Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [vb pp] [prep] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of their irregular participation in the labour market most seasonal workers would not have paid or had credited to them sufficient social security contributions to be eligible for the alternative , less generous state sickness benefit . |
| 2 | It is also confusion between a proper assurance based on experience and the insight deriving from it , and the dogmatism which so easily follows but is distinct from it , and which insists that what we happen to know is the only thing that matters — what others have discovered or had revealed to them is unimportant . |
| 3 | The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) . |
| 4 | ‘ So I thought bugger this for a lark and got rid of them , and the next couple of days I tried to ring you , but … ’ |
| 5 | They both sent their love to you , ’ he added , remembering the day when he thought that Julia was going to die and had gone to them in despair . |
| 6 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 7 | Their part in the campaign to liberate Panama had consisted of 34 hours in one place and had culminated in them killing an American teenager . |
| 8 | In June 1957 , along with the three Spitfire X1Xs , ‘ LF ’ was the founding aircraft in what was to become the BBMF , and had served with them ever since . |
| 9 | She knew his ways and had adapted to them and this seemed to give him a satisfaction which quietened him . |
| 10 | It turned out that she had had palpitations in the past but had forgotten about them . |