Example sentences of "and [subord] they [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had thoughtful parents , though , who thought the Grand Canyon was for real and so they put her on the waiting list . |
| 2 | And if they took him to hospital he 'd just do the same thing again and again , until his family gave in . |
| 3 | And if they wanted him to be boring then that would be the performance that he would offer . |
| 4 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 5 | And when they banned me from playing cricket for a month , they actually did me a favour . |
| 6 | And when they rang me about the killing and somebody said , ‘ your friend 's been murdered , ’ I said , ‘ You 're talking rubbish . ’ ’ |