Example sentences of "and they [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 23–4–1875 The attention of the Session was drawn to the desirability of having the children brought together on the Sabbath in a central place and they agreed to give the subject further consideration .
2 And then seagulls flew free , and a flock of sparrows , and they seemed to own the sky and not me .
3 By the end of April 1921 , the work was finished and they began to furnish the upstairs flat , mainly with items brought over from the house at Poplar , and to stock the shop with cameras , films and processing equipment .
4 Short 's position looked a little insecure but both players had only 10 minutes to make eight moves and they chose to repeat the position and agree a draw .
5 I think where people are more at risk is where they 've gone for TESSAs in th er you know that 's the tax-exempt savings plan , and they 've chased the rate through the papers you know the erm and they see that the s the Wolverhampton Building Society or the Tipton and
6 And they 've asked the Home Secretary to draw up nationwide guidelines to ensure all police forces act in the same way .
7 And they 've enlisted the support of the orchestra president Yehudi , now Lord , Menuhin .
8 ruddy peo aye , aye and they 've raised the rent of every damn thing up , ours is n't r combination houses rent
9 and they 've done the employer awareness campaign , and they have an understanding .
10 Some of these residents have lived in this road particularly all their lives and they 've suffered the traumas of living next to a pit and are absolutely horrified er at the prospects of what is basically going to be a scrap yard .
11 Back in the city there were thousand of people doomed , dying and all unnecessarily because here was plenty , here was sufficient for the whole city and possibly the greatest sin that you and I can be guilty of and that the church is generally guilty of , but you know when we talk about the church generally its , its so easy because that 's general , you and I that are the church , not the denomination , not the organization , it you and I , possibly the greatest sin that we can be guilty of is the sin of silence , I 'm not talking now about a rude , belligerent , discourteous , butting hole , button holding of people , I 'm not talking about that , I do n't see any place in gods word for that sort of attitude or that sort of approach but are we still silent , what about with those with whom we have the right , because we 've created a relationship , because they know us and they 've seen us and they 've seen the experiences we 've gone through and they 've seen what god has done in our lives , what about with those people do we wait for others to do it , shifting the responsibility .
12 And I had a look inside and they 've got the kitchen done out in like erm light wood .
13 You expect that if you set a 10:10 standard on a [ large well-known company ] for a , say a pickle liquor , or something , if you did that they would comply because they 're big enough and they 've got the expertise , and so on .
14 erm and they 've got the responsibility of all the footpaths in the area .
15 They 're just obviously between overs at the moment , it 's just finished an over and they 've got the bowler up .
16 When they 're young and they 've got the chance .
17 It 's a great big , it 's little snack bars everywhere and they 've got the Italian and the Chinese and then they 've got the
18 And they 've got the support of Gloucester MP and barrister Douglas French .
19 and they 've got the children in , you know , these .
20 The implication has been all along that they 're using the same United States manufacturing source but in fact there are one or two discrepancies here , erm , because the value is so high , I 'm actually sort of going through and looking at everything pretty closely , and they 've changed the basis so wow , .
21 So they 've heard a lot about what happens here and they 've had the opportunity to look around .
22 And they 've let the Bravoes in given them a potential scandal that …
23 Alfie Common scored a penalty at Bramall Lane , home of Sheffield United , to give Middlesbrough their first away win for two years and they managed to avoid the drop to the Second Division .
24 Preston had more or less given up being a New Man since Carla — it was so difficult to get it right all the time and they kept moving the goalposts — but he still liked to make the right noises .
25 Hawkins collaborated with Fleischmann during the latter 's visits to Utah and they planned to extend the data samples to include rods of 8 mm up to 2 cm diameter .
26 Such cautionary tales lost nothing in the telling , and they served to elevate the power of the shrines of the saints , and also to protect and strengthen the right of asylum claimed for churches in Roman Law and in the Church canons .
27 He was showing his wife , a Wren in the war , around London landmarks , and they had reached the Cenotaph , where the flagstaffs were being touched up with gold paint for Armistice Day .
28 She started to walk across the yard , and he followed her ; and they had reached the house door before her decision came : ‘ I 'll take the cart down there later on ; if he 's put her to work she 's likely pacing The Strand , ’ she said .
29 A CIA man rushed out and roared at them angrily , and they had to put the fire out .
30 It was even more important to do this quickly , because they had no food and they had lost the horses .
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