Example sentences of "[coord] they [adj] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they all had a hat with a sticky label on and |
| 2 | John produced the remains of a bottle of whisky and they all had a dram to celebrate . |
| 3 | and they really , and they all got an allowance from the government |
| 4 | This year it froze right through and they all spent the afternoon of Christmas Eve sliding on it . |
| 5 | After a little while , four jacks came along and they all wanted a bed for the night . |
| 6 | Music and art teaching were offered by other local people , and they all ferried the girl around from one tutor to another , so she would n't miss anything . |
| 7 | Susanna pointed to their left , and they all watched a humming-bird perform fluttering water sports in the spray from a sixteenth-century fountain almost hidden in a discreet courtyard setting of creeping plants and old hand-painted tiles — the kind of secret place usually found behind old stone walls in Florence or Seville . |
| 8 | Their wives were also employed by the company and they each had the use of a company car . |
| 9 | And they each paid a fee which put £10 million into the Moonie coffers . |
| 10 | All of a sudden they heard the hum of a motorcycle coming towards them and they both saw a motorcycle being ridden towards the level crossing . |
| 11 | Cranston reluctantly conceded his point and they both left the tavern and walked back to collect their horses . |
| 12 | She started to smile , and they both said the name together , ending with an explosion of laughter , and Shelley almost falling off his knee — ‘ Miguelito ! ’ |
| 13 | And they both managed a laugh . |
| 14 | It lasted about a minute before fading and they both sensed a feeling of impending danger . |
| 15 | ‘ I can see that , ’ Freddie said , and they both watched the girl trudging towards the corner . |
| 16 | It might be that he was speaking the truth , but before she could answer footsteps sounded along the passage , and they both faced the door as his mother came reluctantly in . |
| 17 | But me wife was good then you see and so was my son and they both worked the farm you see . |
| 18 | He was briefly silent , and they both gave a moment 's attention to the incongruity of a particularly poignant song succeeding the somewhat crass commercial . |
| 19 | Jack could hear the muffled sound of shouting , of children crying , but they all gave the impression of being underwater somewhere — a thousand kilometres away from him . |