Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Sherwin said : ‘ In the front bedroom they found a quantity of uniforms , two empty gun cases and a bag full of ammunition . |
| 2 | In the one-way mirror treatment , when males were unaware they were being watched , they were more aggressive towards infants than in the clear screen treatment and as a result they received a drubbing from the female . |
| 3 | As a result they produced a document called an " Initial Feasibility Study " . |
| 4 | In the locked glove compartment they found a £3,137.33 Access bill . |
| 5 | Maybe after a few thousand years of marmot for breakfast , dinner and tea they fancied a change . |
| 6 | After a short search they found a half brick made of concrete and went over to the water through . |
| 7 | John was so sure of an encore that he rehearsed the girls in a burlesque version of a quartet from the Gaiety Theatre in London , and in a later scene they performed a coconut dance — a long-established feature of theatre and street dance of the time . |
| 8 | However the crash crew person asked the instructor to accompany her in the fire vehicle , and on arrival at the vehicle they asked a bystander to raise the alarm . |
| 9 | They stopped it see , so I did n't gain anything out of it , me mates at work they made a collection for me in their way . |
| 10 | After calling for a return to work they organised a series of campaigns , about censorship , the campaign for the eight hour working day . |
| 11 | When Ceauŝescu personally came in on the act they faked a car accident and tricked up a couple of bodies for the Securitate to send back to England . |
| 12 | But the problem between Penguin and me is that by diverging from normal paperback publication they created a problem . ’ |
| 13 | the licensing they sent a reminder this morning , I said they did n't need do that , I know it 's last day of April , it 's gone up |
| 14 | When they had last been extensively used , in 1894 and 1895 , able-bodied paupers in Bermondsey terrified the workhouse staff and played leapfrog in the stoneyard ; in Poplar they formed a union and went on strike for a higher rate of relief . |
| 15 | What an awful pity they recommended a medicine which had already been emphatically rejected by the patient . |
| 16 | As a way of answering this question they studied a sample of 215 patients discharged from Westminster hospitals . |
| 17 | So beside every major town they built a castle garrisoned by loyal troops usually under the command of the local sheriff . |
| 18 | Remember w we did that peat they had a box that had a national membership forms in . |
| 19 | right now though Swindon are more concerned about their league form … in yesterday 's live Central Match they came a cropper … |
| 20 | At one point they had a lead of 22 minutes . |
| 21 | In 1942 at the Labour Party Conference they adopted a motion moved by that gave , and I quote , the right to all forms of medical attention and treatment to a National Health Service . |
| 22 | At the BASW conference they had a flip chart marked : ‘ Thoughts to share ’ . |
| 23 | On the Saturday evening they attended a screenplay reading at a bookshop on Camdem High Street . |
| 24 | Towards the end of the evening they had a competition . |
| 25 | In the evening they constructed a bonfire outside , where they drank the healths of James II and his son , forcing passers-by to do the same , and offering insults to those who refused . |
| 26 | When I 'm about to tell you a story , I thought to myself well stories that Jesus used to tell were parables and when I looked at them in the bible they had a kingdom meaning to them . |
| 27 | And as they went out from Bivar they had a crow on their right hand , and when they came to Burgos they had a crow on the left . |
| 28 | Driver Nicola Jenkins and passenger Mark Bachelor told the Coroner they felt a jerking movement and pulled into the hard shoulder . |
| 29 | Back in their room they draped a sheet over the mirror and played love games till they fell asleep in each other 's arms at 1 a.m . |
| 30 | In another room they had a stroke of luck when they came across a large paper bag of fruit , a couple of packets of biscuits , a tin of shortbread , a jar of butterscotch and an unopened bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky . |