Example sentences of "they [vb past] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 These wolf calls middle peasants because , although they were squatting illegally on the land , in practice they owned and worked their small plots .
2 She did n't really know what it was about him which made her go pale whenever they met and kept her awake at night longing .
3 They grazed and possessed her mouth as if he was utterly certain of her response to him , and his certainty was fell founded .
4 In the seat in front two passengers recognized the farm where they lived and wanted me to see it too .
5 The footwear they chose as they tramped and danced their way towards the end of the decade was improbable-looking to say the least .
6 too sure , and so they kidnapped and bussed us
7 They stabbed and slashed him 45 times with hunting knives .
8 Basil 's love of nature expressed itself so forcefully in his responses to people that they shared and accepted them whatever his mood .
9 Usually they oppressed and threatened him , these people with little threat to offer , and much to fear .
10 Thus in Ibrams ( 1982 ) there had been considerable ill-treatment and violence by the deceased towards D and his girlfriend , and this led them eventually to plan and carry out a night-time raid on the deceased 's flat , during which they attacked and killed him .
11 The LNWR remained in the original section of the Saltley Works , where they built and repaired their own rolling stock until 1865 .
12 They drew and brandished their swords .
13 They entered and sprayed it out with water .
14 His eyes were a warm clear blue as they fixed and held her dark ones .
15 They wanted to learn and because of this they used and developed their skills — they measured , weighed , compared and counted , they kept notes and discussed their findings .
16 As they dismounted and tethered their horses to a clump of stunted trees , Timothy said tentatively :
17 Both regretted the way they behaved and resumed their differences .
18 They astounded and horrified them .
19 She nodded to her image , determined , her hands smoothing her flanks , moving slowly upward until they cupped and held her breasts , her nipples rising until they stood out rigidly .
20 They mounted and spurred their horses into a gallop , thundering along the rutted track past the crossroads where a decaying skeleton swung , the neck and head twisted , a macabre dancer against the darkening sky .
21 In the frenzy of dancing they lifted and tossed her from one to another , effortlessly through the air like seaweed in the sea .
22 I 'd been in there four months and they came and told me they 'd gone to America .
23 I just went past these fellows and one of them shouted , ‘ Hey , speccy four-eyes , ’ and I ignored them like you told me and then they came and took them off and stamped on them . ’
24 They came and took his father away to help with this horse .
25 They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't .
26 Then — I do n't know how long we were there — they came and got me , dragged me away from the rest .
27 Well they can physically do it to you with use of fists , use of hands and whatever else they 've got and they can mentally do it to you like put you in jail that or all sorts of things like when I was on sick leave , they came and lifted me .
28 Said that as Mother Demdike had escaped at the end of They Came And Ate Us , there was a loose end .
29 For those who missed his performance in They Came And Ate Us it must be said that this was n't a very nice demon at all .
30 Because they came and interviewed me .
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