Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought the newt or the Knifefish might be eating the fish , but one of my books says they are community fish , and another says they are not . |
| 2 | I was being crushed at the sides but my feet felt they were being pulled . ’ |
| 3 | My feet decided they needed a day off . |
| 4 | Says David Stokes : ‘ My parents said they would by them for me when the time was right but I would be too embarrassed to ask . |
| 5 | ‘ Now my parents realise they may have to go to help with identification . |
| 6 | My grandparents said they could n't afford it . |
| 7 | All my passengers say they hope Labour do n't get in . |
| 8 | ‘ I know people might say ‘ Well she would say that , would n't she ? ’ but you have to know my girls to know they just would n't do such a thing . |
| 9 | Despite their double handicap , Everton pulled themselves back to 3-2 with two Stuart Barlow goals before Sinton completed his treble two minutes from time , and Francis added : ‘ At 3-0 my players thought they 'd won it . |
| 10 | If my friends knew they 'd shun me and my boy-friend would leave me . |
| 11 | Before peasant farmers or small time traders can bring their products to market they usually need to buy an official permit . |
| 12 | She only stopped when her fingers felt they would burst with the pain of freezing and , as the adrenalin of escape faded , a lethargy swooped over her . |
| 13 | Pigs wandered here with bells slung round their necks to show they were the property of the Hospital of St Anthony and could n't be slaughtered Beadles armed with steel-pointed staffs dispersed fowl or curbed the yapping of fierce yellow-haired dogs , whilst bailiffs tried to move on a strange creature dressed like a magpie in black and white rags . |
| 14 | If , if your , if your total turnover was sixteen thousand , then the inspector of taxes would want from you an account which shows how your fifteen thou sixteen thousand has been arrived at , who 's paid you this money because he looks at those and he checks their accounts to see they 've received it obviously , that 's what it is , and wh how is your five thousand pounds made up . |
| 15 | Only when they saw the hooded men with blood-covered knives approaching their cars did they realise what lay in store for them . |
| 16 | They took assets on to their books assuming they would sell them at a profit shortly afterwards . |
| 17 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 18 | If anyone would like their entries returned they can be collected from the Publicity Office ( Room 066 , Building A32 ) from Monday , 1 March . |
| 19 | The birds just sort of bob their heads like they 're wind up toys . |
| 20 | She wanted to prod them and gaze into their eyes to check they were n't real . |
| 21 | Their supporters say they supply an environmentally clean and safe power source , producing no pollutants . |
| 22 | Fortunately a supply of candles was found and as the competing teams and their supporters arrived they settled down to some serious drinking as darts players do and nearly cleared the stock of bottled beer before the lights came back on . |
| 23 | They get embarrassed at High Table if they think their peers imagine they do . |
| 24 | Her parents say they had no idea of the risks . |
| 25 | Her parents say they had no idea of the risks . |
| 26 | Their parents hope they will follow in Adam 's footsteps . |
| 27 | Then when it " just happens " , spontaneously and romantically , they and their girlfriends hope they do n't get pregnant , or they do n't think about it at all . |
| 28 | Where are the missing works illustrated here and do their owners know they are fake ? |
| 29 | In other words , just who do these jokers and the jerks pulling their purse-strings think they are ? |
| 30 | In other words , just who do these jokers and the jerks pulling their purse-strings think they are ? |