Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cambridge liked undergraduates reading theology to have two years over the work and believed that if they tried to do it in fourteen months they would do it superficially , or else they would be sure to hurt themselves by overwork . |
| 2 | They 'd found them after five days , with Sandy 's parents hammering at Ted every minute of the time . |
| 3 | they had to sell them for three and threepence , three farthings . |
| 4 | The most recent major study of the link between breast cancer and the Pill concluded that younger women ran a greater risk if they had taken it for four years or more . |
| 5 | Lowering the tender took care and patience if they wanted to keep it in one piece . |