Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | so it was a bit of er struggle to er , to get them to come and look at it and fix 'em up again , well they did n't fix 'em up they , they , they give 'em a new one , they only got it in the sale |
| 2 | They constantly warned us of the danger of the roads , about the thieves and vagabonds who dressed in green or brown buckram and played Robin Hood in the dark forests or wastelands we passed through . |
| 3 | And what course of action would the Mozambican journalists who criticize their government 's policies ( Political puzzles ) take if they suddenly found themselves in the hot-seat of a country in chaos ? |
| 4 | They literally pushed them down the stairs ? |
| 5 | that was cos of the fat , the fat so as they just lay it over the top and put the potatoes and onions |
| 6 | It was a wet morning so they just took him to the corner and ran him to the corner of Richmond Row in his bare feet — brought him back — ‘ Put your shoes on ! ’ |
| 7 | This time there was no knife , they just got him on the floor and it was just a fist which had come down on the man 's face again and again . |
| 8 | Well where would you , mind you I suppose like in the olden days you could only get big prams , they just had them in the living room did n't they ? |
| 9 | So it was very very hard on the woman because it the the they just came one after the other . |
| 10 | so they just left it in the middle of the road |
| 11 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 12 | I wondered if they still did it at the pictures , 'cos it 's years since I went to the pictures . |
| 13 | They totally dissociated themselves from the Rowdies , who they thought of as kids , who , by mouthing off all the time , started trouble which was left to them to finish off . |
| 14 | Item that Richard Curteys of Battle … entered the liberty of this lordship and made an assult on Richard Knyght against the peace by night ; and with a strong hand , with force and arms , to wit , with swords , bows and arrows , they unjustly took him outside the aforesaid lordship and carried him off to Battle , within the liberty and town of the abbot of Battle , against the peace . |
| 15 | They also amused themselves with the speculation that their ancestor had escaped from the Titanic in women 's clothing . |
| 16 | They also enrolled him in the Skoda Owners ' Club , complete with badge and sticker . |
| 17 | Gradually I drifted apart from Beth and Ida , but I am always grateful to them because they also introduced me to the other great interest in their lives — ballet . |
| 18 | During the weeks before the project began , their main tasks were , firstly , informing themselves about dementia and the needs of dementia sufferers and their relatives ( by reading , by talking to service-providers , dementia sufferers and their carers , and by visiting other similar care initiatives such as those in Liverpool and Oxford ) ; they also informed themselves about the action areas where they would be working ( finding out where the elderly people lived , what services were available , the individuals who provided them ) ; secondly , they informed others about the new project by visiting social services department teams , health authority staff , voluntary organisations , and general practitioners . |
| 19 | It completed a mini double for Forest over Southampton — they also defeated them in the ZDS final at Wembley the Sunday before last . |
| 20 | They nearly blew it at the start of the second half too as Brighton closed in for the kill . |
| 21 | United deserved the win , but they nearly lost it in the closing minutes . |
| 22 | ‘ They nearly pulled me through the bars , ’ he said . |
| 23 | One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home . |
| 24 | They carefully distanced themselves from the dirty work , but did n't hesitate to employ his services . |
| 25 | The second , does anyone want to say any about that ? it 's just that they probably sent it to the appropriate people . |
| 26 | They probably imagined me as the gentleman flasher in the park ! ’ |
| 27 | They probably did it at the policeman 's ball . |
| 28 | Touching down on the main wheels first , the Ercoupe twitched into line ; they even tried it with the rudder pedals locked , flying on elevator and aileron only , but found the feeling ‘ rather disconcerting ’ ! |
| 29 | They even escorted me to the school gates sometimes — and I just bunked out the other way . |
| 30 | They even put him in the coffin and shipped him home instead of leaving it to a local undertaker . |