Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] and [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that old Soviet archives contained precise information about many US citizens who were held , including what war they fought in , and where they died and were buried . |
| 2 | It is found in the intermuscular connective tissue of the thorax and back , the eggs being carried in the bloodstream to the lungs , where they hatch and are coughed up and swallowed . |
| 3 | Placing sticks on one another in such a way that they engage and are not readily dislodged is a skill that is easy to underestimate . |
| 4 | They may be identified by the nature of the relationship that they involve and be termed ‘ gift ’ , ‘ exchange ’ , and ‘ synergistic ’ . |
| 5 | If companies do n't ensure that they understand and are understood , they have only themselves to blame . |
| 6 | Once before they went ahead and believed , but it was a leap of faith with no questions asked and they fell and were hurt . |
| 7 | If they recovered and were friends she was delighted , and would flirt with them , and assume an easy physicality with them , and sleep with them again maybe , and break their hearts again if given half a chance . |
| 8 | If these are collected before they sink and are placed in a jar of water in a cool airy place , they will start into growth much sooner , and , by providing much needed surface shade , can do much to combat the algal growth that is invariably experienced in early spring . |
| 9 | The subject has not been fully researched before and the author feels strongly that it is important to record these memories before they fade and are finally destroyed . |
| 10 | Earlier in the week their Paddling Challenge , the oldest canoe race in the world , had seen several of the overseas competitors joining in without stopping even to unload their vehicles when they arrived and being joined by a number of prominent paddlers from the past . |
| 11 | This is usually easier said than done as they rust and are difficult to find . |