Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] [verb] they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish him and his friends no evil , ’ said Bishop Jon , shaking down his book-satchel and peering into it , ‘ but it 's a difficult thing to make plans for your country with them sitting there , their heads switching from this shoulder to the other , and so sleek you would think it was a cow that licked them all . |
| 2 | The sudden jerky movement rocked the boat , creating a wave that knocked them both off balance . |
| 3 | A man called Rodrigo Paestra has discovered his nineteen-year-old wife with a lover and shot them both . |
| 4 | And they 'll actually sit down and work that out for people and encourage them to go for a job and give them all the forms they need to claim Family Credit or whatever . |
| 5 | ‘ Your teeth 'll be straight in six months , and you can get contact lenses when your father 's insurance comes in at Christmas , grow a bosom and stun them all . ’ |
| 6 | It collapsed like a punctured airbag , except that what came forth was not air but rank , fetid water , vomiting out in a copious stream and bringing with it a stench that sent them both staggering back several paces . |
| 7 | She kneaded at his chest in an agony of rapture before clinging , nails biting into him as he drove deeper , striking into the heart of her desire with a passion that convulsed them both and hurtled them to a zenith of sensation stunning in its ferocity . |
| 8 | They will need space and comfort , perhaps a garden if they have always been used to one and enjoy gardening , and , above all , they will need a property that gives them some self esteem and security . |
| 9 | Finally , she abandoned herself to him once again , the moonlight playing on their bodies as they loved each other with a strength that surprised them both . |
| 10 | I say ‘ Yes ’ a lot and show them some photos of me on the Etive . |
| 11 | ‘ You looked beautiful , ’ he said after a pause that agonized them both . |
| 12 | Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size . |
| 13 | He 'd like to get hold of a gun and blow them all away . |
| 14 | Rather rudely , perhaps , Hamilton decided to take Bustos for a romp and leave them all to it . |
| 15 | All you have to do is draw all the little bits of an object and push them all together to make a silhouette of the object and then performing one combine operation joins them all together to make an outline that would take you a lot longer to draw in one piece . |
| 16 | Across the warm , sun-filled expanse of wilderness their eyes met with an impact that held them both motionless . |
| 17 | Rain dragged Barbara Coleman away , with an urgency that took them both off balance . |