Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb past] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is important , therefore , not to exaggerate the long-term effects of Anglo-American differences relating to Palestine , however serious they appeared at the time .
2 They were fed up with three-door cars , which ruled out one of three they considered at the time — the Vauxhall Nova , although this is now available in five-door .
3 Well some of them came by road and RAF trucks , the fuselages , and then there were all they started at the top of the airfield in the old flying club pavilion , and then they were er stripped down and stuff was taken off them , checked out , for airworthiness to see whether it was ready to go back on the planes , and then they came down to the back of the top hanger which was then they were all down to the skeleton of the aircraft and they started rebuilding them again like , there were engine shops and the place at the bottom hanger where they used to make the Swallow side-cars was the spraying and where they completed the aircraft .
4 They had laid waste the entire north of the country and in 449 they arrived at the university town of Stamford .
5 On May 3rd 1646 they arrived at the town by a devious route from Melton Mowbray , and entered the house through the postern gate in the old town wall , which was later rebuilt by William Stukeley .
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