Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
| 2 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 3 | Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all . |
| 4 | But I thought if that 's how they run a business So then when they , they moved house I realized they were using an ordinary saucepan to do their chips in and I had visions of fat boiling over and cos it 's gas so I bought them one a very nice deep fryer as a housewarming present . |
| 5 | On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance . |
| 6 | As soon as I realised they thought I was knackered from the same route they had just walked , I was speechless with indignation . |
| 7 | He led us out to sea after four 88s in a long stern chase — always deadly , particularly over Malta — when I saw we were actually overtaking the 88s , I realised they were acting as decoys . |
| 8 | It was n't till years later that I realised they had n't even remembered to ask if f was a lesbian . |
| 9 | Then I realised they were terns . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I was a swine to my parents for years , until I realised they were only doing the best and — the shock of it ! — that they were human too ! ’ |
| 11 | The dark fields in front of the castle were covered in what seemed to be pinpricks of light until I realised they were men carrying torches , streaming towards the main gate . |
| 12 | I thought at first they were racoons then I realised they were pandas . |
| 13 | The Church of Scotland audio-visual team filmed an interview with me about our methods , and too late I realised they were making a film about ‘ groups ’ , whereas I maintain that it is because we are not a group that we succeed . |
| 14 | She had bare shoulders and arms ; a heavy gold and ebony bracelet ; an enormously long necklace of what looked like sapphires , though I presumed they must be paste , or ultramarines . |
| 15 | I presumed they would be bringing very formed expectations to the theatre . |
| 16 | Did he have a high colestrial level then , I presumed they must of tested it . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't realise if I agreed they would take off the old mouthpiece and put on a new one . |
| 18 | Erm if I tried they would have caught me so I just stand still and do n't scream or cry because I 'll get some more . |
| 19 | But the last time I tried they did n't want to know because well nobody will take responsibility . |
| 20 | However I found they performed excellently on steep and wet grass . |
| 21 | Carter and Cureton 's entries on " style " seemed to match the first brief and I found they complemented each other in interesting ways . |
| 22 | I doubted they could afford much more today , but the small dirty children seemed happy enough on their thirty by twenty yards of straw . |
| 23 | Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table . |
| 24 | I assumed they would all have been stowed in one corner of the hold and would reappear at the same time . |
| 25 | ‘ Look , Superintendent , I assumed they were the source of the information in the first place . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ When Geoffrey rang last night , I assumed they 'd got more on him than that . |
| 27 | I mean they were there at lunchtime when I came home and there was nobody with them so I assumed they 'd knocked off for lunch . |
| 28 | And I believed they were capable of murdering my mother , I honestly believe they would have murdered my mother — that 's why I signed the statement . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I was depressed , and when they arrived at my house and said , ‘ We 're very sorry to hear about your husband ’ , I believed they were genuine and let them in . |
| 30 | I noticed they had some Philippine mahogany doors in Do It All |