Example sentences of "a [noun] they [vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a second they glared at each other . |
| 2 | Minutes before three youths had been seen in a car driving at high speed … as they crossed a junction they collided with another car and spun into Mr James . |
| 3 | For a moment they stared at each other — and , though the anger and hostility in the room were almost visible , the memory of that long-ago day hung in the air between them . |
| 4 | For a moment they stared at each other , while the klaxon remorselessly threw out a yard and a half of raucousness every two seconds . |
| 5 | Sophie looked aghast and for a moment they stared at each other . |
| 6 | For a moment they struggled with each other 's clothing , tearing at the lacing , freeing themselves , and then he had lifted her on to him and was thrusting deep into her , her legs wrapped about his back , her pelvis pushing down urgently to meet his movements . |
| 7 | For a moment they looked at each other square in the eye . |
| 8 | For a moment they looked at each other , and then they were in each other 's arms again . |
| 9 | For a moment they looked at each other in the penetrating light of early morning . |
| 10 | The towering striker put United 2–0 ahead in the 68th minute of a match they dominated for most of the time . |
| 11 | For a while they lay in each other 's arms , the sweet lethargy claiming them , but as Alain 's arms tightened around her and his lips became insistent , Jenna drew back and looked up into his dark eyes . |
| 12 | If she had stopped to think , she would have remembered that Brown Owl had told the Pack more than once always to seek the help of a grown-up they knew in any case of emergency . |