Example sentences of "they [vb past] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The scrapbooks were sturdy foolscap-size volumes , bound in black cloth and with the dates they covered marked on the spines . |
2 | All of the sample of Rowdies were able to plot very accurately where they had stood on the terraces over the last few years , who they had been with , and where they expected to be in the future . |
3 | He denied that they had fired on the demonstrators and also claimed to have acted as an intermediary in organizing the meeting between the government and opposition on May 10-11 . |
4 | ‘ They had clashed on the stairs and argued over a girl , ’ said Mr Crigman . |
5 | They had laid on no facilities for the crowds and there were piles of rubbish everywhere . |