Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They believe that everyone should write as they do : not as well as they do , of course , but in the same fashion . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll go when they 've finished , ’ Nutty said , sitting beside Nails . |
| 3 | I 'll see if they can ram some learning into you as well . " |
| 4 | And I 'll see if they 're good boys |
| 5 | I 'll see if they 're in first . |
| 6 | So I 'll give her a ring later in the week or something and I 'll see if they 'll send me the send me the |
| 7 | But when the immigration people came I got a letter , and they said that I could stay while they finished their inquiries . |
| 8 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 9 | I 'd laugh if they 've got her . |
| 10 | I 'd laugh if they got fucking beaten up ! |
| 11 | It 's like those bags I mean le I mean I 'd go if they bought me one of those bags . |
| 12 | I 'd imagine because they usually put it in |
| 13 | I 'd collapse if they did ! |
| 14 | I know a man there , so I thought I 'd see if they could use my services writing leaflets , or propaganda or something , I do n't know . |
| 15 | I used to wonder whether they were actually taking in the meaning of what I was saying , or just listening to the accent . |
| 16 | I do n't suppose you 're even capable of having dreams like the ones I used to have before they sent me to you . |
| 17 | When Elfed returned with Richard , I told them I would do as they all wished , and the room seemed to be filled with the happiness of relief . |
| 18 | Oh , it was , that would be the late sixties I would think when they were in the erm third division . |
| 19 | ‘ I would know if they were lying . |
| 20 | Most of all , I would worry if they sought Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 to demonstrate their solidarity with a man in a spot of bother by giving him a present perhaps a watch inscribed ‘ do n't let the buggers get you down ’ after all , it appears to be a coded message that it 's time for an early and a swift departure . ’ |
| 21 | Most of all , I would worry if they sought Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 to demonstrate their solidarity with a man in a spot of bother by giving him a present perhaps a watch inscribed ‘ do n't let the buggers get you down ’ after all , it appears to be a coded message that it 's time for an early and a swift departure . ’ |
| 22 | For both the person and the horse , someone will answer if they are there . |
| 23 | I can understand if they take time on a stray dog I often wondered if they realise |
| 24 | And as I walk past I want you to turn them over so I can see if they are clean on both sides . ’ |
| 25 | Sort of if I go smartly dressed I can see if they 've got anything . |
| 26 | Before I can establish whether they are the same votaries as before they disappear into the Horse Guards . |
| 27 | The term is used to cover different types of situation but in practice it usually refers to the danger to old people 's health and safety which may arise when they live alone and are very frail , either physically , mentally or both . |
| 28 | A beaming bonhomme , with the confiding smile of Harpo Marx , he produces a range of conjuring tricks and juggling , seemingly as surprised as us that they actually work , but so winning is his personality that nobody would worry if they did n't . |
| 29 | There were other problems which would remain because they were to a large extent independent of the problems caused by too restrictive a sexual morality . |
| 30 | To make such statements usable it may be necessary to establish criteria which would recognise whether they are being fulfilled . |