Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came to nothing and the two settled for the broadbrush alliance on the PowerPC RISC and the creation of Taligent Inc and Kaleida Inc , but it now seems clear that the idea of the big one still appeals to John Sculley , and according to the Independent on Sunday , Sculley was very much considered as the successor to John Akers , but his terms were that IBM sell the mainframe business and merge with Apple to create a profitable $30,000m a year company , and the courage of the outside directors failed them when they considered what announcement of such a deal might do to the IBM share price . |
| 2 | Manningham , a burly fifty-year-old with an aggressive manner and a paunch , met them as they descended the far side of the bridge . |
| 3 | And they spurred forward to pursue and take him , no doubt believing it a happy chance for them , and the Lord Owen caused his horse to appear to drop lame , and so encouraged and led them until they were spread all along the field in open order , within close range of the bowmen in the woods . |
| 4 | Through an emissary , they threatened that if they had to withdraw — which was now inevitable — and the partisans attacked them as they retreated , the cities of Bologna , Reggio Emilia , Parma and Piacenza would be destroyed . |
| 5 | As he explains in the ‘ Epistle to the Reader ’ , he began it after a discussion in which it occurred to him and his friends that they might get further with the problems which concerned them if they were first to ‘ examine our own abilities , and see , what objects our understandings were , or were not fitted to deal with ’ . |
| 6 | She jumped round the room with a newspaper club and splattered them when they settled . |
| 7 | According to Mr. Mahmoud , he admitted them because they pretended to have come on behalf of the insurers . |
| 8 | She summoned the Protestant preachers to come to Stirling on 10 May , and outlawed them when they refused . |
| 9 | When he asked me when they opened . |
| 10 | I read them and they seem to be er a a direct record of what we 'd er agreed . |
| 11 | Mhm , oh I see , he sold them and them they were shipped across . |
| 12 | Domitian asked them whether they were descended from David , and they admitted it … |
| 13 | So when I did n't receive any further communication , I 've gone back to them and asked them whether they would be interested in reducing the price , cos we consider it to be too high for that one acre of land . |
| 14 | Grunte then asked them whether they had heard the one about the Norwegian woman who had bought her son three shoes , having been told he had grown a foot ; a sally which was met by universal groans . |
| 15 | So I asked them if they needed anyone to help out on Saturdays The guy behind the counter said , we do as it happens but you 'll have to speak to Malcolm when he comes in . |
| 16 | We had some extremely hot gear lying around so we asked them if they 'd have a go at getting rid of it for us out of town where it maybe would have cooled down somewhat . |
| 17 | When they arrived the place was empty — — it was early evening — except for ‘ two street toughs in camel-hair coats ’ sitting at a table ; ‘ and they were fairly easy to distinguish , and I think we walked up and asked them if they were — and — , and they said yes . ’ |
| 18 | I asked them if they were n't several billion years too late . |
| 19 | ‘ We asked them if they were going , and they said it would be pointless to roam all over Bristol , it was such a huge place and … |
| 20 | He introduced his father , a tubby , good-natured little man , and asked them if they would like a lift into Plymouth . |
| 21 | We asked them if they had vomited or abused laxatives and asked them to record their weight on a weekly basis . |
| 22 | When Model returned with his wife and children , Constable Bedford asked them if they wished to pay the fixed penalty immediately . |
| 23 | And I 'd got them here and I thought well I do n't know what to do with them and I b b interested in I 'm interested in going back in time , I 'll go anywhere where I can see something and I 'd been over there and they 'd got some Home Guard stuff in a case , only a small show , and I asked them if they 'd like it and they said yes . |
| 24 | I stopped two stout middle-aged women carrying laden shopping-bags and asked them if they knew where I could find rooms to rent . |
| 25 | Woolley called the replacements to one side and asked them if they had flown an SE before . |
| 26 | The court heard that the Scotts and Anderson approached the two plain clothes constables and asked them if they were RUC officers . |
| 27 | The final question of the Survey questionnaire reminded visitors that catalogues for the Carlyle and MacLean exhibitions were on sale at the Publications Counter , and asked them if they intended to buy one . |
| 28 | Audrey mentioned her Medau teaching and asked them if they knew Coburg . |
| 29 | ‘ I told you , two or three cars passed me but they did n't stop . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I suggested the same thing to every other member of the backroom staff as I appointed them and they all agreed . |