Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | when I was doing that bit of collecting you know , and the people next , either side they 'd bought these council houses , you know , it 's a shame really |
2 | IN 1963 ABC TV published the findings of an experiment they had conducted some time earlier into the perception thresholds of children watching Television . |
3 | Their punishment was that they were to walk bare foot behind the procession on the following Sunday , but instead of one taper they had to carry four tapers ( value 2d ) and there they should offer two at the High Altar , and two at the Altar of St. John . |
4 | The work they had done that morning was trifling and all they had to show for it was rough shelter and little comfort . |
5 | It was the same old production of Gypsy Baron they 'd done last year , but there were two huge question marks over this year 's production : two new debuts , Ingrid and Therese . |
6 | For a long moment they stood facing each other . |
7 | The unhappy effect of this event in the royal Icenian household presented the Druids with just the propaganda weapon they needed to foster British discontent . |
8 | Knowing that it was a basic railway practice to use detonators in foggy conditions to protect signals , etc , and as the sound they emitted carried some distance , the men awaited the series of bangs that would herald the presence of a train . |
9 | After the Second World War they began to support African nationalism . |
10 | A few years ago I saw a couple of Eastenders stars come in erm and Ross whatever his name forget his name there were two young girls standing in front of me scraping pennies out of their purse to get in though we loved that character they wanted to come that night we 've got to get girls like that youngsters like that interested to come on other nights and then come again that 's what needs doing . . |
11 | In a final communiqué they agreed to accelerate economic integration of their countries by the creation of a customs union by 1995 , and called for the strengthening of economic ties with their main trading partner , the European Communities ( EC ) . |
12 | All night they had loved each other , possessively , greedily , and she had been — still was — his slave in love . |
13 | The introduction of the National Insurance and Workmen 's Compensation Acts meant that many employers were becoming reluctant to employ deaf people in case they had to pay higher premiums just to employ them . |
14 | Judge David told them , their lives had been devoted to the relief of pain and suffering but in this case they chose to inflict considerable pain on a young woman in their care , isolated by their way of life . |
15 | Ever since Victor had saved his life on the deadly ravine-wire crossing they had become firm friends . |
16 | Er and of course they had to use these crocodiles er down the coast er where the Germans were holding out er at and Dunkirk you see . |
17 | And in , you know Woodboy Street Sunday night in the summer when it was a heat wave they 'd got little bow windows then in Woodboy . |
18 | DAVID BATTY handed Leeds the European Cup verdict they wanted to hear last night : ‘ Count me in . ’ |
19 | Adopting peasant dress and a peasant craft they sought to spread political consciousness with the help of revolutionary literature couched in peasant idiom . |
20 | She did n't know how far they had come from Gloucester , but surely after an hour at a steady gallop they had put enough distance between themselves and the castle to halt for a few minutes . |
21 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
22 | While Folly was coming uncomfortably to terms with the fact that the reason they had to avoid built-up areas was to avoid too much carnage if they fell out of the sky , Luke turned to the man in the overalls , who was waiting respectfully for them to finish talking . |
23 | Th th the final the final sort of sick joke was the fact that erm having having disposed of the fingers to the theatre , the hospital they 'd got this box of ice lollies so they proceeded then to give them to people ! |
24 | Committed evangelicals were a minority , but the movement greatly influenced the attitudes of a wider section of the ruling classes in the way they came to regard plebeian recreations . |
25 | The Magyars had expansionist aims and by the thirteenth century they had missionized much territory and brought Croatia within their kingdom . |
26 | By the sixth century they had mastered advanced timber construction . |
27 | Thirdly , the willingness of the United States to become militarily and economically involved in Spain gave North American and European financiers and businessmen the reassurance they needed to invest private capital there . |
28 | No doubt they had made considerable preparations before the news came of the cancellation ; it is hoped that they were not inconvenienced too much . |
29 | Had the time come to forget the promise they had made each other , the guarantee they had given never to meet or speak ? |
30 | It was a course of discussion they had followed several times before , each time with greater perplexity as their bright , affectionate little boy metamorphosed into a silent , awkward adolescent . |