Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb base] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 cos basically they 've nothing to do
2 And I 'd been to top standard as it was then it was standard seven , and as the er you know now they let when the when they 've somebody in so long they let them walk about and come home and all so That time of day you got to you 'd got to pass examins and exams and such like as that .
3 couple of months he said he , it could be a couple of years , it depends on how quick it get , work gets done and how long they think they need you .
4 One of the most frightening aspects of all intelligence agencies is the manner in which they create a totally false brand of patriotism in order to further a particular cause on the spurious grounds that only they understand what needs to be done and should not be asked to account or explain for any of their actions which must remain secret for all time .
5 Alright fair enough they want you to buy your own property but now .
6 So they keep it turned off .
7 Quarters again yeah and give them another quarter out of this so they get they 've got a whole one each and then we 've got two left over .
8 Sometimes they leave their fingerprints there so they get what 's known as the Scenes of Crime Officer or what they call like all po well like all forces
9 And so they get them to phone back , do you know what I mean ?
10 So they let us look all round , they said .
11 It 's like this people th they 're deep sea divers and they discover , they 're stuck in the crevice , a big erm nuclear submarine and what it 's for is an experiment that 's gone wrong and it it 's to make and instead they make an abomination you know , incredibly powerful and intelligent but really nasty you know , murderous and killer and so they take they take him to these people .
12 So they have they have in fact embarked on a course which now lets these newspapers really deliver them up on a plate I mean they can fry them , they can bake them , they can grill them , they can roast them because they 've put themselves in a position where they now deserve the criticism and the level of imagery which they 're getting .
13 So they do you know relate to that , Er I have n't got a magic wand .
14 so they vet it do they ?
15 So they want us to go around at half past one or the two of them can start cos we 've got an addition .
16 No , I just sort of accost people and talk to them and normally they pay me to go away !
17 So anyway they want you know , a washing machine , I said a washing machine .
18 I do n't get the feeling that they particularly care whether this murder is solved or not ; anyway they want it solved on their terms and if it 's going to muddy a lot of their holy bloody waters they 'd like us to go away .
19 Their achievements go far beyond the locality and tonight they invite you to meet and hear Sally Meyer , Ellen Zaks , Celia Robertson , Antonia Lister-Kaye , Pam Wilkie , John Tomkins and Martin Ward .
20 Finally they let her go — the mother convinced that a boggle had possessed her daughter and only too glad to see the last of her , the father , heartbroken , soon to submit to an illness which his former self would have beaten off quite easily .
21 finally they allow us to situate the different thresholds in their respective place : for nothing proves in advance … that their chronology is the same for all types of discourse …
22 And I can tell you that erm Birmingham City Council told me this erm that if ever they need anyone to chair a meeting they would look to the Guild , committees .
23 They expect you to take 'em seriously , no matter how pitiful they are — in fact , the more pitiful they are , the more their wives at home probably laugh at 'em , the more they expect you to behave as if they was some Eastern potentate or something .
24 Now they say they 've changed their minds .
25 Now they say there has been secret dumping of waste from the submarines and nuclear icebreakers .
26 Shadow housing spokesman John Battle said : ‘ They have been forced into it , but at least now they realise they have to do something .
27 It was an unsecured loan … now they want him to secure it against the house .
28 It was an unsecured loan … now they want him to secure it against the house .
29 After all we have been through with the fire and living in a caravan , now they want us to destroy our lovely new home .
30 Now they find themselves pitched together again at Castleblayney this afternoon in a play-off to determine who makes it through to the quarter-final stages of the National League .
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