Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Joseph 's startled ears they sounded like a simultaneous volley of a thousand rifle shots . |
| 2 | Queensland 's short , mild winter was slipping easily into a vibrant spring , and tropical plants and shrubs were beginning to fill the gardens they passed with a colourful bounty of flowers . |
| 3 | That surviving half-page on Alexandria with its three classes of people is memorable : the Egyptians , " an acute and civilized race " ; the mercenaries , " a numerous , rough and uncultivated set " ; and the Alexandrians themselves , " a people not genuinely civilized … but still superior to the mercenaries for though they are mongrels they came from a Greek stock and have not forgotten Greek customs " ( 34.14 ) . |
| 4 | We shall examine the difficulties they encountered in a later chapter ( pp. 354 ff . ) . |
| 5 | After council meetings they adjourned to a local pub for a refreshing drink paid for out of their own pockets . |
| 6 | Seems like the only parts they got for a young actress nowadays she gets six lines , they cut three and she gets raped in the first ten minutes . |
| 7 | Any hopes they had of a successful Cup run to take the heat off their internal worries disappeared in the mud at Underhill . |