Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found him naked in the morning , |
| 2 | They found him dead in bed from the bomb blast . ’ |
| 3 | They ignored me safe in the open field where the old ridge and furrow strips and the flatter headlands where the plough was turned were clearly silhouetted by the sun . |
| 4 | They told us that in Soc . |
| 5 | they threw it all in the brook |
| 6 | K. R. Whenever they had a raid on the Chinese gambling , they took them all in the cells and they all sent out for Chinese meals , and when they 'd all gone to the Main Bridewell in the middle of the night — ‘ 125 , scrub out ! ’ — and I had to take my tunic off and scrub out after the Chinese had been . |
| 7 | They looked very strange , it is true , but they kept me dry in the rain . |
| 8 | Her 16-year-old brother was arrested and tortured ( they removed the skin from his face and the soles of his feet ) ; then they burnt him alive in the village square . |
| 9 | Instead , they left me alone in a small boat in the middle of the ocean , with only enough food for a few days , while they sailed away . |
| 10 | They left him gilded in an anteroom , |
| 11 | She hinted that she could be of more help to them than her brother , provided that they left him alone in his present state of health . |
| 12 | They explained it first in these terms : |