Example sentences of "they [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we look at the Church we find the numbers of monks and secular clergy growing , especially in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; we also find that more and more of them lived a life of celibacy after the papal reform . |
| 2 | One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically . |
| 3 | One of them became a cardinal , and , in 1130 , pope — or , as he came to be reckoned , an anti-pope . |
| 4 | Carvajal was survived by a wife and two sons : one of them became a broker on the exchange , but neither of them seems to have married . |
| 5 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 6 | Although the spinal patients had no specific rectal sensation during rectal distension , almost half of them experienced a dull pelvic sensation at maximum distension . |
| 7 | It was perhaps ironic too , that six more sections were cut at Great Casterton , and none of them produced a scrap of pottery from the rampart later than the early second century . |
| 8 | Across in front of them cruised a long black Cadillac bearing the fluttering pennant of the Stars and Stripes . |
| 9 | On our first visit I was left standing by these youngsters as one of them unearthed a good bag of finds ranging from Roman through to Georgian . |
| 10 | I behaved with the arrogance of a lady , and when one of them got a little — fresh ? — I pretended to be insulted and amazed that he could compromise his uniform and position that way . |
| 11 | New theories about education challenged women 's intellectual credentials since most of them lacked a knowledge of the classics . |
| 12 | Only a few were dressed in European suits , but each of them cultivated a wispy goatee , the mark of the Annamite man of consequence . |
| 13 | Foreigners always find that a difficult process — in fact only one of them made a real success of it — and Disraeli possessed what Ezra had been denied — the elasticity and toughness of a good Jew . |
| 14 | None of them made a special selection of materials suitable for the peasantry , so the few books that were dispatched were often too dry or too expensive . |
| 15 | The Minster had the gruffest basso but the others were undeterred and the whole tribe of them made a tremendous clangour . |
| 16 | One of them made a farewell address : |
| 17 | A couple of them made a break for it . |
| 18 | One of them made a stand for repeal of the Corn Laws , which must have taken some guts in this neck of the woods . ’ |
| 19 | After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down . |
| 20 | When neither of them made a move she turned to her things on the bed . |
| 21 | Now we do n't need so many generals and governors , they let some of them read a few books . |
| 22 | A Radio 5 spokesperson said : ‘ The internal report made a number of suggestions for restructuring network radio and only one of them involved a major change to Radio 5 . |
| 23 | As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment . |
| 24 | The three of them entered a place outside time , on a day of such stillness and heat . |
| 25 | Below : The Nfis Slabs — descending them posed a few problems ( photos by the author ) . |
| 26 | He found that they were suddenly eating pizza and jokingly said oh they might have got him one , so one of them used a police car to take him to the nearest all night pizza place and then he walked back to the airport and waited , having done a deal with the one taxi driver who was there , and he and shared a taxi , arriving home c. 0215 and then proceeded to have a meal of a MASS of pasta and sauce previously made by me , and of a type which both boys always ask day in day out when here or there ! |
| 27 | … and from them rose A cry that shiver 'd to the tingling stars . |
| 28 | The sex scenes between them caused a sensation . |
| 29 | The electrodes were so positioned that current flowing through them caused a particular pleasure . |
| 30 | Their guns were on the table by their hands , out of Tug 's reach , and from both of them came a feeling of expectant tension . |