Example sentences of "they [adj] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each went within 10 days . |
| 2 | They all came from similar backgrounds and , as like minds , they were all congregating at the same place for the same reasons . |
| 3 | cos they only told me bits , they all came round this morning and er , we were having a laugh actually , it was |
| 4 | None of the other passengers had the appearance of Acorn Campers , and as they all disappeared into parked cars I began to feel rather apprehensive . |
| 5 | They all looked at each other . |
| 6 | They all watched the door as it opened and Donald 's face poked round the edge , and then they all looked at each other and they all thought the same thought : Now ? |
| 7 | St John gave them the letter to read , and then they all looked at each other , smiling rather tiredly . |
| 8 | But they all looked like complete prats . |
| 9 | Pale with fright , they all stared at each other . |
| 10 | They all knew without much discussion what ‘ like that ’ meant : cynical , bored , boring , burnt-out . |
| 11 | I flew down and looked at the computer screens to see what was written on them , and they all said in huge letters … |
| 12 | Yes they all squashed onto one sheet you see . |
| 13 | Apart from the seclusion and pressure of being watched under a gun , they all seemed in good spirits . |
| 14 | They all finished in fine times , some beating their personal bests by several minutes . |
| 15 | And if they all spied on each other all the time the great thing , the only thing , which would , could , make life tolerable was to pretend that they did n't . |
| 16 | Lit the blue touch paper and they all exploded in great clouds of flame and smoke six feet above the launch pad . |
| 17 | They all glanced at each other in dismay . |
| 18 | They all agreed on one thing , however . |
| 19 | They all sat in one table . |
| 20 | They all worked in scuffed brigandines and thick caps , most often with their helmets on top , and they were chilled with weariness , and grim and lewd by turns in the raw , brittle moods that went before battle . |
| 21 | It said they all stood with bowed heads at the start of the meeting after they had heard of his death , ‘ and there was a silence that could be felt … . ’ |
| 22 | They all cackled with guilty laughter . |
| 23 | They all smelt of useful newness , seeming eager to get on with the job . |
| 24 | But they all arrived at different times , because Frith made sure that it would happen so . |
| 25 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
| 26 | They first hit on this method because they were suddenly deprived of their darkroom , shortly before they had to prepare a show . |
| 27 | I have had a Brother 850 ( and latterly 850i ) since they first appeared in this country . |
| 28 | They first appeared in this country in the early 1960s , owing to the impetus in Irish and West Indian communities . |
| 29 | When the Japanese returned to investing in the 1960s , they first concentrated on Asian markets that had largely been ignored by earlier investors . |
| 30 | England began slowly , and then as Gatting and Gooch were accelerating they both fell in quick succession . |