Example sentences of "[subord] they did [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the spring of 1942 , Major Gus March-Phillips , Major J. Geoffrey Appleyard , who served with 7 Commando in the autumn of 1940 , and Captain Graham Hayes had the SSRF in training at Wareham ( Dorset ) , where they did a lot of boat work , especially in dories . |
| 2 | The US Marine Corps was responsible for the United States inter-war plans for amphibious operations ; and although they did a number of landing exercises in the 1930s , not until 1940 were they joined in these by the US Army 's 1 Division . |
| 3 | They shelled out £2.5bn on food , fags and booze last year — 32% more than they did the year before . |
| 4 | and within the last say twenty five years there 's been a dramatic change in the young people 's way of thinking , maybe more of them have gone to university than they did the previous twenty five years and that there is such a difference now than there was that I mean for instance if there was a war there would n't , there would be far more conscientious objectors than there ever was before far more than erm young man saying no I 'm going to fight for my country , be patriotic I do n't think you would find , for instance , the youth of this country so patriotic as they was in the last war , your country needs you . |
| 5 | Germans were billeted here , but they seem to have treated the place with considerably more decency than they did the people . ’ |
| 6 | And if anything , they regard the coming victory of the United Nations with more apprehension at the moment than they did the possibility of a German victory two or three years ago : the reason being that , in achieving decisive victory , the United Nations will leave Europe with no nation sufficiently strong to shield Turkey against possible Russian demands in the post-war period . |
| 7 | Again , since the adoption of the 1.68 ball , European golfers have , perforce , worked the ball much more than they did the 1.62 . |
| 8 | and he treated his horse well I mean a lot of these horseman , good horseman treated the horse better than they did the wife ! |
| 9 | Then they changed the rules , so they did the program again . |
| 10 | Then they changed the rules again , so they did the program again . |
| 11 | As this village was inaccessible , the enemy patrols were unlikely to reach it undetected , but if they did the platoon headquarters was sufficiently mobile for the captain , sergeant , and their two runners/signalmen to withdraw quickly over the hill , taking their radio with them — a different proposition to moving a 109-set , for now the guerrillas had dry battery radios ( see Appendix No. 5 ) designed by Lieutenant Barcham , a New Zealander , for use by the Independent Companies . |
| 12 | Like many other constructors in FI , Chapman thought drivers were good , bad or indifferent tools to do a job : if they did the job well , so much the better , and if they did n't , the fault was theirs . |
| 13 | Some policy-makers also wonder if they did the right thing in opting for ‘ managed competition ’ . |
| 14 | If they did the same thing again to you ? |
| 15 | Our safest bet is to assume they did n't , but if they did the soonest they could launch a search is first thing tomorrow . |
| 16 | I 'm very pleased that not a single motorist follows his advice , since if they did the old Hebridean tradition of driving on to the moors would spread to the mainland . |
| 17 | But in France if they did the same thing they would be talking in French down their machine . |
| 18 | They were guilty if they did an act which was unlawful and which " all sober and reasonable people " would recognise as being dangerous . |
| 19 | Yeah cos they did a lot of work did n't they , or they should have done er |
| 20 | fix it up then , cos it , or Andy cos they did a |
| 21 | Harvey stared down at his toes and watched them while they did a little dance . |
| 22 | Most electricity men were convinced that , just as in lighting they had outmatched gas completely , it was only a matter of time before they did the same in other uses . |
| 23 | erm it may depend on what experience the people had before they did the course . |
| 24 | I mean erm , Anglia talked er , talked to me anyway as Chairman of B Sky B erm , before they , before they did the write off and it 's , it 's just tax driven . |
| 25 | Polo 's ‘ hole ’ selling started when they did a consumer survey asking : ‘ Which bit of mint do you like the best ? ’ |
| 26 | No , that 's why he was frightened when they did the alterations . |
| 27 | when they did the erm |
| 28 | Victory in the 148th league derby on Merseyside was no more than Liverpool deserved for they did the lions share of the attacking while Everton were content to rely on defence and counter attacks in a bid for a hit and run triumph . |
| 29 | Having waited long enough to see if they were needed , the two girls went up to Moran and kissed him on the lips as they did every night . |
| 30 | On the radio the Voice of Moscow was retelling their fifty per cent of the story of the Vietnam war , and every half-hour or so large green helicopters flew overhead as they did every day . |