Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO of the jurors who were instrumental in jailing Mike Tyson on a charge of rape have decided they made the wrong decision . |
| 2 | Officers have said they tolerated the old conditions for too long . |
| 3 | In the hush that followed they heard the back door slam . |
| 4 | Yes th as I remember they did the other side of first . |
| 5 | This was to ensure they had the correct commitment and were prepared to organize for quality . |
| 6 | Suppose they lost the solid path between these pools ? |
| 7 | And when the first visors were introduced they made the heavy hats flop down over the troops ' faces . |
| 8 | Mind you the firm that was in there Blue Bag I mean they abused the bloody place they did . |
| 9 | But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common . |
| 10 | Scotland did their best in very difficult circumstances but a late penalty goal meant they started the eight-match tour with a one-point defeat . |
| 11 | Solicitors Campbell Hooper claim they sent the 33-year-old star eight bills . |
| 12 | When he did they saw the dead animal and , in fury at being deprived of their sport , they ran the hermit through with their boar staves . |
| 13 | For those who enjoyed them , the preservation of the fueros was ‘ an instinct and a poetry ’ and the struggle to defend them linked the backward-looking Carlism of the 1830 's with the cultural nationalism of the later nineteenth century . |
| 14 | Roh 's subsequent decision to join them reflected the strategic vision associated with his political style ; the merger offered an opportunity to break the current legislative impasse resulting from the DJP 's failure to command an overall majority within the legislature . |
| 15 | Sources from both clubs said they understood the new bid was from the same source , but an Argyll spokesman refused to confirm or deny that the company was behind the bid . |
| 16 | And the members said they hoped the widespread devastation caused to buildings in the city would never be repeated . |
| 17 | Although many commented that it was too early in the session to form definite views , nearly two-thirds of respondents said they thought the additional assessment was an appropriate assessment method . |
| 18 | These losers make up the core of the 74% of Hungarians who in a recent opinion poll said they thought the economic situation had worsened . |
| 19 | He said they revealed the true length of the queues . |
| 20 | The lifters , sent home from Barcelona for failing drugs tests , said they absolved the governing body of any blame . |
| 21 | Nor is it clear that support for proportional representation would win votes : in the ITN exit poll , 52 per cent said they preferred the present system , including 45 per cent of those who voted Labour . |
| 22 | Although greatly outnumbered they engaged the Scottish forces at Dupplin Moor south of Perth on 11 August 1332 and routed them . |
| 23 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 24 | Yet this is the very time we ask teenagers to make career choices , which may partly explain the findings that by age 35 over 60 per cent of men and women will say they chose the wrong career . |
| 25 | Since Lord Clyde said in his inquiry report that the social workers had acted in good faith , the social workers would have to keep her children to prove they did the right thing in the first place , she said . |
| 26 | Food supplements for pigs ensured they received the right amount of nourishment which ensured British farmers did not suffer a competitive disadvantage with others in the EC . |