Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [conj] they [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 2 | We made some changes and they worked and then we made some changes that did not work . |
| 3 | She put on some music while they ate and the conversation moved from the complexities of the dysfunctioning family to fertility rites to developing acting styles to the persistence of Aids to Harry Roy to the nature of joy to the repressiveness of English Fascism to the astrological outlook , and , finally to Lee , herself , to her tendency to withdraw from the group , but , ultimately , to her graciousness as their hostess and the deliciousness of her food . |
| 4 | Every sunset the apes would return from their day 's foraging to sleep in the branches of this giant tree , and we were driven to distraction by our repeated attempts to film them properly in the few seconds after they arrived and before the sun set . |
| 5 | They can make as much mess as they like and when the weather 's nice they can spill out into the garden . ’ |
| 6 | I would suggest that we can deal with these parties if they arise but that we should not hold up the negotiations with the top four . |
| 7 | The subject has not been fully researched before and the author feels strongly that it is important to record these memories before they fade and are finally destroyed . |
| 8 | I say I worked , but I mean it was for a charity which ran one of these centres where they try and help the socially deprived . |
| 9 | My presence disturbed them and they flew screaming about me for many minutes until they tired and began to settle on the dark water . |
| 10 | ‘ They can set as many deadlines as they like and there is nothing we can do about it , ’ commented Barnet company secretary Stanley Beller . |
| 11 | Then I think the erm the chairs , Malcolm phoned erm was it the homeless , was it Shelter , one of those organizations and they came and picked them up . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , women have more independence than they had and that will influence their decision as to whether or not they wish to leave a marriage . |
| 13 | There 's not likely to be any change until they operate and that probably wo n't be until late this evening . |
| 14 | In fact , she was fond of saying that FAMILY and the women 's liberation movement were both on the same side if they did but know it . |
| 15 | Careful descriptions of speech are necessary because people 's beliefs about their actual linguistic behaviour are often very inaccurate ; many people think they speak in the same way as they write but , in fact , no one does . |