Example sentences of "they [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They failed to agree on a design , but the ‘ modern ’ image of electric cooking , particularly among young housewives , led to a gradual expansion of cooker sales . |
| 2 | Leek Town 1 Southport 0 : The Sandgrounders ' 20 match unbeaten run came to an end as they failed to score in the HFS League for the first time this season . |
| 3 | The twelve environment ministers of the European Community have agreed that market forces can and should be used to environmental ends , but they failed to decide on the measures to be used or what the environmental ends should be . |
| 4 | This particular America 's cup bears no comparison to the trophy they failed to capture at The Belfry . |
| 5 | Commentators claimed that the UN would implement its threat of economic sanctions against the Khmers Rouges if they failed to comply with the deadline . |
| 6 | In those circumstances the plaintiffs were entitled to obtain possession of the premises unless they failed to comply with the terms of s.146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 7 | If the union struggle was to have any success it would need to have the complementary support of a political party , but as the ‘ parties ’ were preoccupied with the fight for short term gain and not permanent principles , they failed to capitalise on the situation . |
| 8 | In the light of our discussion in Chapter 2 , it could be argued that in so doing they failed to get to the root of the problem . |
| 9 | It was only 31 1/4 miles , with a branch of 6 1/4 to Kells , so they expected to finish within the day . |
| 10 | This finally freed Raybestos to begin production , which they expected to start by the end of the month . |
| 11 | Moreover , in the national survey , almost 60% of those who responded did not expect to take part in further training and only 8% identified specific topics they expected to cover in the future . |
| 12 | As he touched it Ramlal imagined the great gleaming motor-pump that they planned to set on the river bank to irrigate their fields . |
| 13 | ‘ Mme Verard , ’ he wrote , ‘ for so they called her , in order to pay her that honour due to her staunchness and fidelity ( though the union had never been blessed in God 's sight ) , had heard among her people that they planned to fall upon the settlers and massacre them in their beds one moonlit night . |
| 14 | They were , however , guaranteed state immunity from any new charges after they agreed to co-operate with the government investigation . |
| 15 | The plaintiffs sued for the defendant 's failure to honour this promise and the defendant pleaded lack of consideration , the plaintiffs being already under a duty of delivery by the contract with A. The Court of Exchequer ( Martin and Wilde BB. ) found for the plaintiffs : Wilde B. thought that the plaintiffs might have found it advantageous not to comply with their contract with A so that their agreement with the defendant was a detriment to them ; in any event , they agreed to part with the cargo to the defendant which was a benefit to him . |
| 16 | They agreed to appear at a venue called Litchfields , basically a working men 's club on one of the town 's many estates . |
| 17 | They agreed to come to the negotiating table and Robert Carnwath , with their counsel , drafted terms of agreement under which a settlement could be worked out . |
| 18 | He had raised his glass civilly enough in recognition of Vernon 's presence whenever their eyes had met across the floral displays , and he had always been very effusive if they chanced to meet in the queue for the cloakroom or on the pavement outside the State Restaurant , but he had held his distance in mixed company , had never introduced him , for instance , to Mrs Harcourt . |
| 19 | His hand under her arm steadied her as they moved to stand at the rail . |
| 20 | They promised ta tax cuts , they promised to cut crime , they promised to look after the environment , they promised to improve e education , they promised to improve the the democratic process , they 're now the party of careful housekeeping . |
| 21 | Their long campaign for his release was courageous and relentless ; it also almost wrecked their personal lives as they tried to cope with the glare of the world 's media and the frustrations of clandestine diplomacy . |
| 22 | Before he fired the man , Judge Shindler heard from the rest of the jury that the wayward juror had DRUNK and SWORN during the trial and DISTRACTED them while they tried to listen to the evidence . |
| 23 | ( No doubt , a future feminist biographer will revise our verdict on Elena Ceauşescu 's contributions to macro-molecular chemistry and maintain that far from plagiarizing Murgulescu and his colleagues , they tried to deny to a peasant woman the credit for her discoveries . ) |
| 24 | They lied at least four times last week as they tried to gloss over the seriousness of a plutonium spillage at the heart of their reprocessing operation . |
| 25 | Despite that , Wales gathered momentum , once they tried to run around the French rather than confront them . |
| 26 | Policemen struggled briefly with the women as they tried to get into the embassy . |
| 27 | They tried to leap over the sandbags , but were too slow . |
| 28 | It was here they learnt to abide by the rules of the house , and the safety rules over the use of the quarry . |
| 29 | They seemed to bend at the knee , setting their feet apart so that they could never be off balance when they moved . |
| 30 | She forced it up and down , just as they seemed to do in the movies . |