Example sentences of "[coord] they [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
| 2 | On Jerba I had made it clear that I was not in the market for anything and they left me alone . |
| 3 | But we made our point and they left us alone after that . ’ |
| 4 | The route was wet , holds had to be dug out and they thought it Severe — the same grade Hargreaves and MacPhee had given their ascent of Deer Bield Crack ( one of the Lakeland 's hardest climbs at that time ) the previous year . |
| 5 | And they brought them flick-knife combs . |
| 6 | ‘ They came out to our meetings to help us , to encourage us , and they helped us present our case to the Government . |
| 7 | Sometimes I took speed — ‘ blues ’ , little blue tablets — to keep me awake , but they made me depressed , they made my testicles shrivel up and I kept thinking I was getting a heart attack . |
| 8 | They did not threaten me personally , but they made it clear that they could kill us all . |
| 9 | But they made it clear they hoped he would soon be on his way to the United States . |
| 10 | When any of our neighbours wanted firewood theirs was from old fish boxes , but they had it cheap at a penny a bowlful , and ‘ no tick ’ , ‘ cash on the nail , ’ as he said firmly . |
| 11 | The laws legalising homosexuality were a typical example of benign British hypocrisy , but they left us unprepared for much of the debate that would follow a then unforeseeable epidemic . |
| 12 | They looked very strange , it is true , but they kept me dry in the rain . |
| 13 | He was diffident — unlike Ernest who was good at all games — and preoccupied with his country pursuits , but they found him companionable ; himself capable of long hours of solitude , he could always find acquaintances ready to share his company for a time ; but only a few dedicated companions shared his exacting singleminded concentration on these occupations . |
| 14 | They had , but they found it difficult because you 'd got ta , got ta get a licence to keep them you see . |
| 15 | United , without the injured Franz Carr and suspended top scorer Brian Deane , had recalled Cork and Adrian Littlejohn but they found it hard going against a Rovers defence boosted by the return of Irish skipper Kevin Moran . |
| 16 | I tried to make no mistakes , but they called me naughty every moment of the day . |