Example sentences of "and they [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 And they cost cost a penny of three ha'pence one of these , they were called .
2 23–4–1875 The attention of the Session was drawn to the desirability of having the children brought together on the Sabbath in a central place and they agreed to give the subject further consideration .
3 If the purpose of the march was to force the French to battle it failed ; Charles 's council debated whether to go on the offensive against Gaunt 's army , but in the event their belief in the military superiority of the English was still sufficiently strong to inhibit them from offering an open challenge , and they agreed to pursue the usual defensive tactics .
4 The district council were monitoring the situation and they hoped to see a satisfactory solution in the near future .
5 And then seagulls flew free , and a flock of sparrows , and they seemed to own the sky and not me .
6 ‘ I first saw his pictures during the punk period and they seemed to have a similar punch , a thriller realism . ’
7 They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field .
8 By the end of April 1921 , the work was finished and they began to furnish the upstairs flat , mainly with items brought over from the house at Poplar , and to stock the shop with cameras , films and processing equipment .
9 Short 's position looked a little insecure but both players had only 10 minutes to make eight moves and they chose to repeat the position and agree a draw .
10 So she went and they 've made a lovely job of it !
11 they snapped it up at that price that his er sold and then they could n't pay er when , when the time came , you know the everything went off , so they sold it and bought something else and they 've made a lot of money on that so they 've paid it off and have er a lot of money on the house
12 And they 've made a very nice restaurant on the top floor .
13 And they 've made a good job of tiling have n't they ?
14 I think where people are more at risk is where they 've gone for TESSAs in th er you know that 's the tax-exempt savings plan , and they 've chased the rate through the papers you know the erm and they see that the s the Wolverhampton Building Society or the Tipton and
15 I know s I 've chatted to some other people and they 've said the same so you 're not alone .
16 And they 've asked the Home Secretary to draw up nationwide guidelines to ensure all police forces act in the same way .
17 And they 've enlisted the support of the orchestra president Yehudi , now Lord , Menuhin .
18 They 've sent me flowers and choclates , and they 've expressed a desire to accommodate the two young men who 've done this at their own institutions
19 ruddy peo aye , aye and they 've raised the rent of every damn thing up , ours is n't r combination houses rent
20 And they 've done a you know , they did a good job when they built it .
21 and they 've done the employer awareness campaign , and they have an understanding .
22 They , they 've seen all the sights , and they 've eaten the best of the food and er , erm , it 's time to go really , before you know they get , they outstay their welcome , and go past their sell-by date .
23 It was a real nice place two years ago ; nothing but luxury houses for the super-rich , but then the snakes bought it and they 've painted a big yellow cross on their runway .
24 Some of these residents have lived in this road particularly all their lives and they 've suffered the traumas of living next to a pit and are absolutely horrified er at the prospects of what is basically going to be a scrap yard .
25 Back in the city there were thousand of people doomed , dying and all unnecessarily because here was plenty , here was sufficient for the whole city and possibly the greatest sin that you and I can be guilty of and that the church is generally guilty of , but you know when we talk about the church generally its , its so easy because that 's general , you and I that are the church , not the denomination , not the organization , it you and I , possibly the greatest sin that we can be guilty of is the sin of silence , I 'm not talking now about a rude , belligerent , discourteous , butting hole , button holding of people , I 'm not talking about that , I do n't see any place in gods word for that sort of attitude or that sort of approach but are we still silent , what about with those with whom we have the right , because we 've created a relationship , because they know us and they 've seen us and they 've seen the experiences we 've gone through and they 've seen what god has done in our lives , what about with those people do we wait for others to do it , shifting the responsibility .
26 Saatchi brothers salaries have been cut by a half and they 've appointed a new man .
27 ‘ There was an apparition down that road two or three year 's ago , and they 've got a shrine there now .
28 Matthew ( 4.7 ) : These beads are cylinders and they 've got a hole right through them .
29 Those are called cubes and they 've got a hole as well .
30 They walk round from the school and they 've got a map of the places where the bombs dropped so
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