Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [conj] they [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trees were bursting into leaf and birds singing as they wandered along the banks of the river , their arms entwined round each other . |
| 2 | As long ago as 1893 , I.S. Leadam demonstrated that they did in fact enjoy the protection of the courts . |
| 3 | With the tension reaching boiling point , it was finally announced that the French officials had allowed the result to stand and they had to be applauded for a sporting decision . |
| 4 | ‘ At least you 're honest enough to want to end one affair before starting another — ’ He broke off abruptly , his eyes narrowing as they rested on her tense face . |
| 5 | His mind recalled the familiar ambience of his trade ; men moving like black shadows behind the glare of the arc-lights the police cars tidily parked ; the flap of the screens , desultory voices conferring as they watched for the first lights of his approaching car . |
| 6 | The three heads nodded and they went on their way . |
| 7 | Her breathing quickened , her eyes dilating as they stared into his . |
| 8 | It was , he noticed , distinctly less warm than it had been , with an east wind blowing as they turned into the Parade . |
| 9 | Bertha 's eyes widened as they turned to him . |
| 10 | I do n't know what the guards thought when they looked through the closed-circuit television that was always trained on us here and saw three men , heads motionless , looking down fixedly at some spot on the ground , making curious , swinging arm movements . |
| 11 | She was a wild , tempestuous gypsy as their legs entwined and they rolled across the bed , first one on top , then the other , their open mouths meeting rapaciously . |
| 12 | Search consultants are often called in when an organisation is considering going into a new business sector , as Marks & Spencer did when they went into financial services with their credit card ; as when BP were trying to diversify their business and spot winners by developing new technology ; as financial services institutions do when they wish to launch a new product or enter new markets . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course Mikey waited until they went to sleep then got underneath and dug it up , ’ chortles a chap in a Hot Tuna sweatshirt . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm going back this afternoon , ’ Ellen said as they stood at the bar , watched by every eye in the place . |
| 15 | ‘ Funny mood they 're in ’ Delia Sutherland said as they drove towards Home Dairy . |
| 16 | The little girl had intensely blue eyes like her own , and a covering of golden down on her head which set Sarah 's lips tingling when they brushed over it . |
| 17 | ‘ I had no idea it was so beautiful around here , ’ Lisa murmured as they paused for a moment on a promontory to admire the view that stretched out before them . |
| 18 | Fenella asked as they stole through the quiet Palace . |
| 19 | Ruth asked as they strolled through the formal gardens towards a flight of stone steps that led up to a forest of dense green pine trees offering shade and coolness . |
| 20 | Three additional parents reported that they worked on contract at nuclear sites and had been monitored for exposure to radiation before their child was diagnosed ( one father of a case , after conception ; one father of a control , before conception ; one mother of a control , before conception ) . |
| 21 | Well what did folk do when they got to then ? |
| 22 | ‘ Take that fork , ’ Ruth directed and they bumped into the private road flanked by an orderly regiment of cypresses that led to the Casa . |
| 23 | from the Conservatives saying that they believed in nursery education . |
| 24 | The girl blushed like they used to in my day ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Whilst recognising that staff in other parts of AEA would undoubtedly be more concerned , he and his colleagues in the UK and overseas subsidiaries knew that they had to ‘ Keep their eye on the ball , push ahead with product development , sell hard and achieve their demanding targets for growth . ’ |
| 26 | He did n't approve of singers drinking before they went on stage , but he could see that Ingrid was in a very bad way . |
| 27 | ‘ Thank God , it 's stopped raining , ’ Maggie said as they stepped onto the pavement . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's something wrong with this house , ’ Hugh said when they sat at their muted dinner . |
| 29 | Hoarse cries busied the air , and Riven heard the gulls screaming as they fought for odd fish on the quay and whirled round the masts of the ships , speckling the docks with guano . |
| 30 | ‘ Remarkably well under the circumstances , ’ Kolchinsky replied as they walked to the lift . |