Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exhausted and without much hope for the future , she gradually slipped into a permanent state of depression , which made life even more difficult for Josh , although neither of them realized this . |
| 2 | Most of them became good Americans . |
| 3 | Through the 1920s , a clear gap opened up between Barth and Brunner on the one hand , and Bultmann and Gogarten on the other , though it was only to be later that the full significance of the divergence between them became apparent . |
| 4 | The reason for Dizzy 's locking of the door behind them became apparent within a minute , when Alina heard a hesitant tap on the other side followed by a young woman 's voice calling Dizzy 's name . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , the Heisenberg programme , designed to keep the best researchers within the university system until jobs for them became vacant , has not received enough applicants . |
| 6 | Over the weeks , one of them became morose . |
| 7 | Hence not only were there more old people , but more of them became unable to support themselves at earlier ages . |
| 8 | Comparisons between them became commonplace , but unlike Brando , this other rebel was not so aggressive either on screen or off it . |
| 9 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 10 | My injuries were my first concern but , as the full extent of them became clear , golf came back into my mind , ’ said the 52-year-old professional . |
| 11 | " The sad thing is so many of them thought every white person is a Christian and of course they 're not , and a lot of them became disillusioned and wide open to communism , " said Eva . |
| 12 | The fire died down and the embers became grey ashes , the forest around them became full of noises as the creatures of the night resumed possession of it , but Marian , Allen and Hugh slept on until well after dawn . |
| 13 | But I suppose that it could happen if one of them became faulty . |
| 14 | It was not until the 1880s that intercolonial connections were made , and the stations which connected them became important not only as points of break of gauge , and therefore of journey for passengers , but also as customs centres . |
| 15 | Animal welfare groups want them outlawed all together . |
| 16 | One of them asked another if he remembered how the Magistrate Sahib had tried to make them strengthen the embankments and this caused such merriment that one of the landowners almost fell into the water . |
| 17 | He flew into Morag 's arms and the pair of them hugged one another . |
| 18 | Not one of them produced fledged young . |
| 19 | The three new subcommittees each met in Panmunjom , but none of them produced any significant progress . |
| 20 | One of them got lost in the corridors and another dropped some important equipment into the sea . |
| 21 | So how many of them got pregnant ? |
| 22 | Some of them got religious or went barmy I seem to remember , but the point is they were all different when they came back . |
| 23 | Oh , they 'll be back , they 've none of them got that sort of money . |
| 24 | And eleven of them got involved in a fist fight in the middle of one of those New York streets . |
| 25 | Most of them got thirty years . |
| 26 | Alexander O'Neal , Freddie Jackson and Luther Vandross could substitute for one another if one of them got sick , while a new ‘ Women ’ category has been opened to accommodate Tanita Tikaram , Suzanne Vega , Tracy Chapman etc . |
| 27 | It was noticeable that many of them made emotive comments when addressing this question ( for example , ‘ a last resort ’ , or ‘ a place for old people to go when nobody else wants them ’ ) , a reflection possibly of their personal involvement with the residents of the home and concern for their well-being . |
| 28 | None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture . |
| 29 | Had any of them made any approaches to her ? |
| 30 | They did n't believe in things like that any more , but neither of them made any move to get out of the car . |