Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karl tucked Erika 's arm under his as they crossed the bridge over the green , splintered ice of the Spree which formed a chill moat around the great museums , by the great dome of the Protestant Cathedral , and on to the broad stretch of Unter den Linden . |
| 2 | Joe tucked Maureen 's arm under his as they left the house . |
| 3 | theirs if they put the bypass in . |
| 4 | Madeleine was still very young , Harry told himself as they drove the next ten miles in silence . |
| 5 | He brought his horse alongside theirs as they rounded the corner and the dark green spire of Godstowe Priory came into sight . |
| 6 | At the end of the promenade they could take a flight of steps down to rocks that were slippery with seaweed , and clamber over them until they reached the shingle . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the survey did not ask them if they sold the products about which they said they had received insufficient training . |
| 8 | There would hardly have been harmony between them if they had the same desires , if their interests coincided , if they were a threat to each other . |
| 9 | The Scottish people whom I meet who work in the shipyards at Yarrow take pride in building ships for the Royal Navy whose orders would presumably be lost to them if they had the pleasure of being represented by an SNP policy . |
| 10 | it costs me a bomb for phone calls to them cos they put the long , wrong address on |
| 11 | What is surprising is that their refusal to read black texts — a refusal that makes no disturbance in their intellectual life — repeats itself when they reread the traditional , established works of literature worthy of their attention . |
| 12 | Normally she looked down her nose at men and then ignored them unless they needed the sharp edge of her tongue . |
| 13 | What they did n't realize was that for me , women in the end have everything because they have the ability to create life . |
| 14 | The Labour Party is opposed to them because they challenge the principles of state housing and of equal access to a democratic minimum . |
| 15 | Farmers growing trees for profit can find a Tree Preservation Order placed on them because they enhance the view from a nearby housing estate . |
| 16 | Moore said : ‘ If people get into wrong positions inadvertently , there will be such a desperate desire to get out of them because they need the ball , I think it could increase violence . ’ |
| 17 | Sometimes parents fail to give the true reason why something upsets them because they think the youngster is not old enough to know about such things . |
| 18 | Mr Davidson , who runs a pizza takeaway on High Northgate , Darlington , said : ‘ They stopped me because they thought the engine numbers were filed away and the car was stolen . |
| 19 | I would say conditions were a wee bit easier a wee bit you had a wee bit more freedom because they knew they could not replace anybody if they gave the sack . |
| 20 | Besides , she was ultimately responsible to Liz for the twins ' welfare , Laura firmly reminded herself as they mounted the wide steps up to the front door of Lady Wyndham 's house . |
| 21 | The Jamaican with the gun follows them while they cross the gloomy concrete floor . |
| 22 | He was teasing her with this leisurely foreplay , stoking the fires inside her until they reached the point where they could no longer be contained . |
| 23 | Alice , who had several times caught Tom looking admiringly at her while they were coming up there in the tube , and could not forget the way he had held out his hand to her while they sang the duet , wondered if having the room next to his was a good idea . |
| 24 | She had admonished him before they left the hotel to drink no more than one glass , and his brother , Chuck , who was sipping his own wine confidently without the restraint of any such embargo , looked down and laughed good-naturedly at his indecision . |
| 25 | It was also highly theatrical , as his whole adult life had been : an airliner diverted to an unexpected destination , the body found dead on arrival , people already waiting at his destination to greet him before they heard the shocking news , grief and incredulity on all sides as the story spread around the world . |
| 26 | He grinned down at her as they ascended the stairs together . |
| 27 | He was close behind her as they rounded the L-bend of the restaurant — and he very nearly cannoned into her when she suddenly stopped dead . |
| 28 | Maria caught up with her as they reached the end of the village . |
| 29 | Mrs Blakey asked her as they cleared the plates from the table , when Stephen had gone . |
| 30 | He followed her as they approached the green-and-gold-painted double doors leading to the ballroom . |