Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found him interesting if not always politically correct . |
| 2 | They also loved their partner to take the initiative as they found it boring if sex was always a case of the man trying it on . |
| 3 | They had , but they found it difficult because you 'd got ta , got ta get a licence to keep them you see . |
| 4 | This was the second time they had done the walk , and they found it tougher than in previous years . |
| 5 | And that they found it easier when they that that English was English and Orcadian was Orcadian . |
| 6 | They tried it first cos it 's brand new tool . |
| 7 | Because they paid us extra because nobody else worked with us , it was only me and you and my mother . |
| 8 | They called him Rubberneck because a good third of his height was neck . |
| 9 | These women he slept with casually when he was touring — they knew him better than she , because they got an instant , naked impact . |
| 10 | Afterwards she felt that Sarah had deliberately steered the conversation away from Terry , and recalling her remark that they knew him better than she did , Anne felt uneasy without quite knowing why . |
| 11 | They thought him odd because he wanted to learn things . |
| 12 | They thought it best if he stayed in overnight . |
| 13 | They gave you these as well ? |
| 14 | They left me alone because they thought I had hours to go . |
| 15 | Most of them left me alone whilst I wrote and if they did want something they waited till I looked up . |