Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They had a son but divorced eight years later , and did not see each other for the next 45 years , until January when they met at an 80th birthday party of Dougan 's sister Gwendoline .
2 Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting .
3 ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 .
4 They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers .
5 They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute .
6 They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 .
7 Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia .
8 One day , they met in the second class compartment of a train — unemployed but taking the bad days as cheerfully as the good , knowing that tomorrow probably would find them enjoying the material rewards of advertising yet again .
9 The only rough treatment they got in the first half , worked in their favour , as Jim Magilton was hauled down , but up he bounced to hit home the penalty .
10 There was a Mr and Mrs , Stephen was and there was a Mr and Mrs , the caretakers , and they lived in the third floor of a flat there .
11 But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher .
12 However , they agreed at the last moment to participate .
13 The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long .
14 England 's performance confirmed the impressions they made in the second half of their 1-1 draw with Italy at Brighton last month .
15 The development plans which they produced in the first decade of independence were for the most part competent , well thought out and well presented .
16 By removing the incentive to become or to stay competitive , countries risk losing in the longer term the benefits they sought in the first place .
17 They stopped in the next village two miles away .
18 Vale dominated the first 45 minutes against a Stockport side they dismissed from the second division play-off last Wednesday .
19 They moved into a second floor flat , so Dawn now had to run her own home and travel to work each day .
20 They moved into the next room and sat down to dinner .
21 As they moved towards the next tee she nodded towards her niece .
22 They staggered through the second act .
23 It was then that they disagreed for the first time about the terms of their verbal agreement and a serious rift developed between them .
24 They played throughout the second half in peeved mood , allowing Blackburn to assume the dictating role with Gordon Cowans prompting from midfield and Speedie in predatory form up front .
25 In their first match , at home to Bashley , they equalised in the 88th minute .
26 In their first match , at home to Bashley , they equalised in the 88th minute .
27 Most Victorian cities had been urban centres since at least the Middle Ages , though of course they had been tiny in comparison with the size they attained in the nineteenth century .
28 Nothing further was said either to or by our guests , and they drove off the next day with many felicitations and expressions of gratitude .
29 They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back .
30 They came to the second door .
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