Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you got the bottles did they have to be cleaned ? |
| 2 | Now , Professor , can you think very carefully about those noises … which side of the corridor did they seem to be coming from ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Where the devil did they come from at this time in the morning ? |
| 4 | Erm you know the Keens did they go ? |
| 5 | How high up the ladder did they go ? ’ |
| 6 | What the hell did they call it ? |
| 7 | Well how the hell did they find out about it then ? |
| 8 | I felt sorry for Wales , but why the hell did they let Bodin take the penalty . |
| 9 | ‘ How the hell did they get to England ? ’ the Exec Director had asked him on the phone . |
| 10 | I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid . |
| 11 | ‘ What the hell did they have to do that for ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Were they just staying in their cabins , working in isolation and without equipment , which does n't seem likely , or what other part of the ship did they meet in ? ’ |
| 13 | What image of Tanzania and the world did they present to their audience ? |
| 14 | Only once in the century did they fail to return a Bridgewater candidate to Parliament . |
| 15 | Whereabout in the glen did they camp ? |
| 16 | Why the 'ell did they let it happen ! |