Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of people were quite happy about it , they reckoned we thought too much of ourselves , all that education they said , and look what comes of it . |
| 2 | But other local prisons which they examined they condemned as imposing ‘ inhuman and degrading ’ punishment upon their inmates . |
| 3 | They said they understood how busy I was . |
| 4 | They said he looked so old , so out of it with his old-fashioned long white locks , pathetic specs , stupid limp , and that cringe-making old coat . |
| 5 | They said she overestimated how great their academic expectations for her were . |
| 6 | And it was no comfort having old ladies telling me how they wished they had naturally curly hair . |