Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I felt very honoured that er that people should recognise er the fact that you know you did the job and they enjoyed coming down here to travel from Charlbury . |
| 2 | I was even planning which tank I would be moving my 43 babies ( I had carefully counted the eggs ) to when they had grown up enough to go into a larger tank . |
| 3 | I assess the student 's ability and level of performance , and I might come to the conclusion that they had done pretty well to get those grades ; or it might be obvious that they could have done better . ’ |
| 4 | Many towards the rear bolted , but they had to bolt fast indeed to remain ahead of that thundering charge ; and the river hemmed them in on their right . |
| 5 | Tom Dawson had hovered on the brink between life and death , and all the time they had worked so desperately to save him , she had been aware that it was n't just one life they had been fighting for but two . |