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Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1	Few of them recovered from this experience .
2	Perhaps Isabelle had n't wanted them found at all , had intended her secret , whatever it was , to die with her .
3	Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) .
4	He has two or three bidets in his house in Beverly Hills , but he has never seen them used in this way , with gusto .
5	A batch of them came in this morning . ’
6	If the French should take them and see them directed to such noted men , they might take care to send them to them .
7	All of them played with such ferocious energy and skill that , for the next nightmarish seven minutes , she did n't touch the ball .
8	Was it Gregory Peck or one of them walked into this studio in America , oh James Stewart was it ?
9	The sound of the water faded , there were only the two of them locked in this tiny space , and suddenly it became difficult to breathe .
10	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 .
11	She felt completely comfortable in her presence , and the two of them talked to each other more or less as equals .
12	The three of them looked at each other , and Husband said cautiously : ‘ If you say a matter of hours , you do mean tonight ? ’
13	The three of them looked into each other 's faces , and seemed to breathe more freely .
14	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 .
15	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 .
16	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 .
17	‘ Last week , they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 tickets .
18	Last week they reneged on that agreement and settled on an allocation of no more than 1,000 ’ Rangers ' statement
19	They whispered to each other .
20	They whispered to each other that Tess was sure to marry that handsome gentleman .
21	The party of low taxes , the party of high taxes they failed on that .
22	They failed on both counts .
23	Here they attempted to persuade consumers not to install additional appliances which would overload the mains : where they failed in this , breakdowns inevitably followed .
24	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 .
25	They clung to each other , speaking in desperate whispers , sharing the shock and terror of a recently confirmed test result .
26	When he came to bed , they clung to each other , cold and clean and silent , feeling that even these small movements were overheard .
27	They clung to each other for support .
28	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 .
29	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 .
30	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 .