Example sentences of "they [vb past] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These wolf calls middle peasants because , although they were squatting illegally on the land , in practice they owned and worked their small plots . |
| 2 | She did n't really know what it was about him which made her go pale whenever they met and kept her awake at night longing . |
| 3 | They grazed and possessed her mouth as if he was utterly certain of her response to him , and his certainty was fell founded . |
| 4 | In the seat in front two passengers recognized the farm where they lived and wanted me to see it too . |
| 5 | The footwear they chose as they tramped and danced their way towards the end of the decade was improbable-looking to say the least . |
| 6 | too sure , and so they kidnapped and bussed us |
| 7 | They stabbed and slashed him 45 times with hunting knives . |
| 8 | Basil 's love of nature expressed itself so forcefully in his responses to people that they shared and accepted them whatever his mood . |
| 9 | Usually they oppressed and threatened him , these people with little threat to offer , and much to fear . |
| 10 | They argued while eating their meals , having baths and in their sleep too you could hear them shouting . |
| 11 | Thus in Ibrams ( 1982 ) there had been considerable ill-treatment and violence by the deceased towards D and his girlfriend , and this led them eventually to plan and carry out a night-time raid on the deceased 's flat , during which they attacked and killed him . |
| 12 | Therefore they would analyse the relationships between the heart , lungs , brain and so on to understand how they operated and appreciate their importance . |
| 13 | The LNWR remained in the original section of the Saltley Works , where they built and repaired their own rolling stock until 1865 . |
| 14 | They drew and brandished their swords . |
| 15 | They entered and sprayed it out with water . |
| 16 | His eyes were a warm clear blue as they fixed and held her dark ones . |
| 17 | They wanted to learn and because of this they used and developed their skills — they measured , weighed , compared and counted , they kept notes and discussed their findings . |
| 18 | As they dismounted and tethered their horses to a clump of stunted trees , Timothy said tentatively : |
| 19 | Both regretted the way they behaved and resumed their differences . |
| 20 | He answered with a minute shake of his head and she obeyed , sitting on to watch the fantastic skill with which they wove and rewove their patterns , each keeping the strings taut and symmetrical even as they transformed them into a completely new shape . |
| 21 | They astounded and horrified them . |
| 22 | She nodded to her image , determined , her hands smoothing her flanks , moving slowly upward until they cupped and held her breasts , her nipples rising until they stood out rigidly . |
| 23 | They mounted and spurred their horses into a gallop , thundering along the rutted track past the crossroads where a decaying skeleton swung , the neck and head twisted , a macabre dancer against the darkening sky . |
| 24 | In the frenzy of dancing they lifted and tossed her from one to another , effortlessly through the air like seaweed in the sea . |
| 25 | I 'd been in there four months and they came and told me they 'd gone to America . |
| 26 | I just went past these fellows and one of them shouted , ‘ Hey , speccy four-eyes , ’ and I ignored them like you told me and then they came and took them off and stamped on them . ’ |
| 27 | They came and took his father away to help with this horse . |
| 28 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 29 | Then — I do n't know how long we were there — they came and got me , dragged me away from the rest . |
| 30 | Well they can physically do it to you with use of fists , use of hands and whatever else they 've got and they can mentally do it to you like put you in jail that or all sorts of things like when I was on sick leave , they came and lifted me . |