Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurrying under cover of darkness up to Roscarrock Hall where a real priest was visiting from Ireland or Spain , they whispered their confessions to him , received absolution from him and knelt in the Roscarrock family chapel to hear a proper Latin Mass and to receive in their mouths the living sacrifice , the Body of Christ . |
| 2 | They tickle my dendrites |
| 3 | I told me mates it was a sure thing and they emptied their pockets and put every last halfpenny on you and that horse of your'n . |
| 4 | As their breasts grow , they round their shoulders . |
| 5 | Providing they declare their interests |
| 6 | Residents of William Street , North Skelton , have petitioned Langbaurgh Council as they fear their houses and cars are sitting targets for vandals during hours of darkness . |
| 7 | The recent letter of intent signed by AT&T and Novell in which they revealed their plans for AT&T to sell Unix System Laboratories ( the home of System V Unix ) is of enormous importance . |
| 8 | They lowered their voices right down to the floor . |
| 9 | They harvest its riches without destroying the ecological balance . |
| 10 | Local councils are the creatures of Parliament and they gain their powers only from Parliament . |
| 11 | The rain had been beating on him for hours , on him and his comrades , not only here but wherever they had been when they met their deaths ; their clothes , their very hair , had a flattened , dead look . |
| 12 | The monks of the Middle Ages used to practise ‘ divine reading ’ , which meant that they expected their lives to be transformed as a result of what they read . |
| 13 | The characteristic Christian theme was most at variance with pagan assumptions in that bishops asked husbands to be as faithful to their wives as they expected their wives to be to them . |
| 14 | Here they expanded their activities into general building work , John Green turning his attention to the architectural side of the business ; but c .1820 he moved to Newcastle upon Tyne , from where he established his extensive professional practice in the area of Northumberland and county Durham . |
| 15 | Did they bargain their bodies or no ? |
| 16 | At regular meetings at regional and national levels they review their experiences and assess their current position in relation to their overall objectives , strategies and methods of work and if necessary restate these . |
| 17 | where they got their beliefs from , from them thinking , you know , they 've mixed men 's thinking with , with biologies and things ai n't they ? |
| 18 | I asked my father about the people in the adjoining houses , they must have lived in perpetual fog , and I remember he told me that perhaps they got their houses at a reduced rent . |
| 19 | Oh good god , it 's about time they got their arses in gear and started doing something properly |
| 20 | They got their coats . |
| 21 | And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know ! |
| 22 | Then they can go back to asking each other where they got their blow-drys and leave the rest of us in peace . ’ |
| 23 | I told Gary he should have said , ‘ And they must make you so proud ; everyone can see where they got their looks , Mother . ’ |
| 24 | But they got their fingers burned and lost a lot of money . |
| 25 | They got their children into it by a miracle . |
| 26 | They got their rods and landing nets together and set off for home . |
| 27 | We went through to see a couple of remarkable rock formations , the Trident and the Judge — no prizes for guessing where they got their names . |
| 28 | With this in mind , it was important when moving into the schools market to consider who did the book buying in a school , and where they got their ideas from . |
| 29 | Where in hell 's name do you think they got their hands on it ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The lads were joking that I would be back in the team before they got their hands on the trophy , ’ said McGuinness . |