Example sentences of "they [vb past] [conj] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He woke late on the Sunday morning after their first week , sent Ingrid back to her Gasthaus , and wandered down to the coffee shop where several of them came and ate a late breakfast . |
| 2 | According to early ethological studies , it seemed that the young of certain birds like ducks and chickens would follow the first moving object they met and form a lasting attachment to it ; also that this attachment could take place only within a sharply limited period early on in development , and that it would affect all subsequent relationships . |
| 3 | ( 27 March 1770 ) Then in Florence they met and befriended a young violinist , Thomas Linley ( 1756–1778 ) ( PLATE III ) |
| 4 | The gang , in effect , agreed to hand over to the mining company all of the ore they got and accept a certain proportion of its value . |
| 5 | They agreed and set the following Monday , 27 February , as the test date . |
| 6 | But anyway the idea is that er the religion was , was suppressed in Ancient Egypt and because it was suppressed there , the people migrators went to the Promised Land , when they found the Promised Land there they stopped and founded a new , a new religious state , which of course is still with us . |
| 7 | They stopped and examined the half-inch gap between Armstrong and the pink Zephyr . |
| 8 | Harsh treatment by the Romans over the next two years transformed the refugees into a people fighting for survival , and in 378 they defeated and killed the Roman Emperor , Valens , at the battle of Adrianople . |
| 9 | As they approached and noticed the unlit chillim , one of them passed us her tinder , commenting with a smile that they 'd got here just in time for all of us : they needed a smoke , and we needed a light . |
| 10 | Together they designed and supervised a large number of contracts , including the Wye Valley Railway , the Guernsey Tramway , the Cardiff and Penarth Tramway , the East Worcestershire Waterworks , and Totland Bay pier , as well as acting as engineers to the West Bromwich sanitary commissioners . |
| 11 | They designed and built a new tractor mower and turned their former customers into competitors . |
| 12 | Here they built and established a walled city . |
| 13 | She stirred as they entered and gave a creaking groan as she began to waken . |
| 14 | ooh they came and fetched the old thing |
| 15 | It was then that the electromagnetic forces became important , as they governed and determined the chemical compounds on Earth and the way they reacted with other elements . |
| 16 | If the value was fixed by bidding , would it mean that the richest nations cornered what they needed and left the not-so-rich scrabbling for the left-overs ? |
| 17 | It is likely that some of the chief Druids fled from Gaul at the time of Caesar 's invasion and took refuge in Britain where they initiated and developed a strong anti-Roman feeling among the most susceptible British chieftains . |
| 18 | They feared that to alienate the Grand Prince , who had a wide measure of control over appointments to the hierarchy , would leave them vulnerable to the intellectual vigour of the ‘ heresy ’ . |
| 19 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 20 | And they went and put a poky little old football club in won this well of course they everybody ! |
| 21 | They listened and asked a great many questions , but Grainne thought the questions were those of curious children , mentally exploring a fabled land … |
| 22 | When they had passed by they wheeled and formed a huge square lined by all the officers and flags , and then Negus Mikael was brought in . |
| 23 | They said that denying the sexual urge was nothing compared to dealing with the male and female cross-currents that sweep through a marriage . |
| 24 | But after mid-1962 they proliferated and considered a wide range of domestic and international issues . |
| 25 | They were rejoicing in the splendid Irish Guinness they drank and bemoaned the sad state of beer back in Britain . |
| 26 | He said that he thought the proposal could well be what they wanted and promised a definite decision within two days . |