Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reported it at once and when the police and ambulance got there they found the bodies of a man and a girl lying on the road and partially burned . |
| 2 | The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste . |
| 3 | Today the owners of the horse were unavailable for comment but their solicitor said that while they accepted the horse broke loose they do not accept liability and are disputing any claim the horse caused the boys ' injuries . |
| 4 | Policy was now to allow the moran to form manyattas ‘ and then to exercise control over them , and to use up their surplus energy in making them work ’ , the theory being that if the moran were in manyattas , at least the administration knew where they were . |
| 5 | They found that horse did n't they ? |
| 6 | wore green velvet did n't they Mum ? |
| 7 | They used to called it the hump did n't they ? |
| 8 | girls they go shopping like but they always got another carrier did n't they until they got sold and then when er they 're on the next road from their house like take the carrier and it 's all for her . |
| 9 | Because what they did try and do is buy the catholic club did n't they ? |
| 10 | the first half was scrappy both i think the second was quite good — we had most of the play but when ipswich came through they always looked dangerous — allmost all their headers/shots went straight at beaney. beaney was excellent . |
| 11 | It was Crane who had been lamed and the question arose how they were to use the horses . |
| 12 | In Middlesbrough , the grandparents of a four-year-old boy told how they paid out £300 for a private operation because of a six-month wait . |
| 13 | I mean , an incident happened last week er the fitter went up They asked the fitter if they could track the belt up on the top . |
| 14 | They dived into the sand did n't they , so he would survive at the back of the |
| 15 | They had a working committee did n't they and a sub |
| 16 | Yeah cos they did a lot of work did n't they , or they should have done er |
| 17 | That 's it , no they went to look for diamonds in the cave when they went to work did n't they ? |
| 18 | I always took the point about the children in the hall did n't they ? |
| 19 | he had er new place there er er what 's his name they 've got a , they opened a new nursing home did n't they ? |
| 20 | I think he he had a really good first half I think it like , I think that to be fair , apart from Coleman an Southgate everybody faded in the second half did n't they ? |
| 21 | Councillors on the social services committee said yesterday they needed to know full details of the case , but that the law required a child 's best interests be put first . |
| 22 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 23 | The teacher asked why they lifted it round . |
| 24 | When team came out they 'd kick a load a footballsinto crowd . |
| 25 | That sparked off celebrations with manager Lennie Lawrence being given a good soaking as his team showed how they felt about the end to a successful season . |
| 26 | He might have reservations about the English but , generally speaking , under their rule both military and civilian knew where they stood . |
| 27 | After London Transport took over they were sold where they stood to Cohens for scrap on 9 May 1934 . |
| 28 | I think it was they wanted a complete reply for each consultant file , or case file did n't they ? |
| 29 | Her ears , drawn a picture did n't they ? |
| 30 | Cos people here have done everything in that one room did n't they ? |