Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then . |
| 2 | Was he too remembering the last time they had decided to keep each other warm ? |
| 3 | The editors revelled in the honour , ate their lunches and went back to their offices to continue publishing every last tit-bit they could find . |
| 4 | Men , I know , talk of such things with eagerness , with a little contempt ; it is as if they were describing the last meal they had , course by course . |
| 5 | ‘ Often , what 's perceived to be aggression is simply fear or nervousness , ’ Joanne added , recalling the first dog they rescued . |
| 6 | In the boutique near the admin bulding the first person they saw was Mrs Richards . |
| 7 | He and his wife decided not to put off having the second child they had planned , despite the financial uncertainty . |
| 8 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |
| 9 | On reaching the last train they found a colleague talking to a middle-aged man dressed in a light-coloured rain coat and flat cap who was assumed to have been overcarried on the last train after going out of service at Capland Road Station . |
| 10 | During the next course they were faced by the representation of a ‘ man of warre ’ standing in fire ( associated with summer and the choleric humour ) ; and while consuming the third course they were confronted by the form of a man with a ‘ sikelle in his hande ’ standing in a river ( signifying water and the phlegmatic humour associated with autumn and harvest-time ) . |