Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But they made it clear they hoped he would soon be on his way to the United States . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm delighted they left you the house , ’ Julia told Margaret . |
| 3 | So it 's likely they picked it up from them . |
| 4 | With some , like Tony Jacklin or Susan Hampshire , it is perfectly obvious they got it through hard work in their particular calling . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I am sure they told me she was coming out of Doctor Vincentius ’ house . ’ |
| 6 | He watched over his players and made sure they knew he was doing so . |
| 7 | Somebody who prodded them occasionally , she thinks with a rifle as he was n't right up close , to make sure they realized he was there . |
| 8 | I 'm sure they thought I 'd be knocked out for ages and not come round until they 'd gone . |
| 9 | ‘ I made sure they gave you one without the prices . ’ |
| 10 | When the band sensed that Harvey was growing tired they moved him towards a finale and spread a musical carpet and drew a musical curtain and the trumpet milked the applause . |
| 11 | The sherpas climbing with her were so impressed by her stamina in temperatures around 30C below freezing they made her an honorary ‘ sherpani ’ . |
| 12 | But now the shot by Gemmell and the rest of the players of and the bench are curious they thought they should have had an off should have had an offside in that er buildup . |
| 13 | I hope they read this book and realise how happy they made me feel . |
| 14 | It depended entirely on the screw as to how full they filled it ; it could be anything from half-full to full . |
| 15 | It 's possible they killed him ( even though the police in England were convinced his death was an accident ) . |
| 16 | When this did n't lead to anything , Rosette continued , ‘ They 'll be so sorry they missed you . ’ |
| 17 | If they guarantee to put the mattresses all up in the dry they asked you to do yours or did they say they would do it ? |
| 18 | Police are adamant they heard it . |
| 19 | Er and then to contrast this you 've got like the feminist view er well it 's a just reconstruct a lot of these ideas instead of saying that women 's talk was diffident they said it was more considerate , and so the idea that quite often A lot of the features that are in this conversation are n't because women want to be deferential to the men they 're talking to , it 's that they actually want to show some consideration to the turn-taking or the conversational style that 's going on . |
| 20 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 21 | ‘ Some of them are so thick they thought I was fighting against England in Spain . |
| 22 | Behind his back they called him a " Jaune " — a " yellow " with its unmistakable implication of cowardice ; if feeling more tactful they called him an " Annamite " — but was n't that only in truth a man of China 's ancient colony , the " Pacified South " ? |
| 23 | He said : ‘ I was outraged they thought they could tell a bookseller what to do . |
| 24 | When Pamela 's parents were interviewed they spent a lot of time emphasizing how necessary they thought it was to discipline Pamela . |
| 25 | When Fiver said the iron tree was harmless they believed him . |
| 26 | It 's nice they brought him up |
| 27 | I 'm not surprised they killed him . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Our conditions were so strict , I 'm surprised they signed us at all . |
| 29 | I 'm surprised they sent it by courier , he said he was going to drop them in , mind , there 's another one , a big one to come , this is only a small one . |
| 30 | But erm they were so mad they bombed it . |