Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I would have thought that one lot of er papers would either have gone to the archives office or er been retained in the Advertiser if they amalgamated at some time . |
| 2 | Now they could then say well that particular group of people , if they looked at this evidence that I 've got , would want to say this about it and they would want to change it in such and such a way , and there 's another group of people who perhaps have rather different views on what history might be doing and they would view the evidence and argue about it in this way . |
| 3 | While they glared at each other he recalled that Carrie had said something similar earlier in the day . |
| 4 | In another incident they injured five Germans when they shot at another bus in the town of Qena . |
| 5 | He nodded and there followed an awkward silence where Julie and Nina must have become aware of the tension , for they glanced at each other at the same moment as a patient arrived in the centre . |
| 6 | ‘ Who was that man , Virginia ? ’ he persisted quietly , as they waited at more traffic lights . |
| 7 | A colleague from Christian Aid phoned me from Addis Ababa last night and he reported what had happened in the Red Sea port of Assab on Saturday which was when 15 trucks and trailers were loaded each with 22 tons of U N grain and there was a little ceremony as they left at 12 noon for Desai . |
| 8 | There was silence as they glanced at each other , and Sophie said irritably , ‘ It 's exactly as I said . |
| 9 | A wave passed , so high that its spray burst against a side porthole as they stared at each other . |
| 10 | As they stared at each other everything seemed fine , the differences did not matter , all that mattered was the love they shared . |
| 11 | There was silence as they looked at each other across the table . |
| 12 | Beside him Carol watched the modern-day gladiators as they came at each other . |
| 13 | The images were still as clear as the rain that had fallen so dispiritedly on the mourners as they stood at one side of the grave while the rector had intoned the fateful words . |
| 14 | She could be pretty , she decided , if her hair were not so tightly scraped back from her face and if her eyes shone with eagerness , as they did at this moment . |