found them they locked them up in here . |
| 12 | ‘ When we 'd caught them they 'd both gone . |
| 13 | as quick as we find a way , to catch them they think of something else |
| 14 | Some seem flower-like yet when you touch them they have the incongruous scratch of stone . |
| 15 | He then went on to discuss whether an employee could use his recollection of any features of the plaintiff 's plant , machinery or process which they claimed were peculiar to them even though they admitted that their competitors used similar machinery . |
| 16 | And the more they become integrated , then they would expand out , join the Scouts , the Guides or go to the local youth club , so be part of the , the er , growing up process which they have n't been afforded . |
| 17 | Her mind raced around the nameless colours in the sky and the tantalising word warm which they refused to speak or explain . |
| 18 | The Metropolitan Police refer to work which they dislike as ‘ rubbish work ’ ( Policy Studies Institute 1983b : 64 ) , but in the RUC work which is disliked falls into three categories . |
| 19 | They 'd been out and er I do n't know who they 'd been with like but he must of had a bit to drink . |
| 20 | I do n't know who they get their money from but they . |
| 21 | There 's a very good example of that in the film you 'll see , where somebody phones up , and does n't quite know who they want to speak to , but they get through to a department , and they say , ‘ Oh , I 've left some money ’ , and the caller immediately , and the person who 's received the call immediately says , ‘ Ah , money ! , you want the treasurers department , I 'll put you through ’ , and before the chap 's had a chance to say , ‘ No , no , no , I really want to speak to you , they 've gone , and they 're back at the switchboard . ’ |
| 22 | Mum , we have got the ten saws , last year one of the lads left with us a pair of eighty pound boots and fifty pound gaiters , left them and we do n't know who they belong |
| 23 | Their administration is in chaos and they do n't know who they owe or who owes them . |
| 24 | You need to know who they have been to see , what advice they have already tried and what they thought about it . |
| 25 | They say who they want to send it to , add a few notes , send it off and are dropped straight back into the spreadsheet . ’ |
| 26 | People ring up about the match they 've just been to and complain or say who they think should be the next England manager , etc . |
| 27 | There had been no retaliation by the MacIans , but they all knew they were ready for it if any had come , and who to thank for the readiness ; and no-one mentioned who they had to thank for the threat . |
| 28 | Noble Metals is basing everything they do on ‘ not just satisfying but surprising and delighting our customers ’ . |
| 29 | Given that people had no rational basis for choosing among candidates , it was scarcely surprising they used one they deemed natural . |
| 30 | He says they provided everything they needed , fresh fish , ice , everything . |