Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who were the Magi , what , who where they and I 'll give you an extra mark for each one of their names , I did n't know they had any names . |
| 2 | Oh , I did n't know they did other things ! |
| 3 | As reconditioned they had new B.T-H. 509c motors and line switch attachments fitted to the controllers so that they could be used interlocked with air brakes . |
| 4 | In the latest they were called to the home of a man in his early 20s in Frenchgate , Richmond , but found they needed more equipment so took him back to the Richmond Fire Station and released the cuffs with a hacksaw and vice . |
| 5 | Now , for the first time , they found they needed large numbers of new people , with new skills , and they needed them quickly . |
| 6 | Carter and Cureton 's entries on " style " seemed to match the first brief and I found they complemented each other in interesting ways . |
| 7 | The students say they dropped legal action after they 'd been promised full consultation , as the Visitor of Somerville College , Lord Roy Jenkins had insisted last year . |
| 8 | The students say they dropped legal action after they 'd been promised full consultation , as the Visitor of Somerville College , Lord Roy Jenkins had insisted last year . |
| 9 | It may have been costly , but those in charge say they had little choice . |
| 10 | Police say they recorded 170 motorists driving through red traffic lights in York in just one month . |
| 11 | The agency say they broke new ground by bringing together a drinks company and an existing client , the DoE , to sponsor a major anti-drinking and driving campaign . |
| 12 | They say they gave considerable thought before making the decision which they hope will help the trade ride the current recession . |
| 13 | They say they paid premium prices to a firm with exclusive rights to sell holidays to the Olympics , but in return were given appalling accomodation . |
| 14 | Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew said the RUC still had his full support and he believed they pursued all killers with equal determination . |
| 15 | Boswell 's account says they rode two miles to the shore to find a herring-boat which would take them out to Raasay . |
| 16 | He says they got some men in a van and tried to burn them . |
| 17 | He says they caused considerable damage to property , hedgerows were burned out , buildings affected , farmers ' own equipment set on fire and their own crops . |
| 18 | The officer says they found stolen chequebooks , 38 chequecards , and a quantity of drugs like LSD and cannabis , as well as other items such as computer equipment |
| 19 | The report says they found large numbers of chemicals being dumped which were NOT licensed to be discharged . |
| 20 | Having decided they had that power , they decided not to exercise it and made no order under that section . |
| 21 | I ca n't remember that but I know she , she 'd been to the families either side , Mrs she 'd got one son and two daughters and there and what have you , and then at the end house furthest from the lock was a family named they got two lads and oh she only used to charge half a crown . |
| 22 | Our explanation for this was that unions might feel they had less control over the conditions of indirectly employed temporary workers than over the conditions of those who are directly employed . |
| 23 | A study of the skulls of both types showed they probably possessed mammal-like muscular cheeks , and the teeth fossils show they ground grain-like food . |
| 24 | When they were not meeting they wrote long letters . |
| 25 | Here are just a few examples of the rave reviews they got this year : |
| 26 | Pc Kelly told the jury he questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 27 | He told the jury that he had questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 28 | The operation to free them involved four teams of three men from mines rescue centres at Selby and Doncaster working in 10-minute shifts to claw away debris from a bottom corner of the fall . |
| 29 | ‘ I would have thought they had enough country in Sweden , ’ Bragg said crossly , ‘ without his bothering about ours . ’ |
| 30 | These have been included in the FRED because respondents stated they found similar material in the discussion paper helpful . |