Example sentences of "[adv prt] they [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had known all along they had a good , competitive car ; a single mistake had mired them for three races ; it was now solved and they could build for the future . |
| 2 | As the bombs in the hangars started to go off they beat a hasty retreat across the field . |
| 3 | When the children grew up they had a restricted freedom because the ‘ little people ’ did not permit them to go beyond certain points on a piece of land so the giants rebelled against this , thus starting a war . |
| 4 | But when I rung to take it , for them to take it back they had a special offer on and it was twelve weeks for forty pu , pa , you know , were doing it cheap |
| 5 | Husband and wife and three boys , and later on they had a little girl . |
| 6 | Casting around they discovered a deserted building with a garage attached . |