Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See they got they 're head down all the time . |
| 2 | er we learnt from America that er a lot of birds that have been caught by cats , die , and everybody 's always assumed it 's shock but the Americans were doing some tests and they found it 's septicaemia from the cat 's teeth . |
| 3 | when they found it was time to go back . |
| 4 | Welling were originally told £2.70 , but when young Welling fans arrived for the match they found it was £3.90 . |
| 5 | They had not yet got Richards , however , and when Collis King joined him they decided it was time to entertain the crowd . |
| 6 | Changes in how you look can drastically affect your life , many ‘ skinnys ’ were so distressed about being able to ‘ pinch-an-inch ’ they felt it was time to place their heads in nooses . |
| 7 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 8 | They were pilgrims in this world , aliens in the society of their pagan fellows , but they knew they were part of a vast community : ‘ this church which is now travelling on its journey , is joined to that heavenly church where we have the angels as our fellow-citizens ’ , said Augustine , faithfully echoing the conviction of all early Christians . |
| 9 | My mother and father both encouraged me in my playing , but I was n't encouraged to get into the business because they knew it was kind of tough . |
| 10 | Then the alarm buzzed and they knew it was time to restart their deadly game . |
| 11 | Her subjects include flower studies reminiscent of the turn-of-the-century glass of the American John La Farge ; a panel , in English pastoral palette , inspired by a poem by Edward Thomas ; and an ambitious , innovative panel , of explosive imagery and energy , entitled A Dream of Kristallnacht — or they thought they were Germans . |
| 12 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 13 | " They thought we were students , " I said , feeling very grown-up . |
| 14 | Of course the elders did n't like it , they thought we were tomboys , but we loved it — the sound of the water , the rocking and splashing … . |
| 15 | Well no , he has got a bad throat an you know , he had a little lump in his throat , I think they thought it was cancer or something or a little growth , but you often get that in the throat . |
| 16 | Certainly there were some areas of the city they thought it was Death to enter . |
| 17 | But they thought it were Wendy 's daughter ! |
| 18 | They thought it were Katy , they went up to Ra , er , to Wendy 's at half past eleven |
| 19 | Perhaps they thought she was part of his troupe ? |
| 20 | When they spoke it was generalities . |
| 21 | Normal was what people said some of their actions and relations were , from time to time , and in Marcus 's experience what they said they were bore only a vague relation to their actual forms and configurations . |
| 22 | They said it was depression . |
| 23 | ‘ They said it was engine failure , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Yeah well they said it was rules and regulations |
| 25 | At the very first meeting in St Margaret 's Hope village hall they had asked for monetary pledges , at the second meeting in the local school they said it was time to call in those promises and start counting the cash . |
| 26 | ‘ Actually when the producers sent me the script they said it was Brando 's next picture . |
| 27 | At the Department of Health they said it was Department of Social Security matter . |
| 28 | They explained they were brothers on a walking tour . |
| 29 | Such concerns were unlikely to have interrupted the deliberations of the police when , spurred on by the News of the World , they raided It 's offices at Indica in Southampton Row . |