Example sentences of "[vb base] that they [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ohio-valley dwellers of this time were farmers , and pollen tests show that they grew the crop . |
| 2 | Indeed we know that they valued the material in part for its supposed aphrodisiac properties and in part because of its sensitivity to mercury , which helped to insure against drinking poisoned wine . |
| 3 | And I remember that they left the key in the house and , and they locked , locked , locked the |
| 4 | Indeed , at the seminar at which they announced their discovery , I remember that they called the first four sources to be found LGM 1–4 , LGM standing for " Little Green Men . " |
| 5 | So where , as in Morgan , defendants claim that they believed the woman was consenting , because her husband ( who was present ) had told them that she enjoyed a struggle , their case is simply that they lacked the fault element required for the crime . |
| 6 | After all , reckoned America 's lawmakers , these bosses know most about what needs to be done — never mind that they got the firm into trouble in the first place . |
| 7 | Although they are cross with themselves for being so soft , in the end they discover that they did the right thing because it is Gollum who shows them the way to Mount Doom , and Gollum who finally disposes of the Ring . |