Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wept when they lowered her coffin into the ground . |
| 2 | ‘ The lads were joking that I would be back in the team before they got their hands on the trophy , ’ said McGuinness . |
| 3 | They lived their lives to The Beatles , Smokey Robinson , The Beach Boys , The Kinks . |
| 4 | They threaded their way through the vegetable market , full of dull early spring vegetables instead of the mounds of tomatoes and aubergines and peppers and artichokes that Julia longed to see and buy , and reached the Tribunale di Giustizia a few minutes later . |
| 5 | Moving away from the driveway they threaded their way through the trees , until they reached the fringe of the woods where they bordered onto the wide expanse of neatly mown lawns , dotted here and there with beds of flowers and shrubbery . |
| 6 | Luce sat silent and withdrawn as they threaded their way through the busy canals . |
| 7 | They threaded their way round the ring towards the tea tent . |
| 8 | And for more than a mile they threaded their way around the standing pools that reached from the verges out into the drying roadway . |
| 9 | Twenty-four years later , Pat Pottle and Michael Randle published a book entitled The Blake Escape : How We Freed George Blake and Why in which they admitted their part in the escape . |
| 10 | They laid their eggs in the central pool . |
| 11 | The first French skirmishers were running forward but , instead of tackling the staff officers who still lingered close to the Dutch position , they laid their hands on the abandoned gun , the first trophy of their attack . |
| 12 | And when Simon , they they laid their hands on the folk and God in his graciousness pours out his spirit and they receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 13 | It was probably not long after this that they made their peace with the Yorkists and entered Gloucester 's service . |
| 14 | It was probably not long after this that they made their peace with the Yorkists and entered Gloucester 's service . |
| 15 | There was a fair wind spattering them with rain as they made their descent to the beach . |
| 16 | Not a word was spoken as they made their way to the bar , but a well chilled bottle of wine was uncorked and waiting … |
| 17 | They made their way to the sloping bank of allotments , where Pat Weaver had been tenant of lot 18 . |
| 18 | The uniformed officer did n't appreciate the joke and pushed Robinson out onto the landing where , already , a steady file of men were spilling from their cells , joining the long line on either side of the landing as they made their way to the toilets . |
| 19 | Together they made their way to the patch of thorn bushes which was Sabina 's preferred place for drying . |
| 20 | They made their way to the kitchen , where Miss Vine was sitting on a chair beside the budgerigar cage . |
| 21 | She was quiet as they made their way to the beach , which was every bit as packed as she had known it would be . |
| 22 | They made their way to the hotel car park , where Dane 's distinctive white BMW was parked , Marianne chatting non-stop as they went in her low , husky voice . |
| 23 | Today their conversation was solely work , and both seemed happy to keep it so as they made their way to the circuit . |
| 24 | They had discussed the possible reasons for such a meeting as they made their way to the farm , and all feared the worst . |
| 25 | They made their way to the door . |
| 26 | As they made their way to the dining-room Peggy went towards the kitchen , calling to the men , ‘ I 'll be seeing you again . ’ |
| 27 | David introduced her to the warden , then they made their way to the residents ' common-room where Rachel was given a rapturous welcome by her new friends , in particular by a young Down 's syndrome woman called Belinda whose delight at seeing her again was only too apparent . |
| 28 | Constance Richards was her passenger in the jeep on Saturday , as they made their way to the little church of Santa Barbara . |
| 29 | It 's now thought a hundred and eighty people were detained by the Iraqis as they made their way to the pick up point for the last British convoy from Kuwait . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , I know you 're on the Pill ; those condoms were planted on me , and God knows how they made their way under the linoleum in the upstairs closet . ’ |