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Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Some German military police took Tribe prisoner and locked him in a barn , where they shot him fifteen minutes later .
2	They 've all been partially excluded from mainstream schools , where they found it hard to fit in .
3	They agreed , although they made it clear that they were not prepared to involve William or Harry in the exercise .
4	In general local law societies disagreed with the question , although they found it difficult to reach a consensus on the issue .
5	These people here are very over-careful you know , they just like to cover every eventuality so they asked us all to ring our families even though there is n't a thing wrong … . ’
6	It 's not that bad , it 's just that red and green are fairly important colours to people who try to wave down planes and things like that , so they told me that being a pilot was definitely out .
7	Some thought it was an attempt to make the long hitters go for the green across the water so they made it twenty-five paces shorter .
8	all these drugs he 's been having , so they gave him some er tablets and er , he said on Sunday he was in such pain , so he said try these , he has given me some before , but er , you 're supposed to take two and I was only taking one
9	Also they had to film the invasion in the dark so they gave us two lamps .
10	I did n't really believe the , so they showed me these pictures of themselves with Mr Brando , on his Tahitian island , their arms round him .
11	They did n't like the turkey so they threw it all away .
12	And I went , I know everybody had a piece of this chocolate on their plates , but there was nothing else I could do , once they saw it that was it .
13	I would n't stay here if they offered me half of the Palace .
14	What if they offered you ten years ' redundant ?
15	For this reason she remained at Saint Cloud while the Ministers remained in Paris , since it was possible for them to consult the Regent if they thought it necessary .
16	They 're meant to be a bunch so wedded to the mainland , so loyal to the English crown , that they 'd even fight against the government if they thought it necessary .
17	So if they made me redundant or whatever I know all the ins and outs .
18	I would n't care if they made me dazed
19	I know , but it 's too dear , I looked at that and thought it would be nice to have your name on a brick , but to me twenty pound , if they made it cheaper more people would buy it would n't they ? , what building is it ?
20	They were set for the garlic and the prawns , if they made it quick .
21	She knew that writing his name was never going to get him back , even if they wrote it hundreds of times in the most beautiful book in the world .
22	Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music .
23	If they gave you ten sums , you were allowed to get only one wrong .
24	He did n't fancy Lizzy 's chances much if they decided they all wanted a bit of the action .
25	Until the seventeenth century the courts would declare Acts of Parliament void if they considered them contrary to natural law , repugnant to the law or impossible to be performed .
26	The government would save so much money in the long run if they built us all homes instead of putting us up in this dump ; it 's ridiculous . ’
27	It 's like those bags I mean le I mean I 'd go if they bought me one of those bags .
28	Cos they got it wrong .
29	Cos they charged me twenty five on Little Nipper and it 's cheaper on Little Nipper than bus .
30	Thomas Huxley , the great biologist , whose household was dominated by a long series of cats over a period of forty years , described how one of them , a young tabby tom-cat , developed the alarming game of jumping on the shoulders of his dinner-guests and refusing to dismount until they fed him some titbit .