Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] they get [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 She spoke of tears at times until they got it right but accepted the suffering as he had no favourites and called them all his ‘ dolly girls ’ .
2 So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner .
3 It took time , it took time , it took a period of years till they got it finalized but when we got it finalized , we had for example er welding areas , in which no one was allowed in unless they were a welder you know .
4 We believe that it can only be in our interests that they get it right .
5 We all sat round the van , the caravan about quarter to four and she 'd just got one , she 'd got one of her friends and they got theirs about quarter to four .
6 Tenderness is that hideous , cooing voice you hear mothers using to their children as they get them to do this , go there , stay here .
7 At each stop they would take one side of the street each and he could not help notice the disappointment on people 's faces if they got him rather than her .
8 For the rest it was a matter of discipline and the basic incentive of ‘ getting the buggers before they got you ’ .
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