Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It had identified itself as Churchill 's private secretary , Jock Colville , and said they realized he had some news to tell them .
2 Before they came we removed all trace of our connection to television , rearranged the office furniture a bit , and hid a camera in a bankers box .
3 And so he got space to build a house and they began it began this part in thirteen sixty although it 's clear that there was an earlier house here , perhaps built at the time when they first got the back in the eleven seventies .
4 The idea is that if elderly people can be encouraged to think back to the times when they had lots of relationships , and when they felt they had some status and worth , then they are able to feel that status carry over more into their present life .
5 They both knew what they had to do , and how hard it was going to be to escape ; they knew they needed each other .
6 As they went they noticed several places to right and left of the path where he had broken off into the wilderness .
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