Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 31st they claimed their biggest victim so far : Dobrica Cosic , the president of what is left of Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | In particular , it was found that if the fake eyes were shaded to look three-dimensional they made their biggest impact . |
| 3 | As early as sixteen they asked their respective parents to allow them to marry but no blessings were forthcoming . |
| 4 | Until the beginning of NEP they constituted a disparate group of individuals to whom the party appealed for letters on local affairs , but in 1922 they acquired their official title and were subject to much more pressure from the centre . |
| 5 | At 0430 they left their tented bases in the south of Zealand , to travel north . |
| 6 | Where possible they went their own ways . |
| 7 | The day after that they hired their own helicopter , landed in the local village , repossessed their wire , flew it back in and re-erected it . |
| 8 | First they declared their grave concern at the happenings in South Ronaldsay , and condemned the method or lack of method , used to investigate the allegations . |
| 9 | First they satisfied their individual material needs for food and shelter . |
| 10 | ‘ On November 1 they told us that normal Christmas arrangements would apply — that we would work for most of the holiday period — then they dropped this bombshell on November 22 and said we would be off for two weeks . |
| 11 | All headed coalitions on the Dutch model , for despite their hatred for the Dutch they accepted their constitutional forms as their own . |
| 12 | In 1961 they made their last T V series , Richard the Lionheart . |
| 13 | The Reich bought from members and supported the association to such an extent that in 1942 they celebrated their 75th anniversary with a big exhibition of German women artists ! |
| 14 | In a subsidy assessment of 1554 they estimated their annual income at over £500 : of this some £360 was expended on various charities ( including the salaries of " divers schoolmasters " ) . |
| 15 | Thereafter Helen frequently walked to meet him or to accompany him on his return home across Wandsworth Common and on January 1896 they had their first long walk to Richmond . |
| 16 | and she 'd offered it to Maureen three months before and Maureen turned it down , and they went mad they said you little creep Jan , little bloody sneak |
| 17 | In January 1905 they approached their bitter rivals and asked if Common was for sale . |