Example sentences of "[coord] they [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Davies said he ditched his girlfriend for Fiona and they went on holiday together to Tenerife where Paul took pictures of her topless .
2 The McKays qualified and married in Edinburgh and then left to work in London for a short time before travel beckoned and they went to work firstly in Papua New Guinea and then in Lusaka , Zambia .
3 After that there was a good meal of mutton stew and Aunt Sarah 's feather-light dumplings ( none of which anyone could eat ) and they went to bed early .
4 No one called that evening , and they went to bed early .
5 Trent turned with him and they walked in silence down through the palm trees to the beach and Golden Girl .
6 and they jumped in front just before half-time …
7 But they ran into trouble again during a 72-run defeat by Leicestershire at The Oval last month .
8 It was sweet dreams all round but they went to sleep far too early — and woke up to the reality of elimination .
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