Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly they heard a terrible noise outside in the forest . |
| 2 | Suddenly they heard a quiet noise |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | Perhaps they bugged a dozen other people as well but they 'd only hear you and me talking about naming names on her bug . |
| 7 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |
| 8 | At 8.00am they sighted a circular reef , just below the surface of the sea . |
| 9 | So they had a big argument downstairs , this woman plod and the others and I said to John : ‘ Look . |
| 10 | So they blocked a local stream , the Lau Bunuk , and started building their own co-operative hydro-electric dam . |
| 11 | In doing so they established a new serie B record with their eighth consecutive win , beating Lazio 's previous record . |
| 12 | American trains were classless , but none the less they had a wide range of different styles of accommodation , and the passengers paid for the luxury appropriate to their standing . |
| 13 | They had known all along they had a good , competitive car ; a single mistake had mired them for three races ; it was now solved and they could build for the future . |
| 14 | Together they wrote a short grant application , which Hayling pushed through the committees . |
| 15 | Together they planned a comprehensive Bill to help disabled people . |
| 16 | Sandy 's red Jaguar was parked behind a dense hedge , the twigs so close together they formed a visual barrier from a distance . |
| 17 | The honour was historically linked with the honour of Pontefract and together they formed a single trans-Pennine power bloc . |
| 18 | The honour was historically linked with the honour of Pontefract and together they formed a single trans-Pennine power bloc . |
| 19 | When subsequently the school was invited to participate , the head convened an informal working party of the head of English , the librarian and some others , and together they produced an explanatory paper for heads of department . |
| 20 | In 1987 Graham Gooch joined the company , and together they made a great team , leading to Gooch 's innings of 333 in the Lord 's Test match in 1990 . |
| 21 | Brodie had a breadth of vision which complemented Lancaster 's conservatism , and together they made a balanced working team . |
| 22 | Together they made an arduous two-day trek across mountains with women and child refugees to the coastal town of Split . |
| 23 | In the coalition years the party encountered severe difficulties , some endemic to coalition as such , some related to the times , but together they created a general frustration from which the party was lucky to emerge so well . |
| 24 | Early astronomers did not have telescopes to assist their observations , but nevertheless they had a full knowledge of the skies . |
| 25 | ‘ Normally they had a second soprano in the wings for the high D flat at the end . |
| 26 | it was just they had a big warehouse |
| 27 | Outside they admired a pink brick yard for twenty ponies , which looked like three sides of a Battenberg cake , and an indoor school , completely walled with bullet-proof mirrors . |
| 28 | Finally they found a cheap bottle of sherry , which had been won in a church bazaar , lying forgotten in a drawer . |
| 29 | The blissfully happy couple had been married quietly at the registry office in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon and yesterday they received a special blessing from a Catholic priest at a secluded hotel in the Wicklow Mountains . |
| 30 | He called on the UN initially to deploy teams of military observers , but other Bosnian officials said yesterday they hoped a peace-keeping force could follow . |