Example sentences of "[adv] they [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so they just had building built on top of it , |
| 2 | Together they barely had time to take up a position at the far door , seize a loaded gun , drop to one knee , and aim as , with a final heave , the bulging mass of bodies exploded into the room , followed by the living . |
| 3 | Nevertheless they also took care to ensure that no one made himself vulnerable , no one put himself at risk by careless speech in public assembly . |
| 4 | Well they only started tarmacadam in nineteen thirty six . |
| 5 | Sometimes it worked , sometimes they simply shouted abuse , but his greatest success was when he addressed the Welsh League of Youth Eisteddfod at Aberystwyth in Welsh , having studied the language for just six weeks . |
| 6 | How they ever found time to get there during Peter Hickton 's intensive rehearsals , he could not imagine . |
| 7 | The voters , in other words , had not moved solidly to the right , their position was one of ambivalence ; they had become deeply sceptical about the role of government and yet they still expected government to aid them as they tried to meet the pressing problems of modern life . |
| 8 | In a study of 400 of the biggest bank mergers in the 1980s , FMCG Capital Strategies , a New York consultancy , found that four out of five deals failed miserably — to the point where they soon destroyed value for the acquiring bank . |
| 9 | These butts are pre-dyed , but I was curious as to why they only had colour on one side . |