Example sentences of "they [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both of them regarded Baldwin as an acceptable and agreeable assistant , but not as a great deal more . |
| 2 | CLACTON knew they would be struggling at the weigh-in when they entertained Felixstowe in the first round of the Turner Cup and Inter Club Trophy . |
| 3 | Wales .... 4 Italy .... 0 WALES 'S men extended their unbeaten run to seven matches yesterday when they defeated Italy at the National Sports Centre , Cardiff , writes Bill Colwill . |
| 4 | But as they approached Kingsbere after a long and tiring day 's journey , a man came to tell them there were no rooms available . |
| 5 | Owen was , they declared : Did they , one wonders , ponder on the words ‘ illustrious disciple ’ as they dismissed Marx to the second rank of the misled and misleading who had got their economics so grossly wrong ? |
| 6 | Apparently they regarded Churchill as a poor security risk . |
| 7 | That ai n't terrible they mentioned Swansea in the early sixties , but eh |
| 8 | That ai n't terrible they mentioned Swansea in the early sixties , but eh |
| 9 | They described Henry as an intense person , a perfectionist , who 'd be cross with himself if he did n't give his best . |
| 10 | Wigan will meet Oldham in the semi-finals of the Greenalls Lancashire Cup if they beat Swinton in the second round next Tuesday . |
| 11 | They even gave him a Plate to carry it on — silver , that is — when they beat Tonga in a pulsating second-tier final which saw Gareth James power over for the winning try in extra time . |
| 12 | They buried Martin in a secluded plot in the churchyard in which he had died . |
| 13 | ‘ They played Ards on the first day of the season and wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win . |
| 14 | Luton are likely to insist on recouping the £135,000 they paid Leeds for the veteran midfielder , even though Kamara turned 35 on Christmas Day . |
| 15 | He took a shuttle to the asteroid belt , he was the highest ranker there they started the race , to the belt they drove at a deadly pace no-one knows what happened that star date but we always knew poor Wes would have to wait as they pulled Will from the smoking wreck they heard him say in a terrible state bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I need him , tell Wesley not to my love for him is never weak . |
| 16 | As they pulled Will from the smoking wreck they heard him say in a terrible state bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I need him , tell Wesley not to my love for him is never weak . |
| 17 | They tied Maxim to a wooden chair -just like the scene they 'd watched a dozen times at the cinema — in the loading bay of a deserted warehouse . |
| 18 | THE pride of the ‘ 74 Lions are to embark on an adventurous trip that could be more hazardous than their unbeaten trek through South Africa when they hit Ulster for a 20th anniversary bash next April ( writes JIM STOKES ) . |
| 19 | This stung Hindhead into action and they blitzed Frensham with a three-goal burst in ten minutes . |
| 20 | They guided Essex to a powerful position of 173 for 4 in the 36th over , and Stephenson went on to make 93 as Essex reached 222 all out . |
| 21 | They lay Tallis across the dull flame . |
| 22 | As the Vikings rowed their warships round the north of Scotland , past Cape Wrath , their ‘ turning point ’ , down the ragged west coast of their ‘ South Land ’ , they saw Suilven as a single , dramatic pillar ; and they named it Sul Val , the pillar mountain . |
| 23 | Party night : This is an extremely happy night , hosted by the Mayrhofen Trio who are well known all over the world ; in fact , they represented Austria at the Olympic Games . |
| 24 | They viewed Robert as an exotic form of entertainment . |
| 25 | The visible sufferings of the Croats before they had travelled five miles were terrible ; their invisible sufferings , with the prospect of the long march before them , many barefoot and without hope of food before they reached Maribor at the earliest , must have been indescribable . " |
| 26 | At the end of the day , they presented David with a complete baseball outfit , padded shoulders , football helmet , which he proudly brought to school the following day . |
| 27 | They put Catherine on a comfortable sofa , cleaned her wound and fed her with cakes and wine . |
| 28 | They left Hobart with a small party on a government schooner bound for port Davey , but got no further than Recherche Bay before being prevented by stormy weather for a fortnight . |
| 29 | They left Alice with a little pile of pamphlets and leaflets , and , hearing that hot water would soon be among the amenities of this house , Reggie remarked that they must have a talk about finance . |
| 30 | Most Muslims and Croats in Bosnia believe the Yugoslav army , whose officer corps is now almost completely Serbian , is helping Serbs to capture territory in the republic in much the same way that they backed Serbs in the Croatian civil war . |