Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To bring our people back to the innocence they enjoyed under the old king . ’ |
| 2 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 3 | BSkyB will not renew the £13 million three-season deal they had with the Scottish authorities which expired at the end of last season . |
| 4 | He is justifiably proud of what he and his father achieved at Lingfield , not least the deal they struck with the redoubtable Cyril Stein of Ladbrokes when they bought the course from his company seven years ago . |
| 5 | In the north-west , too , in Galicia , the rebels quickly triumphed , thanks to the assistance they received from the Civil Guard in overcoming the resistance of loyal troops and civilians . |
| 6 | Fingers across the map to retrace their journey — from the New Inn they went to the English chapel , walked to the shore , saw the Marischal College , were welcomed at the Town House , viewed Old Aberdeen , looked at the Old College , visited the King 's College where Sir Alexander Gordon was professor of Medicine , and visited two bookshops . |
| 7 | At the first watering place they jumped from the open wagons and rushed to douse their burning clothes . |
| 8 | So if the revenue had refused in the exercise of their discretion to make the repayment they did in the present case I am of opinion that in the absence of any other remedy it would have been open to Woolwich to claim repayment in proceedings for judicial review , and there would appear to be no reason why such proceedings would not have been successful . |
| 9 | Perhaps what told him was the attention they paid to the drunk man who weaved his way , shouting and stumbling , down the car . |
| 10 | In silent single file they walked down the narrow corridor , Lisa staring at his back through eyes that were barely focused . |
| 11 | That evening they camped beside the broad river on ground that was free of snow . |
| 12 | East Smithfield , Nightingale Lane , Burr Street , St Catherine 's Way ; like London 's wall they hemmed in the huge dock area that had seen 11,000 people moved from the crowded houses and thieve 's kitchens , and vast amounts of earth shifted to create new hills and rises in Chelsea and Pimlico . |
| 13 | We have not been told what , if any , relationship they had to the deceased , or why they were appointed . |
| 14 | Yet the case is different with the children in England , for when they emigrate , the vast majority will go to English-speaking countries , and they will have profited from the intimate contact they had with the English life and language . ’ |
| 15 | The TOP 's had one facility they shared with the MID 's and DEEP 's . |
| 16 | After a short while they retired to the back room and sat in a kind of play-pen atmosphere analysing Judit 's most recent game with a young American visitor . |
| 17 | Every day they worked on the old scores . |
| 18 | But in so doing , they ignored a continuing problem ; and they created a new one , for the price they paid for the French troops who solved the English military problem was a monarch who was taught to be French and Catholic , and who would return to her country only when both these things clashed with the prevailing balance of power in Scotland . |
| 19 | When Chuck crossed to the cook tent , carrying his rifle for the early start they planned for the final day , his father was already sitting at a table in the open , sipping a steaming mug of black coffee . |
| 20 | Yeah , but of course they went to the right |
| 21 | There was little room for lesbians to be out in the first half of this century , unless of course they moved in the right literary or aristocratic circles . |
| 22 | Schools were asked to indicate the kind of support they requested from the various agencies . |
| 23 | ‘ In the main , the church and its leaders drew their importance from the support they gave to the existing powers and from their multiple involvements in education , social welfare and administration . ’ |
| 24 | The backbenchers were making the point yesterday that the Chancellor was not the man they blamed for the economic crisis . |
| 25 | At midday they retreated into the cool darkness of their shops . |
| 26 | To interpret his significance they turned to the Hebrew sacred books , the Mosaic law as well as the prophetic writings . |
| 27 | In silence they walked to the communal oven , and back , and she almost ran with the tray steaming with fragrant tomato and garlic to try to alert Rosa so she could prepare herself for his appearance . |
| 28 | The arguments before us ranged far and wide , as they did before the judge , but in the end they resolved into the following issues which I propose to consider seriatim. ( 1 ) Can a non-trading corporation sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation when no actual financial loss is pleaded or established ? ( 2 ) Does the right to freedom of expression affect the position where the non-trading corporation is also a public authority ? ( 3 ) Does the operation of section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 , or any other matter contained in or omitted from the council 's statement of claim , preclude the council from continuing with this action ? |
| 29 | No solution was found : within a few years the European powers were at war again , essentially over the question whether Spain and her colonies were going to pass into the hands of a relation of the King of France or a relation of the Holy Roman Emperor ; in the end they passed into the French line of descent , and in the eighteenth century policy towards France had always to be conducted in the light of the possibility that the French and Spanish government might ally for war . |
| 30 | Fellow aviculturalists ‘ do n't call them twitchers , it 's the ultimate insult , ’ said Yvonne , Harry 's daughter Robin Pickering and Peter Banks from Stanhope were called in , and after much research and consultation they came to the extraordinary conclusion that this was a Glaucous Macaw . |