Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evaluation returns from the 1990 cohort ( 2,966 ) shows that 96% of teachers and 93% of companies reported that briefings successfully prepared them for a placement , while 89% of teachers successfully met their placement objectives . |
| 2 | During 1959 the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile lobby successfully argued their case for automated weapons . |
| 3 | Working on entirely different design principles , each successfully publicised their stunters to capture public attention in the mid 1970s and open up a new wave of enthusiasm . |
| 4 | By early afternoon there was a stillness of heat , and a herd of cows from the higher fields slowly grazed their way down into the shade . |
| 5 | Alain asked quietly as they slowly made their way to the car later . |
| 6 | Athelstan checked that the windows and doors of the priest 's house were locked , slung his saddle bags over a protesting Philomel , and both horse and rider wearily made their way along the icy track . |
| 7 | These great leviathans of the air eventually met their demise with the development of British high flying aircraft armed with guns firing incendiary bullets . |
| 8 | Charles and Clarissa made thankful noises , drank a little champagne , and metaphorically wiped their faces . |
| 9 | Finally it was abandoned in a back street in Kingsbury , and the four students thankfully made their way on foot to Wembley Tube Station . |
| 10 | Earth was littered with the corpses of those who had done no wrong , whereas those who caused great torment to others rarely got their deserts . |
| 11 | However , at Windsor the Georgians rarely got their act together . |
| 12 | Sun Microsystems Inc and Computer Associates International Inc duly announced their alliance last week ( UX No 403 ) , saying that CA-Unicenter will be fully available on Sun hardware within nine to 12 months . |
| 13 | SGS-Thomson Microelectronics BV and Mitsubishi Electric Corp duly announced their agreement to work together on development of Flash memory chips , designing 16M-bit parts using a 0.5 micron CMOS process : the agreement is considered to be of equal value to both companies , so no financial compensation will be made by either ; SGS-Thomson has begun production of 1M Flash memories but no-one is doing 16Ms yet . |
| 14 | Well , they eventually got their chance , during a rest day at the Monte Carlo Open . |
| 15 | The petitioners eventually got their wish ; enough Tories deserted the government to enable the Whigs to defeat the Commerce Bill of 1713 . |
| 16 | Bach gave his first concert with his compatriot Carl Friedrich Abel [ q.v. ] in 1764 and in 1765 inaugurated the series of subscription concerts that eventually bore their names . |
| 17 | The acrid , choking fumes eventually found their way up through the ventilators on the top of the hill and the height of steam motive power over one hundred trains per day passed through Blea Moor Tunnel . |
| 18 | Corporate approaches had their origins in business thinking in the United States of America , were implemented in large multinational corporations in the 1950s , and eventually found their way into public sector thinking in Britain in the late 1960s . |
| 19 | The Home Secretary deftly referred their claims to the expert , and non-political , Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders . |
| 20 | They punished Western support for the Israeli side with a massive price hike , and effectively maintained their control over world prices for almost a decade . |
| 21 | They eventually narrowed their focus to three subjects : submerged aquatic vegetation , such toxic substances as chemicals and herbicides , and the bay 's ever-fluctuating supply of nutrients , nitrogen and phosphorus in particular . |
| 22 | With brute strength ( it took at least ten horses to shift even one medium field gun ) , the Germans eventually moved their guns forward but the delays involved meant that many of the deadly 21Os , so essential a part of the German offensive technique , were hors de combat over long periods of the battle during its most critical phase . |
| 23 | They successfully diversified their economies through structural reform and sound macroeconomic management . |
| 24 | Martin introduced a lifetime warranty and apparently made their guitars a bit heavier because of that . |
| 25 | Those that did so recovered their costs within six months . |
| 26 | Remember Liverpool only got their act together in the last couple of months and finished 6th . |
| 27 | When the Prince and Princess of Wales quite rightly scrapped their tour of the mainland , they had the opportunity to make a contrasting point in Hong Kong . |
| 28 | I often wonder whether these pilots would react safely and effectively if they suddenly got their aircraft into a stalling situation . |
| 29 | A group of small schools in one rural area , studying the topic " Ships and Seamen " , not only pooled their efforts in collecting resources , and contacting various agencies , but also shared the costs of coach hire for a site visit to a maritime museum some distance away . |
| 30 | Thoughts of that previous one only crept their way back with the forbidden thought of a child . |