Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean in most clubs I mean they come in , they have a game of cards |
| 2 | So workmen have very irksome hours of work , unsocial hours I think they call them now , one of the most unsocial is the night shift . |
| 3 | Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities . |
| 4 | When we first talked about our star signs I said they made us — ’ |
| 5 | P.P.S I see they 've been feeding Mark H on the raw meat again : - ) ) ) How did ‘ Antiscum United ’ go on over the weekend by the way ? ? |
| 6 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 7 | Er I du n no , I do n't like crusts I think they taste like shit . |
| 8 | Erm within the last two or three months I think they 've appointed three or four non-executive directors . |
| 9 | Well naturally I was I was raving wild when I got up and that 's well the lads I thought they were going to turn the van over tell you the truth . |
| 10 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 11 | Er I think a court of referees I think they called it . |
| 12 | Cos they are quite tame , I mean that 's one thing about the hens I mean they ca n't come out though , they just wander about . |
| 13 | Perhaps when they come back they 've got six months you know they 've got a month 's work on their hands . |
| 14 | Given it up and he said oh well got no kids you know they live in this house , got no kids . |
| 15 | erm , do n't , they just do n't think cos our kids you know they 'll have money erm , say they had money and bought them presents |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true . |
| 17 | As she uttered these words she thought they sounded snide and insinuating , sarcastic even , though she had not meant them like that . |
| 18 | Even as the words left her lips she knew they sounded ridiculous . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Yeah because he said as soon as they see arrears he said they insist that it 's paid up and they insist that you have like three months pay them no problem he said |
| 23 | I hope it will be in all your club bars one of our bottles , we have distributed special bottles er sailor proof bottles I hope they are er which you put money in er very simply without any impediment and I do hope that all clubs will use those bottles and , and gather lots of money . |
| 24 | They 're such cheapskates you know they put the same panel back on . |
| 25 | Erm oh there were a thousand and one things I I ca n't really erm you know they they were always they were at it hammer and tongs you know they had er s what would be called something similar to a steam hammer and you know . |
| 26 | They 're in a sense voting with their feet , or not voting with their feet you know they 're not , they 're not voting , yeah . |
| 27 | You see , the the erm wait a minute the womb is like two knuckles together like that , wh when you conceive they close like two bones you see they close , and they if you want to get rid you 've got to open it which is which is damned hard work and of course terrible pain attached to it . |
| 28 | Yes all their lives you know they 'd worked . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | At some stage in their lives they decided they were going to be a winner not a loser . |