Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their barrow full they straightened up and turned to push their way towards the road . |
| 2 | After that , they broke in and began to steal whatever they could carry away — little things at first , like crockery and silver , but later on the furniture went as well . |
| 3 | He turned and let his eyes lock with the laird 's , the minister 's , and the factor 's , each one in turn , while they stared back and tried to look perfectly blank . |
| 4 | " You must go back , " he whispered at length , and they stood up and prepared to depart . |
| 5 | They sat down and started to look through the movie tapes , Zambia interjecting the odd question here and there . |
| 6 | They jumped down and ran to see what could be the matter with him . |