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

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1 The staff all know what 's got to be done and they go off and do it ; it 's just when jobs are different that I give them any guidance .
2 We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing .
3 So I was wrong when I thought they were fantastically healthy and a good advert for the Jungle .
4 ‘ I would n't mind if they were prepared to say they were wrong when I prove them wrong but they never do . ’
5 Yeah they 've got books very similar and I think they 're pricing structure 's pretty similar as well .
6 My legs are warm and I give them a feel .
7 These were lozenge-shaped and I remembered them particularly because they were decorated with golden love knots .
8 ‘ As I work with the prints all day I would get so bored if I wore them as well , ’ she once told an American interviewer , who expressed surprise to find her in such plain clothes .
9 Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force .
10 So there he was , all frozen in the hot sun , I began to realise things were really serious when I see them machine guns itching to smoke in the fuzz hand .
11 Part of Carvin 's design brief was to keep the controls as simple and as familiar-looking as possible and I think they have succeeded .
12 At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance .
13 He 'd be suspicious if I kept them long .
14 Carter and Cureton 's entries on " style " seemed to match the first brief and I found they complemented each other in interesting ways .
15 At the East 15 Drama School I have taken audition technique sessions , which was all fine and large but I encouraged them to write their own material as well as having stock pieces to do .
16 I was very cold but I prevented them driving away .
17 But I 'm afraid the trail was cold before I called them in , and we did n't take it the length of broadcasting or advertising .
18 And I have cleaned round him , but you know , as quick as I pick them up and throw them in the corner , he gets them out again .
19 The ground pigeons will laugh themselves sick when I tell them you could n't even break your own bones — you 've broken enough of theirs ! "
20 ‘ Their news programmes are very professional but I believe they are too dry , pompous and sometimes too unimaginative for many people 's tastes . ’
21 I know it looks rather exaggerated but I wanted them back without a lot of questions . ’
22 You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business .
23 Well I think we were very lucky at the start that were were just starting up in England and they were actually more into what we were doing than er to the extent that I think that maybe other record companies might have laughed at them and said they 've no hope of surviving but I mean they had the Furies with er Sweet Sixteen and then they had er about six hit singles from Foster and Allen and about six or seven albums and then they went down to Daniel O'Donald which became an enormous success so I think when that happened then all record companies kind of said well maybe there is something here .
24 They must have wrecked the car to make sure that I understood they meant business . ’
25 I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch .
26 These jumpers dry in no time , no pressing is required and the fabric is so light and cosy that I wear them all year round !
27 The scenes of horror and infamy on board of a man-of-war are so many and so great that I think they must rather disgust a mind than allure it . ’
28 ‘ We got him halfway up the lane and we got so tired and I left them and came on ahead , ’ Sacco blurted out .
29 And they , the company wrote back and said it 's so much a policy and looks reasonable and I sent them a bloody cheque you see
30 Oh goodness knows , I mean that them gates have been renewed and I remember them being renewed , these gates what they got there now .
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