Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when they saw the hooded men with blood-covered knives approaching their cars did they realise what lay in store for them . |
| 2 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 3 | In the Muslim world their impotence made them perfect harem guards and they rose to power as chamberlains , governors and even generals . |
| 4 | Facially the two men were very different , Kustow 's face blunt , Lever 's hawkish , but the similarity of dress and the starkness of their haircuts made them seem like brothers , or members of some strange cult . |
| 5 | Of course her father saw them arrive but he never mentioned them . |
| 6 | His stillness made them hesitate ; he might have been watching for fish but the stream was hardly large enough for trout , only minnows or sticklebacks Libby pressed close to George , they stayed on the path watching . |
| 7 | ‘ Our chairman saw them beat Marseilles in a pre-season friendly , ’ says manager Roy Walker . |
| 8 | In your days did they have the building then ? |
| 9 | Did did they have to wear lots of Do you remember your aunties or your your mother Did they have to lots of layers of clothes or they seem to be . |