Example sentences of "[vb past] with the [noun] [conj] they " in BNC.

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1 They checked with the firm and they said they did n't repair it , so he got the sack .
2 She agreed with the Shah that they could not and should not use massive bloodshed to keep the throne .
3 Because the development officer in Ipswich was not able to see these institutionalised clients in their own homes she understandably found it hard in many cases to say whether or not she agreed with the decision that they should not return home .
4 As a boy , he had liked to scrape around in the fields ; he had eavesdropped when the whereabouts of discoveries were discussed , and walked with the farmers when they ploughed an old olive grove to turn it over to fruit trees .
5 To keep the training crew occupied I sent them away to this vessel for a day 's rummage and to my pleasant surprise it was not long before they returned with the news that they had unearthed a vast cache of spirits and cigarettes in the ship 's hospital .
6 and er , it was bad enough the , the last one , erm , and I started with the Corporation when they opened at Turlings in that , that was in nineteen forty eight
7 Even Riven laughed with the rest as they piled into the inn Finnan had told them of , and Ratagan wished the landlord good day in a roar that made the poor man cower .
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