Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the far side they followed the river about a mile downstream until they reached the same narrow point where the temporary bridge is constructed every year . |
| 2 | The celebratory boom of cannon echoing from another part of the citadel marked the end of the ceremony and the emperor descended slowly from his throne to shake hands in European fashion with the Resident Superior , and side by side they led the way into an antechamber . |
| 3 | And from somewhere on the other side they heard the sound they all dreaded : HAR-ROOMF ! |
| 4 | As a first experiment they improved the lighting for the test group and were pleased to find that productivity improved , but puzzled to find that productivity also improved in the control group . |
| 5 | After checking this balancing they increased the current further to three times the starting value , and discovered an excess heat output of ten per cent over and above what they could account for going in . |
| 6 | At first Peter 's parents thought he was still suffering from a recent bout of whooping cough , but when he started a second bottle of C-vit they noticed the drink had fermented , turning some of the juice into alcohol . |
| 7 | The goldsmiths noticed that a large proportion of the gold was not withdrawn from the vaults and as a result they seized the opportunity of making profits by granting loans through the issue of ‘ receipts ’ in excess of actual gold deposits . |
| 8 | He saw the pond they called the lake and the grey bulk of the Mithraeum on the farther shore . |
| 9 | They drew off as best they might to lie in hiding until nightfall and lick their wounds ; and in the dark they crossed the river by the ford at Buttington and went to earth with their defeat and their chagrin in the forest under the ridge of Gungrog Fawr . |
| 10 | We noticed that quite often if people ate the sandwich they left the cake , or vice versa , so when we used to collect the trays from them we would take whatever was left . |
| 11 | While they advocated and worked for such extensions of democracy the European social democratic parties , whether or not they claimed to be Marxist and revolutionary , were also , for the most part , firmly committed to political democracy in the narrower sense ; and where the necessary conditions were present — the legal existence of socialist parties , elections conducted on the basis of ( at least ) universal male suffrage , and participation in parliament and government — they made plain that although they did not renounce extra-parliamentary forms of class action they envisaged the transition from capitalism to socialism as coming about through the will of a majority of citizens , clearly and publicly expressed in elections . |
| 12 | Outside the closemouth they crossed the street , and walked down the hill to the nearest tramstop . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
| 14 | In the Wintertime they had a boat they called the Redloch and she went to Stramness and took sillocks from Stramness and took to the gut factory here in the Wintertime . |
| 15 | If there was a long line of people number of seven for the seven dwarfs and they were all standing there side by side and they had their hands over there face like so and the altogether , at the same time , in unison they parted the hand to reveal the facial expression that is more of a dramatic experience to people looking than just by standing here . |
| 16 | After another short chat they joined the exodus of dockers leaving the ship . |
| 17 | At first the pupils confused the perimeter of the shape with the area , but with the help of a metre-square quadrant they developed the idea of square metres covering the inside of the shape . |
| 18 | Leaving the lanterns in the passage they dragged the boat down over cloths to muffle the sound , and as soon as it had been launched and the oars shipped , Sir Gregory turned to Father Timothy . |
| 19 | To the south they held the Saintonge for a while but the Counts of Poitou ( who were also Dukes of Aquitaine ) soon won it back again . |
| 20 | She had seen a phone in the big hall they called the vestibule . |
| 21 | As a particular exercise they examined the year 1990/91 when BBC Scotland 's viewers and listeners contributed over £110 millions to the national coffers . |
| 22 | The leaders remain haunted by the forces of dissent they ordered the army to crush . |
| 23 | the name of the expert ; the names of the parties ; the issue they asked the expert to determine ; the relevant contract and expert clause ; the manner by which the expert was appointed ; the terms of reference ; the procedural directions ; compliance ( or otherwise ) by the parties with those directions ; the decision itself ( see 11.7.2 ) ; the fees and expenses ; and , whatever its form , the decision should be signed and dated . |
| 24 | When they visited the Pipers ' home they recognized the source of John 's description in every detail . |
| 25 | Like him , she was an enthusiastic and skilful gardener : from a bare hillside they created the garden which is today such a delightful feature of the British Embassy in Addis Ababa . |
| 26 | From the moorland rimwards of the wood they watched the battle between the trees and Time , which could only have one ending . |
| 27 | He was walking her home , and she planned to throw her arms round him the moment they reached the gate of her house and to kiss him which would no doubt make him stand stock still , completely flabbergasted . |
| 28 | You could have hit them the moment they left the house . ’ |
| 29 | He had forgotten the incident , however , the moment they entered the jungle for the first time , riding on the little saddle ponies which Devraux 's Moi bearers had brought to the road from the hunting camp . |
| 30 | ‘ They were doomed from the moment they entered the Net , ’ Lacuna said . |