Example sentences of "[vb past] they [vb mod] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Granted they may point to the assassination of Marie Drumm in hospital . |
| 2 | South Africa have employed a potent cocktail of running and kicking in their three tour victories and coach John Williams pledged they would continue in the same vein . |
| 3 | In the seventeenth century some preformationists claimed they could detect in the head of the sperm cell a tiny person in miniature — a homunculus — just waiting to emerge . |
| 4 | They reached Catte Street and Corbett decided they should stay in the tavern where they had stabled their horses . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't realise if I agreed they would take off the old mouthpiece and put on a new one . |
| 6 | Many felt they would benefit from the assistance of trained cancer counsellors , so work began on setting up the course . |
| 7 | She only stopped when her fingers felt they would burst with the pain of freezing and , as the adrenalin of escape faded , a lethargy swooped over her . |
| 8 | What particularly worried me about the whole issue of opting out was that some of the services that the Local Education Authority provide are minority services , and I feared they would go by the board . |
| 9 | Well I say again , I thought they might go with the children . |
| 10 | I thought they might get in the car and … |
| 11 | Table 13 outlines the actions farmers thought they would take in the event of political or economic change leading to a drop in farm returns . |
| 12 | Busacher rather thought they would rub through the next few days without an open revolt from Gesner . |
| 13 | In many countries the government stimulates such enterprises by providing some start-up capital , but the spokesman for our government came across very poorly , with totally negative comments to the effect that if inventors thought they could rely on the government for help , they were wrong . |
| 14 | She did not approve of amateurs , especially amateurs who thought they could step into the shoes of professional models . |
| 15 | The proportion responding that they thought they could trust the United Sates " a great deal " was 62% ( up from 45% in 1975 ) , a figure not matched by any other country : the closest was Norway , which 37% thought they could trust to the same extent . |
| 16 | I mean , how , how did they used to compare in the two , there was all these different factories , |
| 17 | But did they used to walk round the ground like that ? |
| 18 | Greenpeace workers had begun packaging the 425 tonnes of waste , dumped in the Sibiu area of central Romania , for safe transport back to Germany and said they would remain at the site until the transport promised by German Environment Minister Klaus Töpfer arrived . |
| 19 | ’ They have raided the Glen Moriston site twice this week already in strength , and they said they would return before the end of the week . |
| 20 | They said they would come at the weekend . |
| 21 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 22 | Staff who attended the meeting said they 'd listen to the augments . |
| 23 | ‘ The other 10 said they will continue with the construction of Europe whatever happens . ’ |
| 24 | After they 'd used the phone , Yvonne said they could wait in the lounge . |
| 25 | Even the king , who , unlike his district governor , had practised these precepts himself , had not expected his subjects to do so too , though he hoped they would strive towards the ideal . |
| 26 | I thought they were lucky in their officials — executive leader Ali Bacher , ANC official Steve Tshwete , manager Alan Jordaan , and coach Mike Procter — and hoped they would enjoy to the full this honeymoon period of World Cup cricket in which their national fans were firmly behind them . |
| 27 | What exactly had they used to do in the parish , was it when people were sick ? |