Example sentences of "[vb past] they [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sighed and relaxed and when his lips sought hers again she met them with matching urgency . |
| 2 | Franks led them through some swing doors with a flourish and into another corridor , explaining that normally he would not waste money by taking them to a full editing suite . |
| 3 | Now that those people have run up those enormous debts , where are the Labour Members of Parliament who led them into that position ? |
| 4 | The local police had had a busy evening with an exceptional number of hoax calls that led them to non-existent road accidents drunken brawls and even — a touch that showed a nice appreciation of British susceptibilities — a rabid dog on the loose . |
| 5 | Again , the would-be reformers ' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion . |
| 6 | Captaining Jamaica for the second successive season , he not only led them to Red Stripe Cup triumph ( their third in five years ) , but , with the ball , he broke the tournament record with 36 wickets at 11.30 . |
| 7 | As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another . |
| 8 | A decade ago , Kung Fu martial arts films were banned by Zambian cinemas after Kaunda attacked them for encouraging violence amongst youths . |
| 9 | Eadmer inserted them at this point into his Historia Novorum . |
| 10 | They took their toys to The Priory Church of England School and sold them to each other to help the starving in Somalia . |
| 11 | Madame raised her crackling voice from the large brown desk where she presided in the hall beyond , and asked them with unusual largesse if they would like some refreshment . |
| 12 | It was Mr Gorbachev , after all , who got them into this mess . |
| 13 | ‘ I got them in some shop in Covent Garden . |
| 14 | Obliquely flattering his readers by introducing them to boys near their own age involved in surprising and exciting events , he also invited them to wishful thinking , if not to identification , by emphasising the youth of his heroes and underplaying the responsibility and enforced maturity belonging to midshipmen in the early and mid-teens in reality . |
| 15 | Stockport 's second victory in four days at Edgeley Park moved them into second position in the Fourth Division . |
| 16 | Subsequently , European partners were bought out and Arab banks transformed them into international banking subsidiaries . |
| 17 | Be wary of some people in high places whose duties involved them in prolific correspondence . |
| 18 | So their best event found them in sixth position . |
| 19 | I found them in those dawn hours . |
| 20 | He trained them to regular confession , and whenever any one of them was dying would prepare them for death , and be thankful when they died in penitence , peace and hope . |
| 21 | Bernard Coard 's How the West Indian Child is made Educationally Sub-Normal in the British School System ( 1971 ) had already given concrete expression to many black parents ' justified fears that their children were being systematically mis-classified as educationally subnormal and relegated to a ‘ special ’ education which effectively excluded them from any possibility of acquiring decent qualifications . |
| 22 | Emily regarded them with cynical appraisal . |
| 23 | Certainly Cromwell regarded them with some anxiety , and in 1533 he made Throckmorton promise that he would ‘ stay at home and meddle little with politics ’ . |
| 24 | His comments brought an angry response from the executive director of Scottish Financial Enterprise , James Scott , who described them as confused nonsense . |
| 25 | He knew that these societies of Gaul and Spain had their own rules and virtues , and he described them with obvious sympathy . |
| 26 | He was a man of profound education , but having acquired it himself he treasured words and used them with unique skill and often with a strange individuality . |
| 27 | Gestures of this kind were part of the vocabulary of politics ; an astute politician like Philip used them to great effect . |
| 28 | Sadly , it was not confined to writers and artists , for though it may be unfair to blame Nietzsche for his appropriation by Nazi ideologues , there is no question but that his doctrine of the superman and his apparent anti-semitism provided them with fertile soil . |
| 29 | Many more women sought separations after the passing of the 1886 Act , which allowed them to do so on grounds of the husband 's unwillingness or inability to maintain , although in practice the legislation provided them with little material assistance . |
| 30 | Several respondents commented that both foster parents and children had enjoyed participating in an exercise which provided them with concrete proof of achievements and which sought to monitor progress systematically . |