Example sentences of "[vb past] they [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday Bushwing managing director David Walker confirmed they had withdrawn the business park part of the plan . |
| 2 | Just over 10 per cent of the bottom two bands gave an answer which indicated they had used the wrong scale . |
| 3 | ‘ In the morning we heard they had increased the price of maize meal . |
| 4 | And the farm has , last three years has lost a lot of money and er they had one farm at Colkirk which they 've now sold and er they just sort of decided they wanted to make the , they had a big barn , a big white barn which was a real old barn and he wanted to make that into a house . |
| 5 | then when his great moment came and his wife came to cut the cake all the photographers suddenly decided they needed to clean the lenses of their camera and his wife 's picture was never taken . |
| 6 | With heads bowed they agreed to tour the reservation , but Yellow Wolf recalled : ‘ In peace councils force must not be talked . |
| 7 | The Fort was a warren of underground tunnels and batteries and in every way a security nightmare , and the Prince 's staff and members of BitC ( also involved in the outing ) , who had done the recce , realized they had to get the Prince away from the youth schemes and down into the safety of the seminar very quickly . |
| 8 | As the Bosnian war began , the local Croats announced they had founded the ‘ Croatian Community of Herceg-Bosna ’ . |
| 9 | That was better for us because it 's in the next district and meant they had to do the work and not us . ’ |
| 10 | They felt they had hit the targets by going on about tax and emphasising the warning that votes for the Lib Dems would only help Labour . |
| 11 | Right down to the middle of the nineteenth century travellers to Aswan felt they had reached the limits of civilization . |
| 12 | The story weaves the Japanese viewpoint widely through the film and presents , probably for the first time to most movie viewers , a rational reason why the Japanese felt they had to attack the United States or suffer as a second-class nation . |
| 13 | But at half-past seven the next morning they knew they had made the right decision . |
| 14 | Through eyes watering from smoke and dust Isabel saw daylight and the castle entrance and knew they had reached the guard-room . |
| 15 | Now we knew they had accepted the box as their home and would probably come back to it even if they were allowed out in the open . |
| 16 | They reassured her that she looked beautiful , and she knew they had bought the dress for her . |
| 17 | ‘ I was caught at Dunkirk when they thought they 'd won the bloody war . |
| 18 | Peter said it was a good game when they came home and found that Woking had won five nil they thought they 'd chosen the wrong one . |
| 19 | They all thought they 'd got the dreaded C , poor things . |
| 20 | Rovers thought they 'd taken the lead when Frazer Digby was forced to save on the line . |
| 21 | The couple thought they had done the right thing by paying £140 for a house-buyer 's survey , which had given the house a clean bill of health with only some minor exceptions . |
| 22 | Conner 's crew were incensed because they thought they had made the perfect forcing manoeuvre . |
| 23 | When they helped her up , blood was streaming from her face and hands , and although Muriella made little of it , Elizabeth insisted they had to bathe the scrapes . |
| 24 | Did they managed to keep the land they had invaded ? |
| 25 | School board superintendents complained they had to hire the buddies , allies and nephews of board members . |
| 26 | Magistrates said they 'd thought the bail conditions were strict enough to stop Hagans re-offending . |
| 27 | But the magistrates chairman said they 'd used the vehicle as weapon , with no regard for the life of their victim . |
| 28 | They said they 'd changed the wheel in about three minutes flat , I said well it was n't Friday the thirteenth was it ? |
| 29 | ‘ Jimmy said they 'd left the gates open specially … . ’ |
| 30 | They said they went to get the food at Waitrose , and I heaved , and I said , I do n't want to see |