Example sentences of "they [vb past] and it " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , there had been two of them involved and it was unfair , but he would be feeling tricked … and trapped . |
| 2 | He did not say much when they met and it was always muffled by the lapels of his coat . |
| 3 | People paid their debts and when they needed help , they asked and it was never refused ; it was the way that the small and widespread community had always lived , and as a system it was dignified and efficient . |
| 4 | Now , the Yale and Union locks they 'd got a certain type of locks that they produced and it was all done with a system , you know what I mean and more or less come to assembly and er they did that . |
| 5 | I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory . |
| 6 | And then on thirty two minutes , Pisa got a goal which quite frankly they deserved and it was a brilliant effort , it was probably the best goal of the three . |
| 7 | Passers-by were clearly baffled by what they saw and it was only when curiosity proved too much that anyone came near enough to be buttonholed . |
| 8 | Perhaps they had and it had been kept dark . |
| 9 | She would feel so much happier if they had and it was over . |
| 10 | Then she ran to find Ferdinando to tell him and they embraced and it was he who said , ‘ She is an angel ! ’ of Mrs Browning and Wilson realised she had expressed not a word of gratitude . |