Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they got back the little house was empty . |
| 2 | On every side of them , as they rode down the winding valley of the Suir from Clonmel to Carrick , stretched great rolling hills , rising to the distant mountains — Slievenaman to the north , Comeragh to the south . |
| 3 | The company claimed last night that Mr Onanuga and Mr Newton now agreed they made up the whole story of Mr Lamont 's visit . |
| 4 | They made up the double bed in William and Kate 's room , which was the best room in the house , overlooking the back garden and mercifully free from images of death , destruction and eternal torment , which presumably meant that William had been kept out of it , at least so far as the decor was concerned . |
| 5 | Between them , they tumbled out the whole story , the peacocks , the stone lions , Evelyn 's mum , Mrs Grace , the notice going up about Hambury — everything . |
| 6 | They shared out the thick broth and dipped their bread in it , licking their fingers . |
| 7 | Suddenly they zoomed up the social scale . |
| 8 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 9 | In fact the what , they found out the sacred secret , that 's enlightened them to the Hebrew though |
| 10 | Yeah but , like you say that the to find , to find out the real truth you have to refer to Hebrew anyway because they found out the sacred secret of God did n't they ? |
| 11 | And then they f—ed up the whole world . |
| 12 | They wandered down the cobbled streets to the Riviera , across the Villa Comunale and then over Via Caracciolo to the balustrade that separated them from the boulders that sat on the edge of the sea . |
| 13 | As they drove out the next funeral cortège was coming up the drive . |
| 14 | ‘ I expect they came back the next day , or the next week ? ’ |
| 15 | And they came back the next day to build shelters for the Feast of Tabernacles , in obedience to the law 's commands . |
| 16 | But Robbie Supple had been keeping his powder dry on Very Very Ordinary and there was nothing in the least ‘ ordinary ’ about the long , relentless charge with which they mowed down the leading pair between the last two fences . |
| 17 | Their actual effect was pretty disastrous ; they screwed up the whole culture , and they opened up the island to being overrun by pineapple and sugar plantations . |
| 18 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 19 | They turned up the next street . |
| 20 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 21 | They walked up the wide stone steps and into a small reception area . |
| 22 | Chopra felt frightened as they walked up the narrow stairway to the battlements . |
| 23 | But they reached the house , or rather the road below , and when Adamus had paid the driver-no account was mentioned — they walked up the crumbling slope in the shadowed midday light , and came out among the wet green oaks , and the house appeared . |
| 24 | They walked up the steep cliff path and checked the life-saving equipment and the box of emergency supplies . |
| 25 | He continued to talk thus now , as they walked down the grand vista , away from the formal gardens and into the woodland rides , where classical figures loomed from the undergrowth and the serpentine rill wound away towards a distant temple . |
| 26 | They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence . |
| 27 | George was frowning in thought as they clattered up the prison-like stone steps to his set . |
| 28 | They knocked out the next emplacement , but then came to one of those house-like ack-ack towers . |
| 29 | Together they pulled back the high door , which despite its rustic appearance , ran smoothly on well-greased and balanced rollers . |
| 30 | They worked out the Net Book Agreement , which dates from 1901 . |