Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] they [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the team left for Cameroon they had spent several months gathering the equipment necessary for their 4 weeks of planned project activity . |
| 2 | By the middle of December they had exhausted all their cash — whether it was needed for wages or not . |
| 3 | In Britain they failed to convert more than a faction of the Labour party , which was outvoted the year after it won its victory at the party conference . |
| 4 | Saturday 's defeat of leaders Muckamore by Cregagh left Holywood with an excellent chance of catching up with the leaders , but on Sunday they conspired to lose all wickets for a mere when chasing Carrick 's total of 177 . |
| 5 | Prior to his departure for London they had seen each other once or twice . |