Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In the nineteenth century , however , those who conducted the research did not really believe that their subjects would tell them the truth reliably if they asked them for information directly , and so they drew inferences about people 's ideas , religious beliefs , political commitments and so on from the type of literature they had on their shelf or the pictures they had on their walls .
2 The solo climber was in a bad way , and they invited him to rope up with them .
3 They phoned me from Mencap again this morning to see if I had any , had any lifting experience
4 I bet they played someone like Aizlewood instead ) .
5 She was going to hit him , even if they threw her in jail again .
6 They raised them to 100% so that all secondary education was to be carried out on selection by merit.47
7 But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day .
8 They kept me in custody overnight .
9 If they viewed me with suspicion then I was much puzzled about them .
10 It was true that they had all been children when he was taken away , but they remembered him as kind always .
11 Look , they had them for women too !
12 They had plenty of choice really .
13 I recognised the door catches : they fitted them to Jodels too .
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