Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insofar as they provided cheap goods of low quality for the coolies of eastern countries , who could not afford anything better they performed a service to the world and created for themselves a trade which conformed to their opportunities and resources . |
| 2 | Lastly they took the Minister and his wife , Jan , and drove them fast in separate cars across the Churchill Barriers that block the eastern approaches to Scapa Flow , to Kirkwall , the county town on Orkney 's mainland . |
| 3 | Suddenly they heard a noise behind them . |
| 4 | Suddenly they heard a terrible noise outside in the forest . |
| 5 | Suddenly they heard a quiet noise |
| 6 | Suddenly they learned the truth . |
| 7 | The accompanying letter said how much they enjoyed the tour of Springfields and said Eric could pass on the sticker to his son . |
| 8 | Though they did n't read much they had a huge library and they just left me to it so I did read without direction . |
| 9 | Reaction to last year 's Fun Factory , she said , was excellent , with children and parents saying how much they welcomed the event . |
| 10 | Apparently they feared the burning timbers more than the bullets , but no doubt they were feeling some reaction after more than four hours in action : four hours of dodging snipers ' bullets and bursting open doors that all too often concealed a rifleman who fired , while around the houses a grenade could be dropped from any window . |
| 11 | Apparently they had no friends , with the possible exception of Roger — and she had seen him stiffen slightly when referred to as ‘ old Rodge ’ . |
| 12 | she 's been contributing that 's one reason one , she 's , discovered other things , this morning somebody turned up apparently they took a loan out |
| 13 | and er , but apparently they did a , they did a test and that was also a package where the stuff like that , transfer although those three may of been carrying weapons , they split open the policeman , but this does seem to basically at , well not no , not indiscriminately they did n't say that but they shot innocent people , I mean like I said well the I mean that 's got to kill in those streets and stuff the ricochet 's can go quite easily go through somebody but there , there was , there 's always been claims er , there 's no I R A gunmen there |
| 14 | Before long they lost the course of the brook , slipping across the moonlit patches as fugitives and halting in the bushes with raised ears and staring eyes . |
| 15 | Before long they opened a grocery-cum-delicatessen in a good position as far as passing trade was concerned . |
| 16 | Daily they had no sight of Mrs Fraser — |
| 17 | When she wore 'em into Rugely They impressed the people hugely , While in Fordham folk adores 'em And they loved 'em in West Looe ! |
| 18 | When the girls came down they found the room already warm , the fire lit , the kettle steaming . |
| 19 | But perhaps they chose the Northern to make sure we understood . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps they had already spent half the money , perhaps they returned the rest in a gesture to placate you . |
| 21 | They had no chance — perhaps they had no chance from the beginning . |
| 22 | Lambert hesitated , finding excuses in wanting to oversee the complete destruction of the flaming balloon , or wondering where the Triplane was , or perhaps they had a third balloon somewhere … |
| 23 | Did you say somebody called but perhaps they had a key though , I wo n't say anything to her , they might have had a key . |
| 24 | Perhaps they looked a little incongruous sitting in their smart hats and fur coats , talking more loudly than anybody else . |
| 25 | Perhaps they took a train to the north , and lived a quiet , happy life together there . |
| 26 | Perhaps they lacked the ideological baggage , or even the intellectual equipment , to recognize the type of mentality which lay behind the smiles and jokes . |
| 27 | Perhaps they feared the dreaded shoot-out after Coleraine equalised but paid the penalty in any case . |
| 28 | Today , Batty admits that perhaps they liked the Ashleys too much . |
| 29 | Perhaps they bugged a dozen other people as well but they 'd only hear you and me talking about naming names on her bug . |
| 30 | Perhaps they decided a bakery is n't the right sort of thing for it . |