Example sentences of "they [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They flung each other off and stared for an instant , each of them aware that he was known , each conscious that this recognition made many things plain . |
| 2 | But it may be that , as men of little social consequence , they lacked that sensitivity to personal relationships on which the aristocratic society of the tenth and eleventh centuries had depended ; for the newcomers , what was sauce for the goose was likely to be sauce for the gander . |
| 3 | Their attention wandered and they lacked any discipline to learn . ’ |
| 4 | German software products company SAP AG , Walldorf , and Microsoft Corp have scheduled a press conference in Munich today , at which they are expected to announce ‘ something beyond ’ the agreement to put SAP 's R/2 and R/3 suites up under Windows NT , which they announced this week . |
| 5 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 6 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 7 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 8 | it was , it was Romana 's mum and dad , I think they owned that row of houses and the shop |
| 9 | ‘ They owned this kind of enclave on the coast just outside Ajaccio — like a kind of tourist village — that 's where they kept the women , really , while they were away on business . |
| 10 | They lay that way for long moments , until the race of their hearts slowed , and then Nicolo brought her head to his shoulder . |
| 11 | But however enthusiastically they cultivated this aura , Australians were bound to feel themselves second-class citizens . |
| 12 | ‘ They gain more experience by tackling the job themselves . ’ |
| 13 | They gain more fulfilment from the jobs and in the end , backed by a high level of innovation , they produce a better product . |
| 14 | The Pims dashed around all parts of the aquarium having brief but energetic skirmishes when they met each other , but no actual physical damage was suffered from the skirmishes . |
| 15 | But if they met each other , Lewis … ? |
| 16 | When they met this month , Mr Kohl made it clear that he wanted an agreement on EMU that does not oblige Britain to accept a single currency before it is ready to do so . |
| 17 | By 0900hrs the Japanese were back to raid other specified targets , this time they met some opposition in the air , several American fighters were now airborne but the pilots had no combat experience so the Japanese had the advantage . |
| 18 | They met some time in ‘ thirty-eight , I gather . |
| 19 | They must have gone a good two miles before they met another car . |
| 20 | Within minutes they met another flight : Richards and Gabriel . |
| 21 | If they concede another goal again now I think they could be in serious trouble again . |
| 22 | Are they bringing that back , too ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They stab each other with their banderillas . ’ |
| 24 | where 'd you want this , the post ? , that the , before they stab each other with it oh that sounds like he 's in the cooker is he |
| 25 | They review this possibility annually and he explained that when they have identified children who will go back they let them go into mainstream school for at first a morning and then one day a week . |
| 26 | do you suppose they got that name because she was always |
| 27 | I was hoping when they got that link road through they might connect up , but I do n't suppose it , sort of roads got ta put parking towards the long piece of |
| 28 | They weighed up the prospect of knocking on the door and members of the jury , you have to consider in due course whether they got that act right . |
| 29 | And once they got that section all set , they started to cut the next in . |
| 30 | They got that sort of marble stuff . |