Example sentences of "[pron] they [vb past] [conj] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they turned up outside , looked in and saw nobody they knew and went away again . |
| 2 | They ate at a card-table , which they unfolded and folded again , after . |
| 3 | Perhaps the observation of particular teachers over a prolonged period combined with the charting of individual pupils ' learning experiences — including visits to the library — and the ways in which they did or did not use project-purchased resources would achieve this end , but there are clearly practical and methodological objections to such activities . |
| 4 | As homework we asked the women to keep a diary and initially to record everything they ate or drank over one week . |
| 5 | McLeish reflected that Giles Hawick was the classic example of someone who knew what they wanted and did n't mess around , and that that was what had attracted Francis Morgan 's daughter . |
| 6 | For many groups , public-pressure group activity was no sign of their power , but it was a testament to the frustrated powerlessness of those who could not get the ear of government , still less their positive action — no matter what they did or did not do . |