Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reached Catte Street and Corbett decided they should stay in the tavern where they had stabled their horses . |
| 2 | ‘ Isabella and Edgar said they might call here this afternoon . |
| 3 | The enemy horsemen were silhouetted on the southern skyline and Sharpe suspected they must have been trailing him ever since he had emerged from the trees . |
| 4 | Accordingly when Bilbo and Frodo say they will pursue it , eagerly or wearily , till it is intersected by other roads , lives , wishes , and will then continue into the unknown , if they can , they are expressing a mixture of doubt and determination — exactly the qualities Gandalf so often recommends . |
| 5 | Kasparov and Short said they would spend up to two weeks carefully examining them . |
| 6 | But as the West German cities of Bremen and Hanover said they could take no more refugees , Berlin was still offering a warm welcome . |
| 7 | In a carefully negotiated settlement Charles and Diana agreed they would work side by side in public as long as they could live totally separate lives . |
| 8 | Masha and Sergei said they could eat a sandwich . |