Example sentences of "they had [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wigan began so explosively that they had raced into a 34–0 lead within a mere 20 minutes as they ran in six memorable tries . |
| 2 | Its evidence : ‘ depended upon the evidence of Mr Whitney-Long [ not a current employee of UD I understand ] ; his evidence was essential to the proof that they had relied upon the 1982 audited accounts in discounting the four bills that formed the basis of their claim . |
| 3 | As they had done in the 1930s , Soviet organisations approached state-owned Latin American oil companies . |
| 4 | Dr Bob Tait in presenting the cup complemented all the teams on the high standard of their project presentations which they had completed over a six week period . |
| 5 | About 1820 , possibly due to the persuasion and influence of William Gilkison , Galt became the London agent for people in Upper Canada who were trying to obtain compensation from the British Government for losses they had sustained in the 1812/13 war with the U.S.A. He submitted a plan to the Government which led to the creation of the Canada Company , and , as its first Secretary , he was sent to Canada to acquire land . |
| 6 | First , the Conservatives who were in favour of family allowances mostly advocated contributory or employer-financed schemes , and the grounds for the Labour movement 's opposition to such schemes , which they had voiced in the 1920s , were still valid . |
| 7 | Even without Terence O'Neill , such claims would have had a better hearing in the 1960s than they had had in the 1920s . |
| 8 | It was as well that I was unable to visit the Aran Isles , for if they had changed since the 1930s my disappointment might have been too great to bear . |
| 9 | Sex equality slipped far down the political agenda and women had to fight hard to retain the rights they had won in the 1960s and 1970s on abortion , welfare benefits , maternity and employment rights . |