Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One morning they woke up to find the Blessed Margaret in charge whilst their own leaders resembled very recently decapitated chickens . |
| 2 | But having snapped the thread which had led Hegel on from there to his speculative Absolute , they turned back to find the real meaning and reference of these objectifications in the subject which had produced them as forms of its own self-expression . |
| 3 | He was glad to hear that their priests were telling the people that the potato murrain was a visitation of the Almighty ; he only hoped they went on to draw the full lesson . |
| 4 | Then they went off to rout the Scottish and Royalist forces . |
| 5 | In racing terms the going was good for the championships which were split into four age groups … in all of them the start was like a cavalry charge as they ran off to tackle the 6000 metre long course … the best local performance came in the girls race where Nicky Slater from carterton who runs in the Radley colours came second … |
| 6 | Meanwhile our three cutters , Active , Safeguard and Swift also came out of hiding , the roar of their engines sounding a death knell for Eloise as they closed in to arrest the white yacht . |