Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few of them recovered from this experience . |
| 2 | He has two or three bidets in his house in Beverly Hills , but he has never seen them used in this way , with gusto . |
| 3 | A batch of them came in this morning . ’ |
| 4 | Was it Gregory Peck or one of them walked into this studio in America , oh James Stewart was it ? |
| 5 | Although there are numerous examples of local groups undertaking practical projects which are most encouraging , I would have liked to have seen them covered in more detail . |
| 6 | She felt completely comfortable in her presence , and the two of them talked to each other more or less as equals . |
| 7 | The three of them looked at each other , and Husband said cautiously : ‘ If you say a matter of hours , you do mean tonight ? ’ |
| 8 | The three of them looked into each other 's faces , and seemed to breathe more freely . |
| 9 | They presented a target thus for only a matter of seconds , though three of them fell in that time ; then they were hand-to-hand and at blows with the prince 's bodyguard and this was battle as it had formerly been understood between knights , and the hovering archers were crippled and out of the fight . |
| 10 | When questioned further very few of them thought of this God or power as a man , but either as a person without a body or as something like air or gas , and a few said they did not know or that there was no God . |
| 11 | So , when they had finished their ward round , the two of them went to each patient in turn and inquired tactfully whether they ate earth . |
| 12 | ‘ Last week , they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 tickets . |
| 13 | Last week they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 ’ Rangers ' statement |
| 14 | They whispered to each other . |
| 15 | They whispered to each other that Tess was sure to marry that handsome gentleman . |
| 16 | They failed on both counts . |
| 17 | Silver-blond and red-head , they clung to each other occasionally as long-time friends , and spoke to Nolan , cousin of one , ex-fiancé of the other , with an odd mixture of dread , exasperation and compassion . |
| 18 | They clung to each other , speaking in desperate whispers , sharing the shock and terror of a recently confirmed test result . |
| 19 | When he came to bed , they clung to each other , cold and clean and silent , feeling that even these small movements were overheard . |
| 20 | They clung to each other for support . |
| 21 | They clung to each other almost fearfully as though they believed that , in the whole of this alien and bewildering world , only the two of them had any real substance ; as if all else was an illusion . |
| 22 | Bilek , Moravcik and Skuhravy look like giving their attack a cutting edge , they qualified without much difficulty and if the team takes its cue from the state of the country anything might happen . |
| 23 | It is known that the Lombard King Alboin brought his army and then his people on to the plain in 568 , and that they met with little resistance as the Goths had almost vacated the area by that time . |
| 24 | When William Burnes died at Lochlea in 1784 , John Tennant lent a horse to help to convey his body to Alloway for burial in the grounds of Kirk Alloway and memories of Alloway and the ruined kirk must have been recalled by both families when they met on that day . |
| 25 | Lionel Luyt told me that John quickly tagged on to him when they met during those Johannesburg seasons , and was eager for discussions which went on , after performances , into the small hours . |
| 26 | They gazed at each other like a pair of fools . |
| 27 | They gazed at each other in silence , then Penry touched a finger to her lower lip . |
| 28 | Lets face it they get reasonable crowds every year , and last year they got to both cup finals … hence the money for Walker . |
| 29 | They got in each other 's way at the window . |
| 30 | Martin Foyle and Lee Nogan , dear oh dear , they got in each other 's way when there was an empty net in front of them . |