Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 2 | But as I say that I recommend them because they were er excellent . |
| 3 | I found that I put them back into their correct order with ease and , for the first and last time , achieved some distinction in the marking . |
| 4 | And put them your side since we found that I did them for you . |
| 5 | I do n't know if I had them or not |
| 6 | T'missus at Laurels lets me bring 'ome what I want and I reckon them carnations is me favourite . " |
| 7 | You could have a look but like I say , ordering freebies now it 's up to the sales people to tell me what they want and I order them on their behalf . |
| 8 | Thus it was that Ira Dilworth paid tribute and bade farewell to Emily Carr with the borrowed lines from Thomas Hardy , and I am certain that none would object if I borrow them as my tribute to both . |
| 9 | I want that somebody found and I want them talking . ’ |
| 10 | But whether that is acknowledged by our Friends of the Earth I do n't know because I mean they have so many stamps and seals on |
| 11 | Sturdy , who lives in Stanhope Road , Darlington , said : ‘ I do not know whether I supplied them . |
| 12 | But why did people snigger when I told them what my father did ? |
| 13 | H I mean I 'm really talking about the high number of post sixteen special needs people Gail has , has to see that I mean they probably exist in other |
| 14 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 15 | Wait until I tell them at home ! |
| 16 | We freeze and I think they 've got me , but we see they 're ignoring us and clipping on their riot-visors . |
| 17 | ‘ The bosses at Barnsley know what John can do and I trust them to watch over his progress . |
| 18 | And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go . |
| 19 | That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order . |
| 20 | ‘ It depends whether I knew them . |
| 21 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 22 | Them others , Dighton and the big fellow , they laughed fit to bust when I told 'em me name . |
| 23 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 24 | Well that one really is I mean cos I see them up in the woods quite a lot |
| 25 | and they kept I was in stiff I could hardly move them I mean if I touched them now I mean that one 's not too bad I ca n't touch that one very much when you can see them , my scars and all there If I touch that , that 'll be very gingerly ach aches like hell ! |
| 26 | Mandeville still sulked in the hall whilst the old beldames in Southgate 's chamber cackled with laughter and asked if I wanted them to wash me ? |
| 27 | There was no question about it — people knew who I was and if they did n't they asked and I told them . |
| 28 | They just run and hide if I chase them , ’ said Mrs Hamilton . |
| 29 | So that if it happened that I died they would be able to make a campaign issue of it . |
| 30 | Do you mind if I borrow them ? |