Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and they [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 2 | They have an arrangement with the University and they have their own buildings , and they collaborate with the people here , mostly in Engineering . |
| 3 | There was nothing of apparent interest in the lavatory and they made their way into the robing vestry . |
| 4 | Most of the towns were on or near the coast and they exploited their site advantages , capitalizing on their access to sea routes and on the fertile soils of their hinterlands . |
| 5 | Hugh asked after his father-in-law had wandered off into the shadows at the end of the terrace and they heard his stick tapping along the stone floors . |
| 6 | little dog at one of the horse and they kick its legs and that was a nasty blamed the dog . |
| 7 | The girls became shrews and harridans : they screamed at the help and they smothered their children . |
| 8 | As he had done in the first round , he reached the green and they got their par . |
| 9 | but that surprised the man in the queue and yet interestingly I think that and she said I was right in my assumption that that is part of the partnership philosophy of John Lewis that they work in partnership with their staff and in partnership with the community and they make their profit which is generated to start through the community which they sell to and therefore they quietly give back without wanting to play their own trumpets and in a sense I think that 's how it should be . |
| 10 | ’ Athelstan tugged him by the sleeve and they made their way across the deserted bailey to the steps leading up to the parapet walk . |
| 11 | The grass was wet and thick near the stream and they made their way up the opposite slope , looking for drier ground . |
| 12 | Well somebody sa and they stand facing the wall and they shut their eyes and there 're people at the end and they have to try and get to the other side without the other person seeing them . |
| 13 | The snow had stopped falling and the skies were clear , but a bitter wind winnowed the Dale and they pulled their thick winter garments about their faces . |
| 14 | The Glasgow school 's forwards had tight control of the game and they supplied their backs with plenty of ball . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I service one or two youth clubs , particularly church clubs in the area and they share my equipment . |
| 16 | For example , we now brief recruits on their rights and tell them and encourage them to actually come forward with their complaints , we very carefully brief and select our N C Os , we have open days for parents , we bring parents in so that they can feel part of the set up right from the start and so that their sons join the army and they tell their other friends to make sure they do to . |
| 17 | Carefully they crossed the river and they made their way into the city . |
| 18 | Oh they had a tap in the house , everybody had a tap in the house and they had their own toilets . |