Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1842 six ships were at anchor in Funchal Bay when a hurricane blew them all onto the shore . |
| 2 | It is a privilege to pay them this small token of respect . |
| 3 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 4 | My feeling was one of horror , mingled with a desire to take them all . ’ |
| 5 | If some are negative and some positive , it may be possible to add a constant to make them all positive , or it may be necessary to consider treating the positive and negative numbers separately . |
| 6 | Bastard Wet Crack ( There 's a name to get them all queuing ! ) |
| 7 | New babies get so many lovely clothes as presents , that they do n't always get a chance to wear them all . ’ |
| 8 | 1 Pass round all the stories so that everyone has a chance to read them all . |
| 9 | And it had all been an act , a ploy to save them both embarrassment after the mild indiscretions of the previous evening . |
| 10 | I guess , if he 'd known , Osvaldo would have made it a priority to kill them all . |
| 11 | As a young back-bencher , Irwin dreamed one night of meeting Lloyd George in a train carrying them both back from campaigning at a bye-election . |
| 12 | An old battle-axe of a nun wrapped them both in heavy blankets , forcing cups of mulled wine down their throats . |
| 13 | Though each series has normally forty-eight forms , it is rare for a composer to use them all . |
| 14 | Against the background that people expected support for an elderly person to be reciprocated in some fairly immediate way , the pressure to exclude older people from the labour market was accompanied by a pressure to give them some independent means of support which would prevent their having to rely on their children or other relatives . |
| 15 | Must have cost you quite a lot to buy them each a drink . |
| 16 | When we have resolved the matter we shall be in a position to give them all the reassurance they can ask . |
| 17 | In this regard , the teacher will know the pupils who need more help , and , as in all classes , will be in a position to give them any extra help needed in order to achieve the learning outcomes . |
| 18 | I am laying a scheme to get them all turned out against Michaelmas ’ . |
| 19 | A servant brought them some wine and sugared pastries which Cranston immediately attacked . |
| 20 | The city was bracing itself for a party to beat them all , but the Spaniards decided to re-write the script . |