Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] they had [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | When I joined they had just published The Thorn Birds so Futura was on a real high — it had expanded considerably over the previous 18 months . ’ |
| 2 | After each game you would be forgiven if you thought they had always won , because , win or lose , their only concern was ‘ who are we playing next ’ ? |
| 3 | She had tried to describe the origins of the Quakers — or the Society of Friends — to the police , but she said they had simply found it strange . |
| 4 | It was only after he had gone that they realized they had never asked his name or where he lived . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , they believed they had only made a stab at it , From the start Wave and HHCL were determined to build the campaign around an organisation with a sound commercial and practical justification for funding such advertising ; someone with a vested interest in curbing consumer greed . |
| 6 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 7 | Mullingar was passed and they felt they had hardly said a word to one another . |
| 8 | He did n't have to scream at people to get his way ; he just told them and he knew that they knew they had better do it that way or there was gon na be trouble ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They said they had nowhere to go , so mum took them in . ’ |
| 10 | She asked them about the child and they said they had just found him . |
| 11 | But when two officers showed up , they said they had officially seized the package , and wished to search his flat . |
| 12 | My waist was so small , they said they had never seen anyone with such a small waist . |
| 13 | And it was no comfort having old ladies telling me how they wished they had naturally curly hair . |
| 14 | The Americans were 11 under par when it finished they had also been six under in the Foursomes when they beat Gordon Brand and Sam Torrance . |
| 15 | He thought they had unquestionably been right to believe Nuadu and Tealtaoich and the others . |
| 16 | But he denied they had ever made love . |
| 17 | He put on a tape of Vivaldi and then switched it off because he said they had too much to talk about . |