Example sentences of "[vb past] they [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | So successfully did they break into the English market that they soon put the native vineyards out of business . |
2 | Populations evolved separately in each of these pools , and only when the water rose again did they re-convene in the same lake . |
3 | None of them mentioned Richard or Hubert Molland ; nor did they refer to the last time they had all had tea together . |
4 | ‘ What did they think of the electronic tagging idea ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Did they know of the deep place in the pond ? |
6 | Nor did they know of the old Swedish experiments attempting to make helium from hydrogen in the laboratory . |
7 | Neither did they abide by the Scottish Office guidelines ; they carried out the dawn raids and removed nine children from their homes in an emergency operation without reference to any of these documents . |