Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [subord] they [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miserable wheatears looked as if they wished they had stayed in Africa . |
| 2 | ‘ How long were you driving for after they took you away from the family ? ’ |
| 3 | But shoppers differed on whether they thought it was good news . |
| 4 | ‘ They 'd get done in if they did it 'ere , ’ said Nancy , using her healthy roundness to expel herself from the jammed-up doorway . |
| 5 | There are a few like myself , who look as if they wished they were n't there , and would like to get the whole thing over as quickly as possible . |
| 6 | But with a brother and sister whom she must look after for they had nothing left but her . |
| 7 | Samuel Smith took the view that the spiritual needs of deaf people could only be properly provided for if they had their own church and an ordained minister . |
| 8 | Abruptly , the dark head was bent to hers again , the compulsive brush of his lips against the side of her neck so searing it felt as if they grazed her skin . |
| 9 | They both looked as if they needed it . |
| 10 | The female moths , it would seem , either have a shorter life span than males , or they are preyed upon while they lay their eggs . |