Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 'd heard of Lina 's return , of course , although they tried to keep it quiet .
2 Hm , I think we said last time that they had to tell you this month with the money .
3 The result was two fragrances , which Laura liked equally , so they decided to introduce them both calling them , simply , Number 1 and Number 2 .
4 I questioned the need for such a display of guns and they seemed to find it difficult to justify them .
5 As far as decent environments were concerned , they were the ‘ haves ’ and they wanted to keep it that way .
6 You know , say if they wanted to get you three C's and you got three A's shut up Sam !
7 Now a lot of people when that was first mentioned said ‘ I do n't need that , it 's all right you can look at them if you want to ’ , but afterwards , half-way through their course , they wanted to know that they were theirs and other people would n't see them and have this reassurance that if they wanted to watch it and then wipe it blank , or if they wanted to wipe it blank without ever having seen it themselves , they could do that and no-one was going to ask ‘ What 's going on ? ’ .
8 Small moans of protest sounded in her throat but they seemed to excite him more , because he growled with satisfaction , his lips branding hers with heat .
9 Mrs Sheblee said : ‘ We kept ringing for explanations but they refused to discuss it other than to say it would cost another £1,000 .
10 I suppose that 's because they had to kill him first .
11 The tide had risen a foot above the usual high water mark , and when they came to cut him free in the morning , they found him hanging on the outer wall — drowned .
12 In order , as they thought to render them suitable for through running to London , No. 55 was experimentally fitted with Westinghouse air brakes in August 1924 .
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