Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they always seemed backward , they found that they took them to different specialist and the truth is , they 've both left school now and got jobs , but they were er , dyslexia |
| 2 | They stopped when they saw him , then dived right and left , but at fifty yards the rifle was lethal and Sharpe saw his bullet lift a man clean off the ground . |
| 3 | because they realized that they needed it to invent something to fall in to what they 've already got . |
| 4 | After hearing the evidence the justices announced that they found him guilty , but on hearing of his previous convictions they decided that they would not deal with the case and committed him for trial to quarter sessions . |
| 5 | And he was n't alone amongst the instructors who felt this way : Jack Bisley , Sam Temple , and Amos Bernstein , they all admitted that they hated it ; but Angus McBride and Len looked forward to their trips as if they were half-day school holidays . |
| 6 | They reassured Pamela that they did trust her , but added that they hoped she would feel more able to be open with them about her social life . |
| 7 | Then word came that they wanted me to do a test ! |
| 8 | Because they believed and they got me to believe at the time , that nationalization would be the cure for all our ills . |
| 9 | they came and they said we had a free booking . |
| 10 | Well that was where the the Where Argyll and them came and they burnt it down . |
| 11 | The bus came and they boarded it , but to Erika it seemed less like the familiar old lumbering , lurching , yellow Berlin bus , and more a vehicle of romance , gliding through a night made mysterious by more than fog . |
| 12 | What if Viola came and they turned her away ? |
| 13 | But they took people in Angola and Zambia and they murdered and they raped them . |
| 14 | I hated rugby but I always played when they wanted me to because I was really fast . |
| 15 | He claimed that they lost him money by selling Licence To Kill cheaply to boost company finances , when they were raising cash for a takeover bid . |
| 16 | Two-thirds of a random sample of 54 of those with tinnitus showed that they found it disturbing , 72 per cent experienced it continuously , 18.5 per cent frequently and only 9.25 per cent occasionally . |
| 17 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
| 18 | To the very last he consulted his own common sense rather than the orders of his doctors whom he detested because they advised him to give up the roast meats that he loved . |
| 19 | The door opened before they reached it . |
| 20 | Do n't think that releasing it through your local record shop is the answer — just ask DNA what happened when they tried it with their version of Tom 's Diner shortly before the A&M rep visited the shop . |
| 21 | Well when , yes where they rented when they sold theirs |
| 22 | ‘ I applied but they turned me down . ’ |
| 23 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 24 | ‘ The tea was all right , ’ he protested and they knew he was far from displeased . |
| 25 | He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . |
| 26 | Thomas quietly bought them another cup of coffee each , and they giggled when they realized it and clinked the thick coffee mugs with him before carrying on with their conversation as if he were n't there . |
| 27 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 28 | ‘ Guest room 's good enough for him tonight , ’ Fiona grunted as they swung him onto the bed and dropped him . |
| 29 | She says they all panicked when they realised they were stranded . |
| 30 | How they puffed themselves up to outstrip others in their pleasure-giving powers , how they boomed when they protested they 'd avenge assaults on her innocence by others . |