Example sentences of "and [noun] [v-ing] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trees were bursting into leaf and birds singing as they wandered along the banks of the river , their arms entwined round each other . |
| 2 | There 's this thing from the Bradford and Bingley saying that they 've amalgamated with somebody and erm they 're not publishing their interest rates at the usual times , I do n't think it 's anything world-shattering . |
| 3 | The women wore coloured skirts down to their ankles , their earrings and beads jangling as they moved with sinuous grace over the uneven ground . |
| 4 | The Senate panel decided that it wanted to question Fiers and George concerning whether they had passed the information on to Gates . |
| 5 | Does the Home Secretary , in common with his right hon. Friend the former Prime Minister , now feel too painfully aware that the franchise round has ended in farce , with some companies losing their licences for offering too much and others failing because they offered too little ? |