Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At some stage in their lives they decided they were going to be a winner not a loser . |
| 6 | In the first three months , three thousand miles , that does n't tend to happen in fairness erm and something like that would come up erm within that time scale , so , yes , I mean they have the right to go back to the dealer and I must admit in my overall view of the motor trade these days they do they are trying harder and harder to look after their customers because obviously they 're in business like everybody else , they know that their policy holders are covered by the Sale of Goods Act merchantable quality , erm and so they realize that if these things happen then they will endeavour to put the situation right . |
| 7 | The prisoners are allowed out of their cells from around 5.30 in the morning until 6.30 in the evening , during which time a majority of them would be involved in some type of work ; this is because for every two days they work they can earn one day 's remission of sentence . |
| 8 | So we have a rehearsal of grievances centring on the injustices they feel they have suffered as a result of black immigration into the area . |
| 9 | after three or four years they thought they might move so , we said well take out a P S P cos that provides a savings vehicle , and if you do move you can use that as part of the mortgage increase . |
| 10 | At any moment the Roman army could arrive at the narrow strait which separated their holy island from the mainland of north Wales , and they had no protection , except the super-natural powers they felt they could command . |
| 11 | They feel bitter and disillusioned by the conditions they say they are forced to endure , under direct threat of assassination . |
| 12 | Bargains began to be made for the first time , and it became readily apparent to the men that whatever rights they thought they had lost , had been transposed by an orderly system which benefited them as well as the Mineral Lord . |
| 13 | And a lot of people realise that the things they thought they were going to do ( marry for love and have three children ) or hoped to do ( swim for Great Britain ) are less likely to come true . |
| 14 | Who 's got five different things they think they are important , they would like to change , they would like to stay the same , who 's got more than five , more than five ? |
| 15 | Most of what local authorities do is in a sense not really party politically controversial because they 've got because most of the things they do they 've got to do , they 're mandated to do . |
| 16 | He tries to persuade the children to talk to him about the things they feel they ca n't discuss with the staff . |
| 17 | Professionals feel ignorant and at a disadvantage working with patients they feel they do not understand and who , in turn , do not trust them . |
| 18 | The human members of the community are here mainly because out in the commercial world , they had been doing things they did not want to do , using skills they wished they did not have . |
| 19 | Both she and Bernard were continually taken aback by the way their staff threw themselves into the Ashley enterprise — although they expected nothing less and , in different ways it was they who inspired their employees to rise above whatever talents they thought they could offer . |
| 20 | At times they imagined they were a disembarked army and went to Santa Cruz or Machico , which they bombarded and took . |
| 21 | But now they do er twenty minutes they think they 'd have done wonders ! |
| 22 | Lineker 's double at Meadow Lane brought Spurs one of the two victories they feel they need to avoid the relegation fate that now seems inevitable for Notts County . |
| 23 | erm and they should comment this week about what extra bits they think they could perhaps cover . |
| 24 | The bats just decided to smash me around the island , and for every bag of boundaries they hit they then made a mistake . |
| 25 | In answer to our enquiries they said they were waiting for goods coming from Egypt to receive customs clearance . |
| 26 | If you explain your personal requirements they claim they can meet them . |
| 27 | What I would like is for all the Councillors to look at this , to advise me which other seats they think are indeed the responsibility of and then I 'll go back and go to battle but er I 'd like everybody 's views on which ones they believe they are so that I can do it firmly . |
| 28 | Tiles were the ro making the tiles was a major operation because erm when they first tried to make the tiles they tried they dug a hole big hole at Rawcliffe and they they tried to make forty thousand tiles , line them all up in the pit and they brought something like forty tonnes of dry wood chippings from the erm saw mills in er forest but they could n't quite get it hot enough so the whole lot had to be thrown away do again . |
| 29 | The cases of five men convicted in Nottinghamshire of crimes they claim they did n't commit are being highlighted as part of a campaign organized by human rights group . |
| 30 | ‘ When you have what is effectively a one party Government for 13 years working hand in hand with the developers they believe they can do whatever they like . |