Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] [vb pp] [prep] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the regime that got rid of them . |
| 2 | Spectators and bystanders on the canal bank turned and stared , not knowing what it was that had flashed past them , hurtling towards the water . |
| 3 | ‘ Marc Alexander Vila , ’ Peter had announced , oblivious to the electricity that had flashed between them . |
| 4 | But Daphne 's dear familiarity , the pleasure of her company , the comfort of knowing pretty well what she would say in response to any remark , the whole warm , easy , ancient closeness that had subsisted between them for more than half a century , won over Cecilia 's temporary , though profound , embarrassment . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm with child , ’ she lied , her voice trembling slightly , the words echoing through the silence that had descended between them . |
| 6 | The flame that sparkled in its heart was the same fire that had flared between them since the beginning . |
| 7 | Their way of looking at the exterior world , the means they used of recording their ideas about it , even their concept of what a painting was , all these things were different from anything that had gone before them . |
| 8 | He trudged on down a wide muddy road , past the weird triangular shapes of sod-built huts , glimpsing through the smoky windows the red light of a fire , and outside the pools of yellowish water with the bits of sky that had fallen into them , and bog trunks lying half rotten . |
| 9 | These sensible recommendations were also designed to harmonize relationships between institutions and their local authorities , in that the granting to institutions of considerably more discretion in the control and allocation of resources would help to avoid the kind of disputes that had erupted between them and the local authorities in the past . |
| 10 | Shepherd was watching his son thoughtfully , aware of the gulf that had grown between them these last few years . |
| 11 | He smiled then , lightening the tension that had grown between them . |
| 12 | ‘ Ross — I do wish that … ’ she began , hoping even at this last moment for some word , some sign that the scorching , torrid passion that had exploded between them in the Hamptons had meant as much to him as it had to her . |
| 13 | Making no mention of sex , she asked the children to tell her about anything that had happened to them at school which they thought was unfair . |
| 14 | They made me welcome and gave up their time to talk freely and openly about everything that had happened to them . |
| 15 | But Francis told me that had happened to them last year . |
| 16 | ‘ How are you ? ’ he asked tenderly , concerned for her in spite of all that had happened between them . |
| 17 | As soon as she got back to London she phoned Simone in a bout of maudlin self-pity and told her everything that had happened between them and her decision to end the relationship . |
| 18 | Maybe her request sounded foolish , but the prospect of facing Robert after everything that had happened between them was disturbing . |
| 19 | There was nothing left of it but these things , as with cries of animal passion they allowed the storm that had brewed around them all summer to reach its thunderous climax . |
| 20 | Dazed , overwhelmed with the need and intensity that had sizzled between them since they first met , Rachel did less than resist ; she actively acquiesced , arching her body against his as he slid on to the bed on top of her , and his hoarsely muttered words were bitter-sweet to her ears as he renewed the kiss , his heart thudding above her as his hands began to stroke and explore her passionately responsive body . |
| 21 | The giant herbivorous dinosaurs would have been the first to go , as plant matter became scarce , but they would soon be followed by the large carnivores that had preyed upon them . |
| 22 | The chief inspector realised his explanation accounted for the batsqueak of sexuality that had passed between them . |
| 23 | These had been the last words that had passed between them . |
| 24 | Picking up the card that had come with them , she read : |
| 25 | ‘ So the folk of the village capitalized on this gift from the gods , that had come to them in their darkest hour . |
| 26 | It was n't because there was some weird expression that had come over them . |
| 27 | How little we realised that the front line was a focus , that it was important to the Lebanese , the only way to define the undefinable , the only method by which those who had suffered — which meant every Lebanese — could uniquely understand the nature of the calamity that had come upon them . |