Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table . |
| 2 | ‘ Your friend would know they 'd kill him . |
| 3 | I do n't know they used to cart it away . |
| 4 | In the end , I expect they 'll make her read the news . |
| 5 | I expect they 'll tell you how many to take . |
| 6 | I expect they 'll release us soon . |
| 7 | But I expect they 'll charge him some time today . |
| 8 | ‘ It pays well and has brought valuable jobs , but if the demand for slate drops they will close us down without a second thought , ’ one said . |
| 9 | If he moved they would see him ; if he stayed still they would find him . |
| 10 | ‘ I met thousands of people who pretended they could teach me how to do it . |
| 11 | It was a local concern , employing whole families , and everyone knew that in order to flourish they must give it their all . |
| 12 | No-one 's ever bungee-jumped from a balloon before , but as Ian went up , up and away , none of his home town fans ever doubted they 'd see him again . |
| 13 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 14 | Other readers , trying to buy houses , might be glad to find they could afford them . |
| 15 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 16 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |
| 17 | So if it holds they 'll replay it and if it breaks |
| 18 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 19 | The society say they 'll inform him anyway . |
| 20 | So he say they 'll give it to you back so that 's what they done they give me me money back , cos they 'd already give him back his , you see . |
| 21 | Commuters say they 'll believe it when they see it . |
| 22 | It 's also given us the new agreement on working time which our own government have tried to work against consistently for the last two years , they now say they 'll challenge it in Europe 's Court of Justice , well what they seem to forget is it 's got ta come back to Parliament for a second reading yet and they 've created such ill feeling in the Parliament and among the Commission , that it 's likely to be strengthened , we 're gon na end up with a strengthened agreement on working time by the autumn of this year . |
| 23 | They say they 'll keep it clear now . |
| 24 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |
| 25 | But after the fire and flood , the Wilson family , committed Christians , say they can find it in their hearts to forgive . |
| 26 | My friends are Liverpool fans and they say they can get me tickets for the KOP , but no way am I standing with a bunch of idiots . |
| 27 | Clients want it and consultancies say they can provide it . |
| 28 | Accordingly when Bilbo and Frodo say they will pursue it , eagerly or wearily , till it is intersected by other roads , lives , wishes , and will then continue into the unknown , if they can , they are expressing a mixture of doubt and determination — exactly the qualities Gandalf so often recommends . |
| 29 | An independent Conservative candidate may stand against John Taylor at the General Election , and some local Conservatives say they will support him . |
| 30 | Once a retreat had been forced from one dump site , people believed they could do it again , and did . |