Example sentences of "[prep] they and [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An aunt had been named as the testamentary guardian of the children but , through no fault of hers , was unable to care for them and they were received into the care of the local authority . |
| 2 | A critic had coined a phrase for them and it was taken up as a catch phrase — ‘ They dance as one woman and what a woman . ’ |
| 3 | So he 'd say , ‘ I 'd like you to imagine going into a recording studio , you 've never met the band in your life , you 're going to do a session for them and you 're going to be paid very well and they 're all on Acid and they 're playing rockabilly . |
| 4 | Soon Paige could hear it too — there were people climbing up towards them and they were getting closer by the second . |
| 5 | And so , as predicted , two buckets of pigs blood were poured over the two of them and they were received by hysterical laughter . |
| 6 | He also , Busacher observed , seemed to be playing a curious double game with both Ingrid and the little Hoflin — being charming to both of them and he was seen lunching with them on alternate days . |
| 7 | They 're taking it away so was doing a tape for grandma and granddad and Keith was going , he was going hello grandma and granddad it 's Kenny you know like the three of them and he was going , whoop whoop whoop oh da ! |
| 8 | The McGuires had another son and daughter , Hugh and Jacobina , but little is known of them and it is presumed that they both died young . |
| 9 | She had gone away to escape Lowell , but the cottage was part of both of them and it was demanding her presence . |
| 10 | You would n't back any well you made the score against any of them and I 'm sat in the studio here . |
| 11 | Mick was short of them and I was deliberating whether to get them for him . |
| 12 | But this has been turned against them and they are accused of having murdered Christ , God 's only Son , or , indeed , God Himself . |
| 13 | Maybe it was close behind them and they were embarking on a long exhausting journey all the way around the Waste to reach what was near at their backs . |
| 14 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 15 | The Dragoons took John Browning with them and he was hanged later at Mauchline , where his name is on a memorial to Covenanters on the Loan Green . |
| 16 | The Royal Navy has great confidence in them and they were chosen for their quality , flexibility and efficiency . |
| 17 | So what you 're doing is to take the focal point away from them and they 're having to look at you if you know what I mean . |
| 18 | chapter five of Matthew , happier those conscious of the spiritual needs since the kingdom of the heavens belongs to them and we 're encouraged to do that are n't we ? |
| 19 | On the other hand , many hon. Members want such a facility directly available to them and we are examining that . |
| 20 | The images I 've been doing over the past few years are like great sculptures , the weather has been getting to them and they are crumbling , their faces have cracks in them . |
| 21 | The images I 've been doing over the past few years are like great sculptures , the weather has been getting to them and they are crumbling , their faces have cracks in them . |
| 22 | They respond personally to Peter 's message about Jesus , the Holy Spirit comes on them and they are baptised . |
| 23 | They they began laying their hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 24 | The apostles came down to Somaria , they laid hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 25 | When sa , they began laying hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 26 | And so we see there in verse seventeen , that they began laying their hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 27 | old son , you 're gon na stand on something sharp or something hot spilt on them and you are gon na scream |
| 28 | I 've seen this fella on the back of the bus with his bird and that and I walked down and was sitting by them and he was tooting gear , y'know , behind the back seat like that and he threw a load of gear over to me and said : ‘ Here , d' you want some of this ? ’ , y'know , monging , off his head , like . |