Example sentences of "[coord] they [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How kind of you , ’ said Felicity and they agreed to a tentative appointment for the following morning . |
| 2 | The adrenalin was running high for Haslemere 's final league game of the season and they began at a relentless pace . |
| 3 | He pulled open the door , and they came into a tiny attic , with several large piles of typescript , and several files , neatly set out on the table . |
| 4 | Later-several whiskies later — Hamilton did emerge , and they went into a private office to talk . |
| 5 | In seconds , the police officers ' hats were dislodged from their owners ' heads , and they disappeared into a boiling fighting , mass of humanity . |
| 6 | And they disappeared behind a potted plant . |
| 7 | Delighted to have her company , Harry linked his arm through hers and they strolled in a leisurely fashion down the shady drive . |
| 8 | Willie closed it carefully behind them and they walked into a wild and unkempt garden . |
| 9 | As soon as the lights were in their favour they turned left , and after a short distance he cut the engine and they drew into a wooden landing-stage . |
| 10 | so , erm , they rang and they rang , and they rang for a good twenty to twenty five minutes and we just erm , we , we all huddled together in the living room , and erm , anyway about half an hour went past , and then they finally went , we saw them , we live in a flat , and we saw them from the window , we saw them going back to the station you see . |
| 11 | She looked after them , and they behaved in a natural , foretellable way . |
| 12 | There were men clustered in it , and they ducked in a vain attempt to avoid the sweeping mayhem of the laden spar . |
| 13 | And then a dim light opened out ahead : their boots crunched on pebbles and they emerged from a small cave whose entrance was uncovered only at the lowest of low tides . |
| 14 | Some of them came to our house on some pretext or other , but they met with a chilly reception from my mother , who could look severe and forbidding when she wanted to . |
| 15 | ‘ The same thing happened to Arsenal last season after Benfica knocked them out , of the European Cup , but they came with a late run and it 's up to us to do the same . |
| 16 | There were threats to his academic career , but they came from a different direction . |
| 17 | On the other side of the stream there was a collection of farm buildings but they linked to a different road further down . |
| 18 | It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom . |