Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] they the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why , when the French economy was screaming for lower interest rates , President Mitterrand increased them the other day . |
| 2 | After a short time the Duke of Grafton sold them the Rope Walk , a building where the old village craft had been carried out and where Ted Smith 's coach garage is now , and so they moved . |
| 3 | Whitlock telephoned them the moment he returned to the hotel but when Sabrina contacted Lausanne station she was told the only afternoon train had already departed . |
| 4 | The Swindon win over Bournemouth found them the performance of the week award . |
| 5 | He and another left-hander , the more dashing 21-year-old Robert Samuels , provided Jamaica with the batting stability they have so often lacked and captain Courtney Walsh gave them the bowling penetration with a tournament record 36 wickets at 11.30 each that combined to regain the Cup for Jamaica from Barbados , their third success in the last five seasons . |
| 6 | Boris Anrep , for instance , whom the Berkeleys used to encounter when they stayed with Maud Russell at Mottisfont , gave them the model he painted for the mosaics which were intended for the apse of Westminster Cathedral ( it stands on the chest of drawers in their bedroom ) and Hugh Honour and John Fleming gave them the marble hermaphrodite which reclines on the top of a bookcase in the study . |
| 7 | Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around . |
| 8 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 9 | The stockings they knitted went on to the feet of the British Army , and so great was the demand and so determinedly was it met that the Romantic writer Southey called them the " Terrible Knitters of Dent " , terrible meaning not bad but fierce , terribly good . |
| 10 | New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time . |
| 11 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 12 | ‘ No one was sure where to look but Oscar showed them the way , ’ said owner Celia Curtis . |
| 13 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 14 | God gave them the lands in sacred trust , thousands of years ago . |
| 15 | Sweden 's 7-5 win over France gave them the overall title by virtue of more individual wins , because while France enjoyed victories over Italy and Scotland , the unbeaten Swedes halved their contests against the same opposition . |
| 16 | In the event , Chambers saved them the trouble of deciding . |
| 17 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 18 | Scarborough were disappointed that a deep frost on their ground — named , ironically , after frozen food manufacturers McCain denied them the chance to face Arsenal . |
| 19 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 20 | In return for all this , Sir George handed them the deeds to Maran Hill , still unmortaged ; and he assigned his heavily mortgaged lands around Stockton . |
| 21 | Sure enough , as soon as Stuart touched them the row of trolleys slid forward . |
| 22 | Carter gave them the lead in real ding dong of a game … |
| 23 | Sources told NME Moz offered them the support slot after being ‘ knocked out ’ by a recent performance . |
| 24 | Adrian asked them the way to Woodbrook , then came back and told me that there was a ruined castle behind the shop . |
| 25 | It 's makers , Smithkline Beecham told them the 2 litre bottle was from a faulty batch and to empty it carefully as it could explode . |
| 26 | Mrs Bottomley told them the health service had to move with the times and some closures were inevitable . |
| 27 | St John gave them the letter to read , and then they all looked at each other , smiling rather tiredly . |
| 28 | But Rochdale took command from then on , Morgan gave them the lead and then a Flounders penalty making it 3-1 . |