Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the three goblins , they crept back to the king of the vookodlaks and he beat them all , and made them stand on their heads in the mud for three years and thirty days . |
| 2 | When they met up with the rest of the Carlisle Flint team Kate tried to ignore the studiously impassive face of Mike Booker as he greeted her . |
| 3 | Nelson had planned to take her to town , but when they got up to the car park he could n't get his car to start . |
| 4 | And they all , they got up in the morning and I was n't home still |
| 5 | They finished their drinks and as they got up from the table Fernando plucked a sprig of jasmine from the pergola . |
| 6 | But it quickly vanished as they got on with the morning 's proceedings . |
| 7 | They got on to the airfield that night and started to place their bombs , but as the aircraft were widely dispersed , this took time in the dark . |
| 8 | They got on to the field without difficulty in the middle of a bombing raid by the RAF on Benghazi , and sat there while their leader gave them a lecture on deer-stalking in the Highlands . |
| 9 | The traffic into Belfast was heavy , and it was a while before they got on to the motorway . |
| 10 | Before they got on to the subject of the commune they had been discussing which item of Hilbert 's former property they should sell next . |
| 11 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 12 | They would chat away to her about their day until they got down to the schoolwork . |
| 13 | Well they got down in the grass you see . |
| 14 | When they got out of the cab she could not shake him off . |
| 15 | They got out of the truck . |
| 16 | If they got out of the plane , they will probably be hiding now and trying to make their way back . |
| 17 | Insects buzzed in the hot night as they got out of the moke . |
| 18 | Cheerfully they got out of the car into the open day and went down the rocks to the strand and then out to the tideline . |
| 19 | They got out of the car and his Dad rang the door-bell of number forty-five . |
| 20 | As they got out of the car and walked across the yard , their feet scrunching on the stones , Jinny had a queer feeling that they were being watched . |
| 21 | They got out of the car , and went to the porch , their every step monitored by cameras mounted above the door . |
| 22 | They got out of the car and George noted that she did not return the compliment . |
| 23 | They got out of the car . |
| 24 | But I like him , thought Antony as they got out of the car . |
| 25 | The heavy clouds were edging nearer , and Jessamy glanced up uneasily as they got out of the car . |
| 26 | They got out of the car and headed towards the house . |
| 27 | They got out of the car and walked up Sybil 's short drive . |
| 28 | As they got out of the car , she made a mental resolve that this would be the last visit she would make in Robert 's company . |
| 29 | They got out of the bus and walked two kilometres in the hot sun . |
| 30 | You just feel United what , were two nil down after fourteen minutes erm things really could have gone so badly for them , but they held firm , they got back into the game and full credit to all of them . |