Example sentences of "[prep] they [verb] [adv] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of them had never been before and was scared , she got just a little bit of water in her mouth and she thought she was drowning but instead of saying drowning she said to me , ‘ I drownded ’ . |
2 | One of them had only been at Long Lartin for three weeks … |
3 | She could have had fun out there with Kelly , even though neither of them had ever been on skis before . |
4 | Describing the plight of Somali children , it explains : ’ Many of them have not been in school for several years when they arrive in this country ’ . |
5 | Well I know , but it was sad because in Gosport that was what keep most of them going , I mean like they said none of them have never been on the dole before , they 've all been there since they 've left school , there was a couple there |