Example sentences of "he [be] [v-ing] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only is the official not complaining of the handicaps with which they have been saddled by Howard 's fellow-countrymen — he 's apologizing that they have n't overcome them ! |
| 2 | ‘ The only way to find out would be to get the police to check it against the one he was wearing when they found him . ’ |
| 3 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 4 | He was wondering if they 'd found it . |
| 5 | He was standing where they had left him , a long way back now , gazing after them . |
| 6 | They wanted to emulate him , and do what he was doing , and enjoy his privileges , and they kind of admired him for what he was having and they wanted . |
| 7 | He told himself that he had little to fear ; but he was sweating as they made their way into the city . |
| 8 | But he was smiling as they helped him out of the herbaceous border . |