Example sentences of "[noun] they [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result they offered him small parts in the next two films in which Ken would star . |
| 2 | When Kawasaki began operations in their US plant at Nebraska they found it preferable to import components from their subcontractors back in Japan who could even at that distance , guarantee weekly deliveries . |
| 3 | Because they had been confused and upset early on in the campaign they found it hard to relax and trust us . |
| 4 | An idea began to form in his mind , but the Governors were apprehensive about taking on more commitments — faced with the abolition of the Direct Grant , they had decided to go " Independent " , and in the circumstances they thought it best to consolidate and take stock , rather than expand . |
| 5 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 6 | And as I recall as a child there were well over a hundred ponies down Pit at that time , because during the nineteen twenty one strike they brought them all up to the surface and put them in the fields and I used to go with my father to sort of look after them . |
| 7 | Each day they brought him cyclostyled sheets from their local agents , and the telephone numbers of friends ' relatives whose relatives ' friends had seen a board up somewhere . |
| 8 | One day they handed us some chipped potatoes , and there was enough oil on them to boil another portion . |
| 9 | ‘ In the morning they found him dead , face down on a bare spot , not far from the town . |
| 10 | There was so much untidy milling about , however , that in the confines of the tiny space they found it hard to organize themselves and eventually seemed to abandon the attempt . |
| 11 | He was carrying the same carrier-bag and for some reason they found it impossible not to stare at it . |
| 12 | Gloucestershire are soldering on without Syd … in the sunday league they made it two wins in a row with a five wicket victory over Lancashire at Old Trafford |
| 13 | Now they 're not doing so much that many thousands of pounds , that lot 'em took it some did n't . |
| 14 | For a few terrible moments they saw it all , and cowered , covering their eyes . |
| 15 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 16 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 17 | No doubt they offered him two cups of coffee , extra sugar , a slug of cognac ? |
| 18 | As they entered the covert they found it cool and gloomy after the brilliant sun outside . |
| 19 | So you mean Christmas Eve they paid you normal time ? |
| 20 | For dinner they gave me three kinds of meat — a square of beef , a triangle of chicken and a circle of lamb . |
| 21 | yeah , but some of the letters have come , in fact they sent me that catalogue you know |
| 22 | our rugby action this week comes from the divisional championships … the South West are on course to win these because on Saturday at Gloucester they made it two wins out of two … this time out they beat the North by 29 points to 16 |
| 23 | In the public life of the former colonial power they found it gratifying to urge hatred of the alien race and of political liberalism alike . |