Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [coord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They noticed that background radiation in the laboratory appeared to rise by up to 50 per cent while the experiment was running but they had no means of knowing whether or not this had anything to do with the experiment as the natural background radiation from cosmic rays can vary substantially during long time periods . |
| 2 | The tension was eased and they both laughed because they knew it was impossible , her getting tipsy and aggressive and him getting turned on by it . |
| 3 | Eventually , the spare key was found and they were released from the clutches of the car . |
| 4 | He says that the law was broken and they had to prosecute . |
| 5 | The sun was shining and they were warm on the pretty little balcony with its boxes of flowers . |
| 6 | By the end of April 1921 , the work was finished and they began to furnish the upstairs flat , mainly with items brought over from the house at Poplar , and to stock the shop with cameras , films and processing equipment . |
| 7 | A temporary repair was made and they flew on to Karachi , where the damage was found to be worse than at first suspected , as the fastenings had pulled out of one of the fuselage verticals . |
| 8 | Mullingar was passed and they felt they had hardly said a word to one another . |
| 9 | They learned part of the answer as dusk was falling and they came to the tower and castleton of Heiton , beyond Kale Water . |
| 10 | They left her alone with a great heavy belt strapped round her belly pressing her and making green and yellow lights wink on the huge machine by the bed , and she could n't move and her back was aching and they put a tube into her wrist and she could n't move and she began to panic . |
| 11 | She was most solicitous ( scheming bitch ! ) so he told her that his wife was cured and they went back to the same old routine . |
| 12 | In this study the subjects simply watched the slides while their heart rate was recorded and they listened to a sentence describing the event in each slide ( e.g. ‘ Father was able to find the broken connection ’ versus ‘ Father was able to restore the severed limbs ’ ) . |
| 13 | The signal was acknowledged and they were advised to hold . |
| 14 | A lift was coming and they waited for it . |
| 15 | The toaster went , the china went , the furniture was sold and they started again , creating something more individual and modern . |
| 16 | An orchestra was playing and they were served tea . |
| 17 | That made people feel that their least effort was rewarded and they looked forward to participating in the next organizational improvement . |
| 18 | Then the moment came when the tow line was released and they savoured the eerie feeling of riding the rising thermals . |
| 19 | Though when the meal was ended and they went outside it was to discover that it had begun to drizzle . |
| 20 | Subjects were finally shown a map on which the route was marked and they were asked to indicate those sections of the route which they had previously known . |
| 21 | They thought months of living in a cramped caravan was all worthwhile when the new house was finished and they finally moved in . |
| 22 | At the end of the day Miriam and Bernard 's section was completed and they were sent home . |
| 23 | My wrist was sprained and they think it quite serious [ he wrote with his left hand . |
| 24 | The dispute was settled and they started travelling right through Bangladesh . |
| 25 | Well a , i that design was submitted and they passed them ! |