Example sentences of "they [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the heads of government of the five ASEAN countries held their first meeting for eight years in February 1976 in Indo-China they failed to agree on regional security and the communiqué of the meeting did not mention neutralisation . |
| 2 | They claimed to speak for traditional family values and found support from various fundamentalists — Orthodox Jewish , Roman Catholic , Baptist — in an attempt both to broaden their appeal among Haringey 's multiracial population and to strengthen their message that homosexuality was ‘ unnatural ’ in all cultures . |
| 3 | During the mid 1890s , however , they began to turn to mass agitation at factory level and found the workers highly responsive . |
| 4 | During the mid nineties , however , they began to turn to mass agitation at factory level . |
| 5 | They began to drift into amiable silence when they had asked each other questions about their children and the schools , and the plans they had for their holiday in Ireland . |
| 6 | They returned to live in rented accommodation , without support from the husband , and lived in straitened circumstances , relying on welfare payments and charitable support . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , at one point the Phoenix was very nearly shot down ; the new Labour Prime Minister ( Jim Callaghan ) and the Chancellor of the Exchequer ( Denis Healey ) decided that a transfer ‘ from wallet to purse ’ was a certain vote loser , and they managed to play on old trade union antagon-isms and Cabinet confusion such that the benefit was seriously delayed and nearly abandoned ( Land , 1977a ; Field , 1982 ) . |
| 8 | How would hill-walkers cope these days , I wonder , if they had to contend with predatory wildlife as a natural part of mountaineering ? |
| 9 | They had to travel with civilian number plates on the Land Rover , with civilian papers , and out of uniform , so that their military connections would not be known . |
| 10 | Those who had a reasonable chance of survival received an allowance from the health department of the local authority , but those incurables who needed financial help were made aware of their grim prospects because they had to apply for public assistance instead . |
| 11 | As there is no school for Tibthorpe children they had to walk to nearby Kirkburn , but today the school bus provides a more convenient form of transport . |
| 12 | They continued to watch in stunned silence as Guy ran up the stairs and disappeared through the doorway , then turned to look at each other . |
| 13 | They continued to evolve with undiminished vigour through the Tertiary , and their fossil remains are nowhere more abundant than in the ‘ crags ’ of later Tertiary age . |
| 14 | In fact , multinational oil companies working in the North Sea had little choice but to be receptive to the attempts to maximise the spin-off for UK industry if they wanted to stay in good standing with the Government when applications were being considered for exploration licences . |