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Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1	Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow .
2	The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile .
3	A fortnight later they announced themselves as the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and a few days after that , on 2 September , as the climax to weeks of stupendous political demonstrations , Vietnam declared its independence .
4	Below , they revealed nothing but a thin haze .
5	Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation .
6	Above all , she recalled the pride and happiness in Ludovico 's eyes as they met hers in the swirling crowd .
7	There was a ditch the other side of it , which should present no problems provided they met it on the right stride .
8	They got one off the Welsh side in October in a 1-1 draw .
9	tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef .
10	When Mrs Gray had produced two very passable cups of coffee , they seated themselves at the long deal kitchen table .
11	They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave .
12	They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead .
13	He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night .
14	They made it to the winning post fairly creditably .
15	The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 .
16	Frankie 's fall reflected the way they made it in the first place , through marketing rather than live performance .
17	Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession .
18	I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen .
19	Many aspects of his analysis were similar to those advanced by Blauner , but they led him to an opposite conclusion .
20	They led him through the great court and round the cloister to the flank of the east end of the church , where the mitred graves of the abbots lay .
21	Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ?
22	‘ They spent a fortune developing the place , ’ the Maggot said , ‘ but the rich folks never came , so they sold it to the rich dickheads instead . ’
23	It was a royal monopoly , and an earlier King Arkesilas is depicted on a Spartan vase of the mid-sixth century supervising his officials as they weighed it on a man-size balance ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate vi .
24	They approached him at a steady pace as though unconcerned by his presence , but they went in single file , Allen with his hand lying lightly on the knife at his belt and Marian carrying her bow , strung , and with an arrow ready notched , lightly and inconspicuously in her left hand .
25	When the wheels were finished they taped them to the four corners of t ] he bed and Mum spread the red blanket over the covers .
26	They helped me over the next road , me nearly tripping as I crossed the far kerb .
27	Even Daley Thompson , who insisted he had very little interference from teachers , said they helped him in a non-involved way : ‘ They were all right ; they left me alone and let me get on with what suited me .
28	In the years that followed , the German bourgeoisie gained considerable economic and industrial power , but did not struggle against the Junkers since they regarded them as the very backbone of German society ; the Junkers , even though they were already ‘ pensioners of economic history ’ were a convenient rallying point for Völkisch opinion and as such had no particular reason to adapt to the changing economic structure of Europe or Germany .
29	Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian .
30	Two fifteenth-century archbishops of Canterbury , Chichele and Bourchier , write of ‘ the Church of England ’ in terms which show that they regarded it as a distinctive entity within the Church Universal , and one in which they could take considerable national pride .