Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even an optimist like Alix found people depressing when they revealed themselves in this manner . |
| 2 | Yes and er I er they got me on that and I 'd er seen a bit on it before hand one way or another , but I went to a place and , and asked them if I could er see and er they showed me and explained it , the er the way to er . |
| 3 | Or , they maybe replacing some of these but they got plenty of these , or they 're replacing some of these but they 've got plenty of these ? |
| 4 | They had you by your short and curlies the minute they got you into that uniform . ’ |
| 5 | But they got us into this mess , it 's up to them to get us out of it . |
| 6 | They asked me for more money . |
| 7 | Also they asked him about some people rating him better than Best . |
| 8 | No , the council 's took it over , they sold it to this bloke . |
| 9 | Cos they had the , the expensive yarns and they produced them on these machines with very little waste . |
| 10 | They helped me in many ways but there was something sick in my mind . |
| 11 | So I er carried on with what they found me with this in the brew house and then er where did I go from there ? |
| 12 | as if in a corny love story , they found themselves in each other 's arms . |
| 13 | Some Western reports claimed that Iraqi troops had been told that they were invading Israel and were deeply distressed when they found themselves in another Arab state . |
| 14 | It was what , I used today , they used it in all hospitals . |
| 15 | They described themselves to each other as being virtuous even , and certainly industrious . |
| 16 | He 'd been talking to these erm Greek blokes and they invited him into this bar for erm |
| 17 | You see in consecrated ground so they buried her in this bit of wheat land at the Muckle Water there . |
| 18 | before they transferred him to another prison . |
| 19 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 20 | But Charlton joint manager Alan Curbishley said : ‘ They slaughtered us for half an hour — but only half an hour . |
| 21 | I suppose they arranged it like that . ’ |
| 22 | But I know they blamed him for that . |
| 23 | They blamed themselves for this unfortunate marriage . |
| 24 | I did n't think they bred them like that any more . |
| 25 | The police probably knew everything ; it was only a matter of time now before they challenged her about that sample of nail polish . |
| 26 | The Mitchells were granted permission to burn charcoal from coppiced timber at Hangman 's Wood if they returned it to this state of management . |
| 27 | ‘ Our conditions were so strict , I 'm surprised they signed us at all . |
| 28 | The boy had not spoken since they thrust him into this sandstone cell under the ground and left him with his single candle and his narrow bed . |
| 29 | They pulled him into some trees and he was raped by one of them . |
| 30 | They pulled him into some trees and he was raped by one of them . |