Example sentences of "they [vb past] the main [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rejected the main tenets of revolutionary Marxism , denied the central role of the proletariat , and dreamed of a peasant-based socialism . |
| 2 | Using Pareto analysis , they discovered the main causes of poor productivity and quality . |
| 3 | They represented the main category of course provision in the District and provided the major area of growth in student numbers and geographical expansion . |
| 4 | The three authors , all former Red Guards ( Li Yi Zhe was their collective pen name ) had been arrested for expressing their radical views in ‘ On Socialist Democracy and the Legal System ’ , although at first Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang had suggested that they supported the main ideas of the poster . |
| 5 | But then think of Benny coming back from Dublin after a day in the university : would n't it be better if they saved the main meal for her return ? |
| 6 | Teresa held her hand as they left the main building by a back door and crunched over the path to the infirmary , Anna dragging her feet . |
| 7 | Now they left the main road for the quieter , dimmer back streets . |