Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb pp] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in the Bible it 's recorded that for example there are some cases where there was a big storm and they lost sight of land and all the sailors er promptly panicked because once they 'd lost sight of land they had n't got a clue where they were . |
| 2 | At the height of their affair they 'd made love from dusk to dawn on several occasions ; toying and teasing , stopping to bathe so they 'd have the bliss of working up a second sweat . |
| 3 | I do n't know cos I 've never actually erm been in a place where they 've done sort of thing really . |
| 4 | They 've grown fat on gold , not the Garrimperos They 're a strong political lobby and would never allow business to close down over the little matter of mercury . |
| 5 | Neil adds that they 've collected money for charity up and down the mountains and its restored his faith in human nature |
| 6 | not , not everywhere though they 've got water on tap , but quite a few places |
| 7 | They 've got waiver of premium . |
| 8 | Now they 've got pride of place in homes throughout the United Kingdom and this weekend they go on show at the Billing Aquadrome near Northampton . |
| 9 | Er Robert said Charlotte who 's two and a half she 's always been pretty but erm Robert said right , mother 's babysitting on the nineteenth so organize I I 've been getting them into bed and then I 've gave them a little bit of milk or whatever they want and then they 've had toast with jam on . |
| 10 | I 've got a Seymour Duncan Convertible amp as well , and I know people say they 've had trouble with reliability , but I 've never travelled with mine so I would n't know ! |
| 11 | Two additional patients seen by the recruiting centre refused to participate because they had restarted treatment with animal insulin and would not take human insulin again . |
| 12 | It was the culmination of a remarkable advance by the SPD since the late 1950s , when they had lost election after election . |
| 13 | Chris Morris told me that the other group had got caught in Basra because they had lost touch with reality briefly and got careless . ’ |
| 14 | It was held that a jury could find that they had obtained money by deception , and not in return for chopping down the trees . |
| 15 | In April 1948 they had inherited work in hand from five CEB annual programmes with nearly 6000MW due for completion by 1950 . |
| 16 | For six years , on battlefields and in sieges , they had fought side by side and Harper , as soon as he heard of the new war , had waited for a word from his old officer . |
| 17 | In a session lasting until one in the morning they had discussed Crime in Society with that lucidity which is only achieved at somewhere above the 100 mg per cent level of blood alcohol and with the comforting knowledge that one does n't have to drive home . |
| 18 | She also found they had changed position during sleep and were now lying spoon-fashion , his arm draped over her , her back resting on his chest , her knees bent , her buttocks tucked snugly against him . |
| 19 | They had spent Hogmanay at home , welcoming the groups of people roaming the village as they came round . |
| 20 | But since the school term had started they had spent hour after hour in intense , ill-informed conversations about who was who in seventh-century Medina . |
| 21 | Like Hamlet , they had come face to face with its essential horror and absurdity . |
| 22 | When all had finished the leader asked if any wished to represent the other side , since they had promised freedom of speech . |
| 23 | Yes , casual work and when some of these casuals felt that they did n't want to stop there two days , they used to tell the authorities that they had got promise of work at , at Yarmouth and and could we go soon , you see . |
| 24 | They had brought Holly by car from the Lefortovo gaol to the train while Muscovites still slept . |
| 25 | The Burscough boss believes he can put his finger on why his side can consistently beat opposition from higher leagues , as they have done time after time in the past two years , yet struggle at their own level . |
| 26 | In addition , they have made use of health visitors and others as free interviewers . |
| 27 | They have cleared land for vegetable patches and introduced exotic weeds , and , that bane of island wildlife , goats . |
| 28 | Your Committee is pleased to report that they have reached agreement in principle with the owner of suitable premises adjoining Bull House , Bull Street , Bishop 's Castle , for their use as the Bishop 's Castle Railway Museum . |
| 29 | Careers Officers also maintain contact with young people when they have left school in order to ensure that they have access to appropriate support , until they are permanently placed in work . |
| 30 | must wait to find out whether they have won promotion from North-East Two after securing fourth place with a 1210 win away to second-placed Thornensians . |