Example sentences of "they [vb past] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Peter Townsend and his army of researchers monitored low incomes in the sixties and seventies for their massive study , Poverty in the United Kingdom ( Penguin , 1982 ) , they found that about a quarter of the unemployed were drawing supplementary benefit . |
| 2 | The Council suggested the need for independent ‘ unified ’ research to ascertain the size and scope of the heroin problem , as they feared that otherwise a number of ‘ in-house ’ research papers would be produced which would lack coordination and the necessary overview . |
| 3 | Snip , snip , snip they went and soon the bird had a beak and a neck . |
| 4 | If the officers could tell us that why did n't they tell the controlling labour group , I 'm sure they did and then the question is why did n't you listen to them . |
| 5 | They left after about an hour , without seeing Koffigoh , who denounced their actions in a broadcast later in the day . |