Example sentences of "[vb past] they [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who initiate racialist talk ( without referring to a racist ideology ) may be a minority too , but since they are rarely contradicted or opposed they tend to shape the norms of the group . |
| 2 | Yesterday Bushwing managing director David Walker confirmed they had withdrawn the business park part of the plan . |
| 3 | ‘ In the morning we heard they had increased the price of maize meal . |
| 4 | then when his great moment came and his wife came to cut the cake all the photographers suddenly decided they needed to clean the lenses of their camera and his wife 's picture was never taken . |
| 5 | With heads bowed they agreed to tour the reservation , but Yellow Wolf recalled : ‘ In peace councils force must not be talked . |
| 6 | The Fort was a warren of underground tunnels and batteries and in every way a security nightmare , and the Prince 's staff and members of BitC ( also involved in the outing ) , who had done the recce , realized they had to get the Prince away from the youth schemes and down into the safety of the seminar very quickly . |
| 7 | It 's really nice as well because you when you got they like hold the door open for you and you know give you a |
| 8 | And Howerd 's way … the comedian who kept them laughing 'til the end . |
| 9 | That was better for us because it 's in the next district and meant they had to do the work and not us . ’ |
| 10 | They felt they had hit the targets by going on about tax and emphasising the warning that votes for the Lib Dems would only help Labour . |
| 11 | Right down to the middle of the nineteenth century travellers to Aswan felt they had reached the limits of civilization . |
| 12 | The story weaves the Japanese viewpoint widely through the film and presents , probably for the first time to most movie viewers , a rational reason why the Japanese felt they had to attack the United States or suffer as a second-class nation . |
| 13 | Through eyes watering from smoke and dust Isabel saw daylight and the castle entrance and knew they had reached the guard-room . |
| 14 | Now we knew they had accepted the box as their home and would probably come back to it even if they were allowed out in the open . |
| 15 | They reassured her that she looked beautiful , and she knew they had bought the dress for her . |
| 16 | Rovers thought they 'd taken the lead when Frazer Digby was forced to save on the line . |
| 17 | I thought they 've got the carton , so I went all the way through the carton , they were all nice and everything . |
| 18 | When they helped her up , blood was streaming from her face and hands , and although Muriella made little of it , Elizabeth insisted they had to bathe the scrapes . |
| 19 | This not only gave the masters an extra hour 's work but saved them having to pay the breakfast allowance of 1½d ( 0.6p ) . |
| 20 | About what time did they finish eating the entrée ? ’ |
| 21 | Did they managed to keep the land they had invaded ? |
| 22 | ‘ WHY OH WHY DID THEY TRY TO CHANGE THE WORLD BY REPEATEDLY CONTRADICTING THEMSELVES ( AND WERE WE REALLY AT THE SAME GIG ? ) |
| 23 | Not only did they have to feed the family and all the guests at ‘ the Big House ’ , but regular supplies were sent to the town house as well , then of course there were all the servants to feed . |
| 24 | School board superintendents complained they had to hire the buddies , allies and nephews of board members . |
| 25 | He cautioned them to avoid crossing the Waste but to cling instead to the edge of the forest . |
| 26 | Magistrates said they 'd thought the bail conditions were strict enough to stop Hagans re-offending . |
| 27 | But the magistrates chairman said they 'd used the vehicle as weapon , with no regard for the life of their victim . |
| 28 | They said they 'd changed the wheel in about three minutes flat , I said well it was n't Friday the thirteenth was it ? |
| 29 | ‘ Jimmy said they 'd left the gates open specially … . ’ |
| 30 | They said they went to get the food at Waitrose , and I heaved , and I said , I do n't want to see |