Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , she recalled the pride and happiness in Ludovico 's eyes as they met hers in the swirling crowd . |
| 2 | ‘ In 1945 , ’ Husband said , ‘ they were trading cigarettes-which were better than gold in those days — for party cards and affidavits that they 'd always been true Worker Youths-once they found themselves in the Russian Zone . |
| 3 | In 1990 , they found themselves in the bizarre situation of being unseeded at Wimbledon , where they had won the title five times . |
| 4 | However , by some strange quirk of FA paperwork they found themselves in the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League , formerly the Mid-Counties South-West ( Northern Division ) whose Premier Division Athletico had briefly graced in 1938 . |
| 5 | They found it in the simultaneous detonation of 454,000kg/ 1m lb of explosives in deep tunnels under the German front line . |
| 6 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 7 | Mm , Cathy knew what they called her in the initial stage |
| 8 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 9 | Yeah they had them in the little packs , okay ? |
| 10 | They had me in the holding cells at headquarters . |
| 11 | They carried it in the late-morning edition . |
| 12 | ‘ They thanked me very much and said how pleased they were to be so well looked after , then they kicked us in the appropriate part of the anatomy . ’ |