Example sentences of "to his [noun] and they " in BNC.
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| 1 | He summoned his subject kings and princes to his assistance and they marched to join him , eating up the land as they came , for they numbered two hundred thousand men . |
| 2 | He described his frightening journey down the A9 when at one stage the ‘ gun ’ had been stuck to his head and they had threatened to kill him . |
| 3 | Alain pulled her head to his shoulder and they both gazed at the portrait . |
| 4 | But the bulk of it was done by way of the tutorial , a weekly session in which the pupil read aloud an essay of some three thousand words to his tutor and they then discussed it . |
| 5 | Twoflower helped the wizard to his feet and they crouched by the altar stone , watching the manic figure as it battled the questing arms . |
| 6 | Tallis helped Wyn to his feet and they went outside . |
| 7 | He made the effort to say something pleasant to his wife and they drank a glass of wine together for the first time in weeks . |
| 8 | Tom stopped and put his finger to his lips and they stood and watched it hopping in and out among the changing leaves . |
| 9 | The boyfriend , who suddenly was not allowed to be involved in these discussions at all , talked to his girlfriend and they were married by special licence . |