Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Last week , they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 tickets . |
| 2 | Last week they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 ’ Rangers ' statement |
| 3 | They whispered to each other . |
| 4 | They whispered to each other that Tess was sure to marry that handsome gentleman . |
| 5 | They failed on both counts . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They clung to each other , speaking in desperate whispers , sharing the shock and terror of a recently confirmed test result . |
| 8 | When he came to bed , they clung to each other , cold and clean and silent , feeling that even these small movements were overheard . |
| 9 | They clung to each other for support . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They gazed at each other like a pair of fools . |
| 16 | They gazed at each other in silence , then Penry touched a finger to her lower lip . |
| 17 | Lets face it they get reasonable crowds every year , and last year they got to both cup finals … hence the money for Walker . |
| 18 | They got in each other 's way at the window . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But I would have thought that one lot of er papers would either have gone to the archives office or er been retained in the Advertiser if they amalgamated at some time . |
| 21 | So they lived through another day — together in the same house , but more separately than ever before . |
| 22 | ‘ They lived for each other , they leaned on each other , they helped each other , they worked for each other . |
| 23 | For weeks the newspapers had been full of stories about it , with , over and over again , people describing how well they lived in this country , how much they loved their homeland , how they did everything to strengthen East German socialism — as if there were not several thousand people leaving the country in a panic at the time . |
| 24 | The two men found they agreed on many points about today 's press . |
| 25 | They debated unhappily , reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion , until John Prophet suggested sadly that in the circumstances it might be well to consult the archbishop of Canterbury , and in some relief they agreed on this course , and carried their problem that same afternoon to Lambeth ; where Thomas Arundel , on the force of whose word and influence they could rely , advised them , in consideration of the desperate need , to issue the required letters patent , and he would be responsible for defending their action to the king , should it need any defence . |
| 26 | They put up a prize at the awards ceremony they 're prepared to do all the art work for nothing or at cost price for the awards ceremony they laid on this evening for us now if three people turn up at their evening they gon na say as we putting our money in the right organisation |
| 27 | Their main pleasure seemed to be in the beautiful garments they made for each other and for their children . |
| 28 | Jessica swung , clinging hard to Rory , as they made for another barn . |
| 29 | But why , they asked of each other , should a child like that be under the care of the rag woman ? |
| 30 | In front of the railway station , a second police car ( summoned by a confident Morse as Lewis had driven him from North Oxford ) was now waiting , and the Chief Inspector nodded a perfunctory greeting to the two detective-constables who sat side by side in the front seats as they watched , and awaited , developments ; watched the three men walk over to the twenty-minute waiting-area set aside for those meeting passengers from British Rail journeys — an area where parking cost nothing at all ; watched them as they passed through that area and walked into the main car-park , with the bold notice affording innocent trespassers the clearest warning : |