Example sentences of "[vb past] they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other . |
| 2 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 3 | But Graham and Russell , if anything more composed , made them defend that advantage , and the Chelsea defence responded with a disorder to which only Ken Monkou was an exception . |
| 4 | Often he made them criticize each other 's work . |
| 5 | Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) . |
| 6 | the employer tendency to favour the industry-type of bargaining was reinforced by the broad socialist , class consciousness of major European unions which probably led them to favour this approach , since it would engage ‘ employers through mass class action ’ , and also extend protection to a larger part of the workforce . |
| 7 | It did not matter whether they had been far-sighted landowners , former artisans or merchants in feudal society ; what is crucial for Marxists is the belief that their ownership of the new and increasingly predominant mode of production led them to have common interests and goals . |
| 8 | We asked them to consider two things — what would make a good general gift for any fishkeeper — and what would they actually want to find in their Christmas stocking . |
| 9 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 10 | He went in to his bank and got them to print new cheque-books , and instead of signing ‘ N.O. Russell ’ , he now signed ‘ Oliver Russell ’ . |
| 11 | The Harpers became worried when their daughters did not return to the family home in Cheltenham and reported them missing 24 hours later . |
| 12 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
| 13 | The creepy brew was dished out to the squad in Barcelona and helped them win four gold and five silver medals . |
| 14 | Mr Allen Abramson , a London University anthropologist who has studied initiation rituals , said that most societies used them to mark important developments in a person 's life , and that they often involved pain or privation . |
| 15 | Thus , in Dorchester Finance Company Ltd v Stebbing , two non-executive directors were held to have been negligent in equipping an executive director with signed blank cheques who used them to make unrecoverable loans . |
| 16 | In the latest they were called to the home of a man in his early 20s in Frenchgate , Richmond , but found they needed more equipment so took him back to the Richmond Fire Station and released the cuffs with a hacksaw and vice . |
| 17 | Now , for the first time , they found they needed large numbers of new people , with new skills , and they needed them quickly . |
| 18 | Carter and Cureton 's entries on " style " seemed to match the first brief and I found they complemented each other in interesting ways . |
| 19 | However , in March 1676 , the King commanded them to execute these laws with renewed vigour . |
| 20 | But he took charge of men ; organized them ; persuaded or inspired or commanded them to endure incredible things . |
| 21 | then I noticed them exchanging terse remarks every time my man was facing . |
| 22 | Phalangist officers of the time insist that he told them to kill 40 Muslims in reprisal . |
| 23 | He rang the hospital and told them to stop that man sending letters . |
| 24 | Villa had always been in command , but a combination of poor finishing and fine goalkeeping by David Seaman prevented them taking full advantage . |
| 25 | Their accountants advised them to put further capital into the business or sell it . |
| 26 | A massive security operation has been mounted in the city and United Nations offices in New Delhi have cancelled visits by foreign staff , banned field trips by local personnel and advised them to avoid crowded places . |
| 27 | Today an answer phone message advised them to ring next week . |
| 28 | Spenser certainly found ready contemporary imitators , most noticeably among fellow poets such as Barnabe Rich or Sir John Davies whose interest in Irish affairs also provoked them to write political tracts . |
| 29 | Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew said the RUC still had his full support and he believed they pursued all killers with equal determination . |
| 30 | Pc Kelly told the jury he questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |