Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And then they started recruiting or or or promoting them from the ranks you know .
2 Later redefinition of the goal as ‘ providing transportation ’ removed the blinkers that had prevented them from realizing that cars were made largely in Detroit but had to be received in good condition in every State , and that driving them to their destination was expensive .
3 Have chips no more than twice a week and if preparing them at home have them cut very thick .
4 Um it 's almost as if the debate about false memory syndrome is embedded in an older notion of memory , embedded in a notion of memory as if it were either literally true or literally false , embedded in a notion of memory which sees memories as things like larders or cupboards or filing cabinets and um y'know people pick the memories out and get them out and and display them to other people .
5 But by and large that 's just a further clarification of some aspects and it 's not a quantum change of policy , all it did is collect together wholesalers of circulars etcetera er and and present them in a in a slightly er more concise way .
6 only had this sprung on me er today er when I went in to the Hall and and and saw them with a notice and a table collecting signatures .
7 group , erm , must take those up at some stage and and transfer them to the wall .
8 I have you and all at your magazine to thank for your support , but listening to the troubles of fishkeepers on the telephone and when meeting them over the last twelve months I am left in no doubt that there is a vast array of undetectable contaminants in our tapwater , apart from just chlorine , which consistently depress fish condition and render them less able to resist stress and infection .
9 Angus Cameron stood up on the oak stump which Donald used as a chopping-block , held out his hand to each part of the crowd as though drawing them into the circuit of the ceremony , and said , at first quietly , then gaining volume as he felt the truth of his words : ‘ Alexander McLaggan , Mary Stewart — you love each other , and must wed each other , and that is right and good .
10 Lucasta Redburn rubbed her hands together as though washing them in invisible soap and water , a sign of displeasure .
11 The butcher chases them off the rock with kicks and abusive shouts , as though punishing them for bad behaviour .
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