Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 When he first started to air his views on intensive farming methods they labelled him a crank and hoped he would go away .
2 At the foot of the steps they greeted him ; each in his turn bowing before Tsu Ma ; each bending to kiss the ring of power he now wore ; each embracing him warmly before repeating the same eight words .
3 They saw us just like we were jungle animals , jungle animals they treat us .
4 To No units they called them .
5 He killed himself because he was literally sick to death of fighting some of the largest manufacturers of FM radios for the royalties they owed him .
6 He was tall , very fair , reasonably attractive , and when he made with the charm at hospital parties they lapped it up .
7 In this way , people lose their virginity , experiment with drink or drugs , run up debts , consider divorce and even vote for political parties they swore they would never support .
8 For my rent , for the funds they advance us — ’
9 See children with skateboards they amaze me !
10 The other one of the , one of the things that people find very difficult , the learning all the words they expect you to know .
11 Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn
12 What people think of the media in general and each medium in particular and the role or roles they perceive them to play in their lives and in society are important preliminary considerations which have to be studied .
13 I think to a certain extent the West Indian kids tend to get labelled and these labels they feel they 've got to live up to .
14 It was while she was reading one of the books they gave her — by a philosopher called Christ — the next day by the lamp-light that she suddenly realized what that gemmed necklace had said .
15 Galliano are cool and wise , but they do n't alienate their crowd by flaunting the books they want you to believe they read ; instead they quote Bob Marley and laugh .
16 " It 's exactly like those fairy-tale books they terrified us with .
17 After many months they let me free .
18 While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights .
19 While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights .
20 Bought a Vax , they said no they 're a con do n't worry , he said with a little bit of luck you 'll get one that 'll be free , you 'll have to give a report on it once a month , then about after nine months they give it to you if they thought
21 And it was there were two there was what they called the barn , the lofts they called it .
22 Taking hold of the captives they dragged them away , struggling and still mouthing threats , in the direction of the ‘ prison ’ rig .
23 Well me parents they got they was alright they , you know what I mean , they were n't wealthy but they they they were they 'd always got enough to live on .
24 Around the corners they talk it over , make sense of what they heard .
25 Tramp aha , it was tramp coles they called them , they were ricks you know and you got into and you put up the hay and you tramped round and round you see ?
26 An idea began to form in his mind , but the Governors were apprehensive about taking on more commitments — faced with the abolition of the Direct Grant , they had decided to go " Independent " , and in the circumstances they thought it best to consolidate and take stock , rather than expand .
27 At some stage in their lives they decided they were going to be a winner not a loser .
28 Oh yeah , bounties they call them , you know , .
29 With cords and pitons they anchored him to the rock .
30 No er in the Methodist er ci circuits they move them on , they 're , they 're invited for three years .
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