Example sentences of "and [vb past] they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other . |
2 | He went in to his bank and got them to print new cheque-books , and instead of signing ‘ N.O. Russell ’ , he now signed ‘ Oliver Russell ’ . |
3 | The Harpers became worried when their daughters did not return to the family home in Cheltenham and reported them missing 24 hours later . |
4 | The creepy brew was dished out to the squad in Barcelona and helped them win four gold and five silver medals . |
5 | He rang the hospital and told them to stop that man sending letters . |
6 | Pc Kelly told the jury he questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
7 | He told the jury that he had questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
8 | A massive security operation has been mounted in the city and United Nations offices in New Delhi have cancelled visits by foreign staff , banned field trips by local personnel and advised them to avoid crowded places . |
9 | To break this cycle we asked the women to aim at eating three meals each day and encouraged them to take small steps to reach this goal . |
10 | The FA have already fined Birmingham £50,000 and ordered them to play two matches behind closed doors , both sentences suspended until the end of next season . |
11 | If the child 's genius is not recognised and nurtured they face boring lessons way below their intellectual potential and run the risk of becoming disillusioned and ‘ problem ’ pupils . |
12 | These structures gave them strength and enabled them to stand several centimetres tall . |
13 | Most papers did not mind , however , for the government restrictions kept their paper and printing costs low and enabled them to make good profits from the big demand for advertising space . |
14 | And did they do good business at the er Longeaton |
15 | And higher still we ascended , by thinking inwardly and speaking and marvelling at your works , and we came to our minds and transcended them to reach that region of unfailing abundance where you feed Israel forever on the food of truth . |
16 | MANCHESTER 's Most Excellent , one of the city 's finest one nighters till the Salford posse smashed in and forced them to close last month , has started its own record label . |