Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , I must go and read the children that story I promised them , and then I 'll have to pack my case , ’ he added , clearly considering the subject closed as he patted her hand before rising from the couch and walking away towards the twins ' bedroom . |
| 2 | put the contrary view in the form of a dilemma when he said : ‘ Either they were performing this public duty in giving the protection asked for , in which case I think they can not charge , or , which no one suggests , they were at the request of an individual doing something which it was not their duty to do , in which case it seems to me both public policy and section 10 of the County Police Act 1839 , make the contract illegal and void . ’ |
| 3 | In all honesty I think they are exactly the same as newpaper reports in that if a team wins 3–0 or 4–0 they automatically say it was a trouncing , and then dredge up ‘ facts ’ to evidence their overall assumption . |
| 4 | They resented us in the beginning but I think as the years have gone by and they have seen the facilities that a new town has brought to their advantage I think they 're more acceptable now , but they did resent us in the beginning . |
| 5 | Simple — I take the other two pairs to suitable positions , then exchange them , and then put them back whore I found them . |
| 6 | I feel sceptical but would give them a try I believe they work but only in conjunction with a healthy diet and regular exercise |
| 7 | I mean , after all the shit I gave them they 've really stood by me and me girlfriend as well . |
| 8 | In those days I lived with my parents and when the film resurfaced at a local cinema I convinced them to spend an evening feasting their eyes on those sanguinary sapphics . |
| 9 | If they went for the traditional look I suppose they 'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore . |
| 10 | Of course I remember them . |
| 11 | Of course I remember them eighties and nineties here . |
| 12 | So of course I went away down to the Station and the folk came off the Edinburgh train and that , and this gentleman and lady were left and of course I approached them , I says , by any chance , I says , are you Professor . |
| 13 | Oh yes , erm I think it was generally , er , they had to match the colouring of the rooms that they 'd got , the furniture they 'd got really because as far as the room was concerned er when , when the , new houses came onto the erm , ready for occupation , er they were all cream coloured inside and anyway and pale cream so they , they 'd got er any choice they wanted there it , really it was just to match their curtains , match their carpets , all their furnishings and erm , of course I suppose they , the rose coloured ones er went better than say the lemon coloured one and that because er people just er liked the idea of moving into a place that 's got a nice cosy glow in it , place sort of thing , but we never sell any at all , there 's , none of that type of fitting in , sold now . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course I liked them ! ’ she exploded . |
| 15 | And they looked like that and I says , what , I says , they 've caused these men to earn all this money I says they 're earning more money than and that 's all you 're gon na offer me ? |
| 16 | Sure , I tell them that when they 're out on the field I want them to forget that they 're Momma 's little girls and project ! |
| 17 | They are given in alphabetical order , and from my own experience I know them to be absolutely reliable . |
| 18 | He admitted he had been stupid , but said : ‘ They are too easily available and from my experience I think they should be banned . ’ |
| 19 | ( This habit I have of thinking I know them — as humans — is mistaken , and inappropriate . |
| 20 | Particularly when we 're trying to get juveniles into the club I mean they want to go at ten possibly you owe them not starting till |
| 21 | I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . . |
| 22 | And in my mind I saw them reaching between their legs to clutch their precious bags . |
| 23 | Yes it 's great , I mean in the first year lecture on Tuesday erm in the break I gave them in the middle of it the the corridor was like thick with tobacco smoke y'know you could hardly |
| 24 | it opens the door , it opens the door , that 's why both my younger girls , I mean Diane 's a different policy any way cos she wants to be a , but with the other two , who worked interest in computers and when they left college I gave them crash course in , in typing not in shorthand because they do n't they do n't need shorthand nowadays , |
| 25 | I mean all this sitting on the fence I mean they must have very sore bums . |
| 26 | From the stack of suitcases strapped on the overhead rack and the fact that they were driving away from the coast I guessed they were returning from a holiday . |
| 27 | In winter I fill them with a rich and succulent mincemeat mixture . |
| 28 | ‘ If they are doing it to please someone else or save a marriage I tell them I wo n't do it , ’ he says . |
| 29 | Yeah , I know One pair of those tights were seven ninety nine , it 's no wonder I thought they were nice when I looked at them . |
| 30 | Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain . |