Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the two weeks , as they moved slowly north into the forested hills and grassy uplands close to the hill station of Dalat , they had killed between them prime specimens of almost all the groups required for the museum . |
| 2 | They used up space in the vans , required time to unload and ultimately made the shops look messy . |
| 3 | The first time they tried out death in the arena the Christian got infected by the general bloodlust and bit the lion . |
| 4 | A lunch with the Capo dello Squadro Anti-Terrorismo that he had been waiting a year for , a session with a good guy in the Guardia di Finanze , and a squash game with Dieter who was number two to the Legal Attaché , and he just did n't know whether he 'd be back before the Little League All Stars trip to Naples and the game against the Sixth Fleet which was the high point of the season which they played now courtesy of the Italian sunshine into late fall . |
| 5 | They took up position between the harpoons and the fleeing whales . |
| 6 | When they took over power from the king , the ‘ magnates of the Council ’ on 11 September 1259 appointed Thomas Gresley , a reformer baron , as Justice of the southern forests , and later confirmed John d'Eyville , also a reformer baron , as Justice of the northern forests . |
| 7 | As they picked up speed along the main tarmac road it was already 3 a.m . |
| 8 | Nor when , a couple of hours later , they travelled back south towards the coast and took a detour into Silves . |
| 9 | It had started to snow and the thin white covering reflected the lights of the two police cars as they swept down Yorckstrasse towards the hotel . |