Example sentences of "[conj] in [num] [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing would stop them , nothing would prise them apart , and she was glad to have them there : she liked to think that she and Charles had a comprehensive acquaintance , that in one house they could assemble representatives of most of the intersecting circles that make up society . |
| 2 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 3 | He went upstairs with his wife , and in two minutes they were asleep . |
| 4 | It is highly unlikely that any of the Pacific fish used in these tests had ever encountered a sea snake previously and in two instances they certainly could not have done so . |
| 5 | Clark had a bad back — arthritis — and in one scene they are driving through the crowd going to the rodeo . |
| 6 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 7 | In 124 couples the female partners smoked cigarettes , and in 236 couples they did not . |
| 8 | They either slept in a car or on the ground with a blanket , though in two days they would be far enough south for the nights to be warm . |