Example sentences of "[noun pl] when they [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the dying days of the citizen Army , the young men who were reluctantly called up to serve their Queen and country — to learn how to fire a gun , to march in step and to use contraceptives when they took out the girl from the NAAFI on Saturday nights . |
| 2 | Trusting virgins drafted into marriage never found Nature had all the answers when they turned out the light . |
| 3 | It was apparent to me that a great deal more useful information could be derived from the FDR if the single parameter of pitch attitude could be added to the requirements , and I pressed this view very hard with the authorities when they drew up the UK regulations on the subject in 1964 . |
| 4 | Still more to the point , were they welcomed by the Melians when they took over the existing settlement at Phylakopi ? |
| 5 | Votive offerings include elaborately decorated model robes representing the sacred vestments worn by priestesses when they conjured up the goddesses they served . |