Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] they [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cops saw me where they thought I should n't be , so they got curious . |
| 2 | ‘ I guess they 'll get round to dragging it off to the junk yard , ’ said Billie , her arm linked through his as they made their way back towards the car . |
| 3 | Aidan was a better authority on women than any of the rest of them so they followed him willingly . |
| 4 | And it surprises me that they took him into the Force , 'cos he 's made no secret of it an' you know yourself how they 're thought about . ’ |
| 5 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 6 | It does n't surprise me that they did it . |
| 7 | The extreme condition of this is for someone to tell me that they loved me — few ever did — or to thank me . |
| 8 | They had never seen me so they thought I was white . |
| 9 | Although the Bible 's claim for itself is that God did directly speak through men , and that he so controlled them that they said what he wanted them to say , it is clear also that the men concerned used their own minds in the process . |
| 10 | Yet they had this sort of erm this sort of feeling about them that they created themselves , that they were sort of cock of the rock , within a shipyard . |
| 11 | Both her mortality and her immortality scared them until they kept their distance , and invented stories about her powers that made them shiver in their bones . |
| 12 | One of the white thieves came with a whip , cutting legs , backs , faces ; drawing blood ; roaring at them until they understood he wanted them to stand up . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , even we could n't be sure about them until they rammed us . |
| 14 | ‘ They were really kind to me and they made me feel that they genuinely cared . ’ |
| 15 | You know , this is how it was first and I only come across that but , how it went , they felt I was genuine I suppose and they could trust me and they left it as it was and I had me own building . |
| 16 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 17 | They were glad to see me and they shook me by the hand and one of them said : |
| 18 | ‘ The community would have much less confidence in me if they believed I was not the sort of person who would stand up for their interests . |
| 19 | People would n't be so nice to me if they thought I was so lucky , but it 's fun to see their faces when I bring certain special ones back now and then . ’ |
| 20 | Yes , it had been a strange episode , and not only were those people unaware of my name but I 'd like to bet they would fail to recognize me if they saw me again . |
| 21 | ‘ They 'd have told me if they suspected something was going on . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I told him to wear plastic but he said he could n't feel it ’ is reinforced by the line , ‘ ask them if they paid their child support last week ’ . |
| 23 | So I asked them if they needed anyone to help out on Saturdays The guy behind the counter said , we do as it happens but you 'll have to speak to Malcolm when he comes in . |
| 24 | Marie-Claire and Monique learned little English because Frederica intimidated them and they intimidated her . |
| 25 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 26 | We shared our faith with them and they shared their lives with us . |
| 27 | not particularly my cup of tea but mum enjoyed them and they got everybody going and and then we had a good game of bingo . |
| 28 | It was like a rubbish dump , and yet there 's good old erm , grounds man , as soon as the had gone , they were down there , there was half a dozen of them and they got it cleaned in two days . |
| 29 | Some of them and they made them Leslie and Eric and James , Jimmy and Andrew and Jim and Georgie and Jim and them , they worked in the Wintertime you see and made the barrels . |
| 30 | Bits yes well Georgina round the corner apparently she has the lot new , because the bank moved them and they paid her and it was over four hundred pounds . |