Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] and they " in BNC.

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1 It nearly killed them to acknowledge my existence and they only spoke in monosyllables when I was present , but the babble of sound which broke out every time I went out and closed the door behind me was enough to make me want to go rushing straight to Miss Malley to beg her to send me back to my friends .
2 They both I mean they I think they 've released four documents outlining the way in which they 're going to meet their commitments and they one of their the Guardian gave devoted page six the whole of page six to this .
3 The pubs had begun hiring marquees to contain their overflow and they put them to good use by putting on entertainment — a disco , a barn dance or jazz music — on the Friday and Saturday evenings .
4 The only effect of an increase in government spending is to increase their taxes and they are opposed .
5 When Sir Adam appeared on HTV 's " Press Call " , I arranged for Giles to meet his hero and they had lunch together .
6 Nobody asked to see their passports and they were airborne half an hour later , on their way to Keflavik on the western side of Iceland , where they landed seven hours later .
7 Instead of finding students impossible to put up with , he appears to enjoy their company and they in turn appreciate him .
8 In reality they will do everything in their power to avoid this , because the primary function of their venom is to incapacitate their prey and they can not afford to waste it unless they are driven to extremes .
9 They do n't get to choose which side and they have just 15 minutes to prepare .
10 Yet customers walk through an entrance with 24ft stone pillars to reach our bar and they expect prices to be high in such an environment . ’
11 Pamella ! ’ and I 'm just freaking out and hanging on to Tim Taylor , trying to get to the plane , and I 'm wearing this scarf on my head to cover my face and they had pulled a straw — they said this ! — for who was going to tear the veil from my face and this fat guy got it and ripped it , pulled my hair , poked me in the eye — I was physically assaulted !
12 Yeah it 's on a weekend when everybody comes out here to buy their trees and they 're parking they 're cars on the roundabout
13 He gets the audit done to help his team and they know it , welcoming it .
14 So it was developed by the ladies of the day for the men to do their work and they developed their special patterns like Arran stitches , which I 'm going to show you now , like Fair Isle stitches .
15 They are under pressure to negate their femaleness and they do n't dare give up their suits .
16 I also have seen in Oldham near where I live , where an MP was imposed on that was held by Lamont for twenty two years , lived in Aberdeen I think it was , came to Oldham once a week to do his surgery and they put somebody in from the T N G.
17 There is entertainment on your doorstep ; Andrew has created a fairway on the farm for guests to practise their golf and they are also invited to take a planned walk around the 280-acre farm .
18 Later Joe came to see his mother and they were able to tell him that his and Sarah 's secret was known to them .
19 She seemed so sanguine that he started to enjoy his leave and they all three went off to see Mona in Jermyn Street , who greeted them with her usual generous hospitality , very little of which was at her or their expense , but who had not seen Charles since his transformation from 2nd Lieutenant to Guardsman .
20 Audrey said : ‘ I talked to a lot of women jockeys to research my part and they told me men getting heavy with them is common in the racing world . ’
21 I tried to move my hands and they hurt , but I established that they were n't tied , they were taped at the wrists .
22 George got financial support from Parliament for troops to defend his Electorate and they did well enough to maintain his position , but he could not establish in office the ministers he really wanted , who would have been committed to full-scale involvement in Germany , so that he had to put up with a government which was not completely devoted to fighting on the continent of Europe .
23 Yeah , I came I went up about a year ago , I remember when I went down to Hertford in the yeah , I said I , I forgot to say what ticket and they automatically give you an adult do n't they ?
24 Just say you 'd like to see your solicitor and they 'll ask you who it is and you 'll just say it 's er a gi a gi
25 Just say you 'd like to see your solicitor and they 'll ask you who it is and you 'll say it 's , you 're not sure of the name .
26 There are six , two in one department and four in another , I believe it is. erm if you look at erm the way our departments are dotted all over the City , on expensive leases in fact , we 've taken property after property to accommodate our staff and they all need cleaners , so on and so forth .
27 I think really this comes from the problem of those pupils in the streamed situation , in the bottom streams in particular , who found that they wanted alternatives to school when they were in an inferior position in the school , they were devalued if you like by finding themselves in the bottom streams and so they tended to look for out of school things , alternatives to school , from which to gain their satisfaction and they would look to the pop media , to fashion , to football , to these kinds of things .
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