Example sentences of "he [vb past] [conj] they [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quiss experienced the tiniest moment of fear , then savage anger , and was about to go down fighting — take as many of the little bastards with him as he could — when he realised that they were bowing and wringing their hands and making apologetic noises , not howling angry ones . |
| 2 | Then he realised that they were referring to their own attack on him . |
| 3 | Then , as they approached , he realized that they were looking not at him , but past him at something farther off . |
| 4 | Nonetheless he believed that they were seeing genuine effects that were inexplicable unless fusion were taking place . |
| 5 | Lovley reported that it has not been determined how the bacteria break down the chemicals , but he speculated that they are converted into carbon dioxide and chloride or fluoride salts . |
| 6 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 7 | He pricked up his ears at one point for he knew that they were talking about him . |
| 8 | As they clung together in that unutterable pleasure , he felt that they were defying everything that had persecuted them . |
| 9 | He felt that they were making fun of him , though he could not understand why . |
| 10 | He waited until they were lost to sight beyond a fold of ground and a belt of trees , and then made good speed down to the little river , splashed through it where the banks were level and firm , and climbed the slope on the other side . |
| 11 | He said that they were making a positive contribution , not only to the quality of life , but also to the prosperity of the nation , because without chemistry life on earth would be more miserable , more painful and certainly shorter . |
| 12 | Only he said that they were gon na get an initiative through the schools on er |
| 13 | Asked about reports of detainees killed [ see p. 38425 ] he said that they were exaggerated although " there were incidents of neglect that resulted from lack of self-control in some units " and senior officers , including some members of the CMSN had been disciplined . |
| 14 | " I think I might be falling for you , you know , " he said as they were drinking up at eleven . |
| 15 | He said When they are stabbing you in the back and behaving totally idiotically . |
| 16 | he said and they was doing six hundred mile an hour oh yeah ? |