Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] they in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 2 | Frank took off his glasses and began to polish them in the sheet with enthusiasm . |
| 3 | They acquired a wider notoriety five months later , when de Gaulle decided to champion them in a press conference ( 4 February 1965 ) . |
| 4 | There was a pile of logs and some firelighters and paper in a large basket in the hearth , and Preston started to pile them in the grate while she continued her explorations in the garden . |
| 5 | I decided to keep them in the count because they gave an interesting sidelight on the history of lending libraries in England with some specific examples , and there were not too many of them . |
| 6 | And my mother er went to help them in the lodge in the season time also . |
| 7 | When we 'd see these old people , we had to help them in every way , we were taught to do that . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They had to move them in a hurry when my people started going through the district and it was just intended as a temporary hiding-place . |
| 9 | Maureen said she had got the keys back and intended to try them in the desk , to see whether they were a duplicate set and her father 's complaints could have been justified . |
| 10 | ( c ) investors who hold large blocks of the target 's shares may find that if they attempted to sell them in the market at the same time the price would fall . |
| 11 | And so , to punish Labour , Fitt refused to back them in the vote of confidence . |
| 12 | Etchings were sent to a printer to make some impressions and someone surreptitiously made copies which he passed on to the defendant who intended to display them in an exhibition which the public could attend on payment of an admission charge . |