Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [conj] they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when the boys and I met and they said over tea I th , well why do n't we do something about a love affair , it just seemed right . |
| 2 | I addressed first two ancient problems : the relationship between Luke and Acts ( I found that Acts resembled Luke more than it resembled any other book of the NT ) and the relationship between the Apocalypse and the Gospel of St John ( I found that they differed from each other more than any other two books of the NT ) . |
| 3 | I guessed that they came from the execution during the second war . |
| 4 | I divined that they spoke of the woman who was on trial for her life in Geneva on the morrow . |
| 5 | I sensed that they approved of him whole-heartedly , and that by comparison I was no longer the blue-eyed boy of the family : I did not come up to scratch . |
| 6 | I followed because they seemed to be doing all right . ’ |
| 7 | I watched as they laughed behind her back , mocked her , walked out of rooms when she appeared , and looked the other way when she spoke to them . |
| 8 | " Its all a little bit like a fairy tale , is n't it ? " she whispered as they filed into the throne room with the other guests , and he nodded eagerly in reply . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's my first time here , ’ she whispered as they squeezed into a table and a waiter took their orders for drinks . |
| 10 | ‘ What if we both get too drunk to get up for work tomorrow ? ’ she asked as they climbed aboard the bus and put their money in the ticket machine . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a bit worrying , is n't it ? ’ she murmured as they went into the room . |
| 12 | She should be safe enough , she reasoned as they moved towards the dance floor where the discotheque was playing . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's a lovely thought , ’ she breathed as they sat in the shade to drink their wine . |
| 14 | They came back now , and she softened as they flitted through her mind . |
| 15 | She blinked as they emerged into blinding brightness and searing heat , and paused to fumble for her sunglasses before they descended the broad flight of steps that led down to the canal . |
| 16 | ‘ I am responsible , ’ she thought as they sat in the train and Victoria pulled up seat cushions to see what lay beneath them and Jonathon studied a diagram of the rigging on a schooner . |
| 17 | She knew that they relied on a book called a Grimoire for their contact with Evil . |
| 18 | She shivered as they crossed to the west hill . |
| 19 | ‘ Not so fast , ’ she cried as they thundered along Rodney Street . |
| 20 | They followed Molly on to the launch , hitching up their skirts as she did as they swung over the side , taking their places beside her , feeling strange and excited and apprehensive . |
| 21 | And she said that they seem to be selling more |
| 22 | He listened to what she said and they laughed at the same things . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't know it was such a big place , ’ she said as they drove through the gaslit streets from the station in a hired carriage . |
| 24 | ‘ Here we are , ’ she said when they arrived at her close . |
| 25 | She and Marcus looked at me , she shrugged and they talked for a while . |
| 26 | So the way you read it you said And they play against teams from Australia and then you said and then you stopped there but you said The |
| 27 | ‘ Come in here a bit , ’ she suggested as they came to her room , ‘ I 'd better tell you a secret . ’ |
| 28 | Look amused , she suspected as they crunched up the crumbling steps , peered through a railing , and then retreated back to the small quay . |
| 29 | What opulence they met as they settled into their private salons : Spanish leather armchairs embossed with gold , mahogany panelling inlaid with rosewood marquetry , damask curtains held by silk cords with gold tassels , thickly-carpeted floors , and each compartment was heated . |
| 30 | For example , in October 1974 the Labour Government secured the support of 39.2 per cent of those who voted and just over a quarter of the electorate ; in 1979 the Conservatives gained 43.9 per cent of the vote and the support of around a third of the electorate ; and in 1983 , the Conservative landslide of seats ( their parliamentary majority trebled ) was based on just 42.4 per cent of the vote — less than they got when they lost in 1964 , less than they got in 1979 , the fifth-lowest Conservative vote since the war , and the lowest vote-count by a government with a secure majority since 1922 . |