Example sentences of "[noun] they [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Joseph 's startled ears they sounded like a simultaneous volley of a thousand rifle shots . |
| 2 | The English embassy in France has a mansion in the Rue des Medeans , but in early spring they moved to a small castle outside Paris , the Chateau de Maubisson . |
| 3 | Queensland 's short , mild winter was slipping easily into a vibrant spring , and tropical plants and shrubs were beginning to fill the gardens they passed with a colourful bounty of flowers . |
| 4 | What they had said was at the end of the war they aimed at a safe and lasting peace , and to obtain that they demanded a setting up of a League of Nations . |
| 5 | That surviving half-page on Alexandria with its three classes of people is memorable : the Egyptians , " an acute and civilized race " ; the mercenaries , " a numerous , rough and uncultivated set " ; and the Alexandrians themselves , " a people not genuinely civilized … but still superior to the mercenaries for though they are mongrels they came from a Greek stock and have not forgotten Greek customs " ( 34.14 ) . |
| 6 | They racketed in a ragged chorus , never quite finding a common beat , rasping one 's nerves , but finally so familiar that when one day they stopped in a rare shower of rain , the silence was like an explosion . |
| 7 | Last night they went to a back-street sauna , chatted politely , stripped , had sex with complete stranger , got dressed , went home , and did n't even trade phone numbers . |
| 8 | In the Tolbooth they stayed in a panelled room on the ground floor . |
| 9 | Many miles from camp they came upon a small specimen partially coated with a frothy greenish-tan crust . |
| 10 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |
| 11 | After council meetings they adjourned to a local pub for a refreshing drink paid for out of their own pockets . |
| 12 | He took a shuttle to the asteroid belt , he was the highest ranker there they started the race , to the belt they drove at a deadly pace no-one knows what happened that star date but we always knew poor Wes would have to wait as they pulled Will from the smoking wreck they heard him say in a terrible state bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I need him , tell Wesley not to my love for him is never weak . |
| 13 | He took a shuttle to the asteroid belt , he was the highest ranker there they started the race , to the belt they drove at a deadly pace no-one knows what happened that star date but we always knew poor Wes would have to wait . |
| 14 | At the end of the factory tour they saw in a large room more than a thousand dolphins , some piled four or five high . |
| 15 | Public NME takes a dim view of types who persecute innocent human beings who just happen to enjoy the feel of women 's lingerie against their bollocks , but did find it quite funny that the be-wigged ‘ bomb victims ’ were so convinced it was an aerial attack they raced into a nearby hotel to beat up a perfectly innocent couple snogging on a balcony . |
| 16 | Two hundred metres down the road they came to a big old house standing in its own grounds . |
| 17 | For company secretary they settled on a 34-year-old chartered accountant called Michael Henshaw . |
| 18 | At a little after one of the sunny afternoon clock they stopped at a vast motorway services area thingy . |
| 19 | Through a plascrystal port they gazed upon a vast hazy hangar lit by the occasional glowstrip . |
| 20 | The steps were narrow and winding , and by the time they emerged into a curving tunnel she had lost her sense of direction . |
| 21 | Despite constructing one of their most positive displays for some time they lost to a French team who profited from the only genuine opportunities they created . |
| 22 | The ladies ' K4 500m was slotted in at this point and although Dallaway/Davey/Eastwood/Thorogood were 8th in their heat they went into a semi final which acted as a repêchage . |
| 23 | Seems like the only parts they got for a young actress nowadays she gets six lines , they cut three and she gets raped in the first ten minutes . |
| 24 | Any hopes they had of a successful Cup run to take the heat off their internal worries disappeared in the mud at Underhill . |