Example sentences of "they [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 2 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 3 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 4 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 5 | If they had questioned it the chances of the orders being carried out would 've been much less of course . |
| 6 | It could have been the second , but he had swallowed his pride when they had shown him the room that was allocated him . |
| 7 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 8 | They had offered him the position of editor in chief with , apparently , more direct control over the content of the paper , but only if he came off the Board . |
| 9 | They had told him the chaprassi would want a bribe , but instructed him not to pay it . |