Example sentences of "[vb past] they [to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It amused them to dine in some style , formally separating the working day from their evenings together . |
| 2 | I returned to my men and told them to unload under some fig trees on the steep river bank . |
| 3 | Technological improvements allowed them to capitalize on that wealth in the 1920s . |
| 4 | He instructed his new ministers , however , to resign their faction memberships , and he ordered them to refrain from all stock market dealings , while also returning one-10th of their salaries to the Treasury , in an effort to regain the political prestige of the Cabinet . |
| 5 | But the final reconciliation came with Grant 's next promotion which required them to move to another county . |
| 6 | A viewing of the end result is not strictly necessary if the main point of the exercise was to have students perform a task which required them to communicate with each other in English as they did it . |
| 7 | Yes , because this is describing , analysing how ordinary people lived , what was going on that enabled them to live in this way . |
| 8 | Once it had dispersed , Bunting was allowed to hold a meeting in the Diamond and for a short time afterwards there was tension as rival groups of teenagers faced each other , but police and DCAC stewards persuaded them to disperse before any trouble broke out . |
| 9 | They did a DNA-fingerprint test and found he had a bus-load of people in him , linked it to some guy who was in the toilets under Centre Point the day before hiring rent boys but he did n't want the full business just wanted them to wank into this bottle thank you for your contribution young man every little bit helps going to a good home thank you mind how you go … |