Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow . |
| 2 | Erm , if erm , if one of them contradicted me in the class , I burst into tears , I think you 'd think something was seriously wrong with me , would n't you ? |
| 3 | Moreover , although their new jobs were temporary , not all of them regarded them as a " stop-gap " . |
| 4 | They were sighted in China , where those who attempted to eat them reported them to be tasteless or unpleasant . |
| 5 | On the following Monday some of them pursued him to a review that was taking place on Wimbledon Common , while others went to the City , occupied the Royal Exchange and picketed the coffee houses , carrying placards reading More Wages . |
| 6 | And of those girls in the pub , it was one of them told me about it — ’ |
| 7 | None of them told me about it . |
| 8 | Michelle , who was taking the drug Epilim , said at her home in Whyteleaf , Surrey : ‘ None of them told me about the risk of having a handicapped baby . |
| 9 | Some of them poked him with sticks to see if he really was a savage and threw books shouting , ‘ Build us a tower . |
| 10 | Anyone who had drugs on them dropped them to the floor . |
| 11 | The sight of them filled him with pride . |
| 12 | And handed them handed them to the people . |
| 13 | They must have longed for quiet and solitude , for space to shed their tears in private , or even to vent their anger , but none of them showed it in public . |
| 14 | His screams were so terrible that none who ever heard them forgot them till their dying day . |
| 15 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 16 | And as I sat on the beach , I idly picked up some of the myriad stones lying on the shore , and one of them surprised me with its remarkable colours — it was pure marble glistening and sparkling with mica particles imbedded in it . |
| 17 | ‘ I knew that they were n't students and I began to resist but one of them hit me over the head with a gun . |
| 18 | George , at one stage , tried to get up , but one of them hit him over the head with his rifle . |
| 19 | Some of the crowd were pleased when they heard this , but most of them watched me in silence . |
| 20 | And er put that on and tied them back and front and up on them tied them to the sides of the coble and and usually towed it with another rowing boat . |
| 21 | ‘ One or two of them taunted her about Grianan , but she always responded fiercely , ’ says Nuala . |
| 22 | In fact , I think quite a lot of them took it to heart . |
| 23 | THE UNDERTAKER 'S CLOTHES had been found on Tuesday evening , and if the news reached Fleet Street news editors , none of them thought it worth mentioning . |
| 24 | He had been on the committee of the Scottish region , as it was ten called , since 1984 — ‘ they flung me on as naive new blood ’ — — and was vice-chairman for two years before becoming chairman at the tender age of 25 . |
| 25 | ‘ It is a coincidence that they announced it on the eve of my press conference , ’ he admitted . |
| 26 | This often seemed to be taken to excess and getting drunk or ‘ blind drunk ’ was described as common practice , at least within their world as they revealed it to us . |
| 27 | They skimmed you in an ante-room |
| 28 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 29 | It spread to the Chinese around 2 , years ago and then reached Japan where they cultivated it into the art form it is today . |
| 30 | He turned to face her then , his eyes intent as they met hers for one long minute , and she had the strangest feeling that he was trying to look inside her soul . |