Example sentences of "and they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tolonen had been of the same generation as the T'ang and they shared the same unspoken values . |
| 2 | and they shared the same manager . |
| 3 | Expect them to be hammered and they hold the eventual World Cup winners to a point : expect them to see off a side which had not won in the Championship for three years and they submit weakly . |
| 4 | Then Peter and John placed their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit . ’ |
| 5 | Some staff added other minor errors or disagreements but it soon emerged that some departments did not think that the report was fair and they criticized the general conclusion relating to their department . |
| 6 | Then the moment came when the tow line was released and they savoured the eerie feeling of riding the rising thermals . |
| 7 | ‘ But CF sufferers are a courageous group and they deserve the best . |
| 8 | They may be able to make something of that , and they deserve the best luck going for them . |
| 9 | On and on they flew until day turned into dusk and they reached the big supermarket on the edge of the town . |
| 10 | The king 's mother and sister took her to their hut and they prepared the finest clothes for her . |
| 11 | And they took the thirty pieces of silver , the sum at which the precious One was priced by the children of Israel … ’ |
| 12 | Well they was an old cargo boat , that were n't like a naval boat , they do n't call it now , they do n't call a naval boat a tramp , well the other ones cos they 're faster and th th the old tramp , tramps it was like an old tramp on the road and erm because we used to go very slow , well th the Japanese after the war , they bought these old ships up , we loaded them with scrap iron and they took the whole lot over to Japan , and cut the whole ship up scrap iron . |
| 13 | It 's the same as everything and everybody and because er they were satisfied with it , they wanted some more and they took the old lo lock off and put some more on what I 'd made , see what I mean . |
| 14 | Penny only wanted a West Country holiday , not the least ingratiating thing about her , and they took the same cottage that his Mum had rented , and they stopped , he and Penny , for the same coffee and the same stroll round the monument . |
| 15 | The Daimler was parked at the end of the towpath , and they took the same road . |
| 16 | And you know I went into that film it was just being launched in America , and there was a sort of prologue to the film and er I did n't know whether to , to become terribly angry or , or just about cry because the prologue was as if Britain was a sinking ship you know , this was the last we would see of this great thing and they made the most of it you know , like er i the g the film was the old private schools you know the old w well the public schools in England . |
| 17 | The issues at stake could hardly have been greater , and they concerned the other members of the world community just as much as they concerned the USSR : for it was not only in the USSR that an answer was being sought to the question as to whether there could be a ‘ third way ’ — a socialism that ensured a decent and equitable living for all its members and yet avoided monopolistic concentrations of power of a kind that had led to political repression in the USSR and other communist-ruled nations . |
| 18 | There God dwelt among them and they saw the visible manifestation of his presence . |
| 19 | And they saw the Old Bill nicking us and letting the coons go . |
| 20 | Crawford and the rest of the cast began rehearsals with Gene Kelly and choreographer Michael Kidd in February 1968 , and they began the ninety-day shoot on 15 April . |
| 21 | They needed the captain back on the rails immediately , and they knew the best way to do this was let him simmer down for 24 hours . |
| 22 | Dong did as he was told , and they dropped the lifeless body into the shallow impression in the ground . |
| 23 | With the rest of the economy still showing healthy expansion , the Boards were soon faced with the option of disobeying Whitehall or failing in their statutory duty to supply new consumers , and they chose the former , with one Board bluntly saying they were ignoring the Government 's financial allocation ( which was then increased for the industry generally ) . |
| 24 | He took careful aim with his second barrel at a smaller buffalo that had begun circling in dismay , and they heard the dull thud of his successful shot echo clearly across the plain . |
| 25 | And they heard the Prime Minister pay tribute to them when they sat in on Question Time . |
| 26 | They are unproven and overexaggerated and they miss the essential point . |
| 27 | ‘ The audience always begin laughing early on and they miss the last line , ’ said Den . |
| 28 | A snaking black corridor takes the audience along to claim their prizes , and they reach the final chamber to claim a glass of Guinness . |
| 29 | What , what 'd happened is that there 's a concrete span right at the back , and they 've the inner course off it , but the external bit built off the door frame . |
| 30 | And they managed the seven wicket win over Brigade without the services of professional Raman Lamba , who is not eligible for cup matches . |