Example sentences of "and they [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And they reiterated that they would like Becky to stay in for tests but Jenny could come home , and Becky was a bit jaundiced you see .
2 During an opera we had a lighting change and they misinformed me about the weights .
3 And on the morrow they began to attack the city , and they fought against it three days strenuously ; and the Moors received great loss , for they came blindly up to the walls and were slain there .
4 The men poured off the lorry , the wheelbarrow was hustled from me , and they fought playfully to have a turn .
5 And my father found them , and … and they fought .
6 The Young Socialists were in a state of constant conflict with their elders , and they fought bitterly against any intervention in their political initiatives .
7 And they fought in the pub over hot toddies
8 The students quickly bonded themselves into a tight knit group and they fought , argued , demanded and were encouraged to come back for more .
9 And they fought like cat and dog at times .
10 He partnered Dwyer in the foursomes against vastly experienced Yorkshire captain Steve East and ex-professional Chris Bloice and they fought all the way before going down 2 & 1 .
11 Mr Dodd , a waiter , of Helmingham Road , Tranmere , then confronted John Maguire , the casino 's manager , and they fought .
12 Mr Dodd , a waiter , of Helmingham Road , Tranmere , confronted casino manager John Maguire and they fought , the tribunal was told .
13 And they fought the fire until they were finally er had to go out of the tower altogether .
14 Fluff continued to look after Titch , and even when she grew and became Big Titch , she never forgot her first friend , and they shared a basket , though she persecuted everyone else — feline and human — giving them no peace until she fell asleep , having worn out herself and everyone else .
15 Apartments had been booked for them in one block and they shared in couples .
16 We shared our faith with them and they shared their lives with us .
17 A little short of four Winds he stopped the car and they shared the remains of the picnic .
18 A toweringly tall man , he echoed Citrine 's sparse , puritanical personality and they shared common ideals of public service .
19 The former bowled mean medium-pace , the latter with a venomous left arm , and they shared all 13 Australian wickets to fall in a low-scoring game that Waddy 's men won by seven .
20 Even though most of the working-class women had low skill , repetitive jobs , they picked out certain qualities of these jobs as satisfying by comparison with housework , and they shared this tendency with the middle-class women .
21 Bailey was married then , to a nice girl from Clapham , and they shared a flat near the Oval in South London .
22 Tolonen had been of the same generation as the T'ang and they shared the same unspoken values .
23 Her little apartment had become their home , where she cooked for him and they shared all the daylight hours together .
24 And they shared a laugh , dismounting together in the clatter of the crowded court .
25 He had managed to endear himself to all of them within the week , and they shared his agony as he groped for the lines .
26 Damian took her to one of the balcony restaurants , and they shared a dozen fresh oysters on the shell in the cool sunlight .
27 and they shared the same manager .
28 And they shared it
29 I 'm happy to see that the attitude of the C E C and of the General Secretary has changed radically , I would say , since last year , when it and they opposed the Liverpool motion , which also called for accountability of Labour councillors and M Ps .
30 Time passed and they fungused .
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