Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] they [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman told me that they normally like you to book a few days in advance so that you have some time to think it over in case you wanted to change your mind . |
| 2 | It always bothers me that they never seem , you know , very warm |
| 3 | ‘ The told me that they alone had cracked the system ; they said only they could fix up proper contracts with local authorities on behalf of their clients . |
| 4 | Many students told me that they only joined the League because it was the correct thing to do at middle school and at university they maintained their membership for the social functions the League organised , such as outings and dances . |
| 5 | It seems to me that they now resent the presence of the other fish . |
| 6 | I 'm always a little bit worried about them because it seems to me that they almost define the syllabus in terms of what you can ask four reasonable questions in terms of alternatives about . |
| 7 | Erm , may I make a comment on neighbourhood watch , I went to er a job the other day , it was a theatre , I was off duty and er I got tapped on the shoulder by my local neighbourhood watch co-ordinator who said , nine months ago I resigned , I wrote a letter to headquarters , I wrote a letter to the divisional commander , and I wrote a letter to the local constable , and nobody 's replied to me and they still keep sending me papers are you gon na get your act together , now I I have brought this up before , we never ever have let a neighbourhood watch scheme lapse , it 's nothing to do with you , this is all before you came |
| 8 | Yeah that 's , that 's okay it 's just er I mean I would like to feel you would introduce me if they actually knocked on the door and came in this evening otherwise they 'd think would n't you , I mean |
| 9 | That chain wo n't stop them if they really want to get in . ’ |
| 10 | How we would miss them if they never came ! |
| 11 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
| 12 | But they had all their equipment with them and they just stood on the deck and underneath below deck were the people who rowed the boats over . |
| 13 | These secondary resources are so abundant , however , that competition rarely arises for them and they thus constitute a reserve when primary resources are few . |
| 14 | Far from dissuading the rodents , the smell of lavender positively encouraged them and they soon ate through the paper plugs . |
| 15 | Our customers were mostly quiet , farming people ; the captain frightened them and they soon learned to leave him alone . |
| 16 | They would lie for hours , hardly moving , before a sudden noise startled them and they instinctively dived for cover . |
| 17 | ‘ Piss orf , ’ I hissed at them and they calmly turned away and continued down the street , convinced I really was a genuine cabby . |
| 18 | His wife , Aunt Ann , was kept heavy with child most of the time , but she lost most of them and they only had the four . |
| 19 | In those areas people can see what Labour councillors are doing for them and they only have to look at what Labour councillors are achieving locally and they will transfer their votes to labour for a national election ’ . |
| 20 | Using a line disturbs all the rabbits ; it touches them and they then dash for home . |
| 21 | The first thing they will then discover is that all the other grown-ups in the room tower above them and they actually have to crane their necks to look at their faces . |
| 22 | These have something of the character and purpose of propaganda about them and they therefore need cautious exegesis , but they at least manifest the king 's view of his subjects ' expectations and in doing so reveal the model to which he felt he should conform . |
| 23 | Yeah Charlotte you always , I hate the way you always relent and you always say oh well , you know , I should n't be angry with them cos they just wanted some fun and you know , never mind eh , sort of thing and you know , you suc yeah but why do you succumb |
| 24 | At the close of a moot the judge or judges declare which counsel or side performed best ; he , she or they then go on to the next round . |
| 25 | Improve your mood and counteract stress : Ask anyone who exercises regularly and they will tell you that they always feel exhilarated at the end of a session — even if they had begun by feeling that they were not in the mood for exercise and had almost forced themselves to continue . |
| 26 | For example , in many road accident situations , the witness will only have realised that an accident had occurred when they heard the crash , and looked round and saw the aftermath , although they will try and tell you that they actually saw the vehicles colliding . |
| 27 | Now , I do agree with that , that if you phone up and somebody phones you and they just talk to you and then for about five minutes later , the person at the other end of the phone says , ‘ I 'm in a meeting ’ , and you just thought ‘ Well , why on earth did n't you say that in the first place ? ’ , so there is another side to that one . |
| 28 | Someone 's ringing when somebody 's camped on to you and they then decide they do n't want to call you . |
| 29 | What they call stand-by mo they do today , they still guarantee a day 's , it ai n't much mind you but they still get guaranteed so much a day . |
| 30 | You have n't got anyone to look after you because they just look after their own really . |