Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] they [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The intensity of their relationship surprised them both . |
2 | They ate less and less , never venturing outside the villa , the physical aspect of their relationship consuming them both as Damian began to take her beyond her new-found sensuality , smashing barriers as he went , teaching her everything about her body and his until she thrilled to the power of knowing how to touch and kiss him to make him breathless with ecstasy , whispering incoherent , urgent words of encouragement to her until they both fell into their usual sleep of pleasurable exhaustion , completely united by the passion that raged just as highly between them now as it ever had from the very beginning . |
3 | He went on , more to her father now than to her , in his light drawling voice she had to listen to in church every Sunday of her life telling them all what was what because he had the God-given power to do so and they had to listen and obey . |
4 | She said his name , the sound of it muffled against the pressure of his lips , and he murmured something back to her , moved with sudden fierceness , and the final thrust of his body sent them both tumbling down and down into a completely new dimension . |
5 | Workers looked to the national state , over which democracy gave them some influence , to protect them against the ravages of an unregulated world economy . |