Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 2 | So far radicalism both in defining lawyers as controllers of individual clients and in defining them as controllers because of the ideological discourse which they sell has reached a position from which only negative statements can be made : lawyers do n't help , they control ; professionalism does not protect clients , it defeats them . |
| 3 | During their travels they appear to have developed a black variety which became extremely popular , perhaps because its natural nocturnal camouflage assisted it to become a more efficient mouser and ratter . |
| 4 | So what a monumental shock to find that with ‘ Ultra Violet ’ they appear to have undergone a massive personality switch and , hey presto ! |
| 5 | ‘ But they appear to have got a bit lax on ( a ) . ’ |
| 6 | As for those countries who live under a non-religious dictatorship and are officially atheist , they appear to have learned a few things from the Inquisition . |
| 7 | They appear to have spent a lot of their lives in England , although they have connections in Waterford . |
| 8 | Nowell and Penny recommend the Angel in Stoke-by-Nayland which they say has become a favourite with visitors , and the Terrace Restaurant which provides a sophisticated atmosphere . |
| 9 | They seemed to have reached a point of no return some time ago . ’ |
| 10 | Only three days and they seemed to have travelled a great distance . |
| 11 | His meticulous performance slightly surprised her ; there had been moments when they seemed to have achieved a more casual contact , and he could n't be still trying to impress . |
| 12 | After they 'd decided to restore a 200-year-old country cottage on the outskirts of Stroud , Gloucester , housewife Amanda Rawson and her husband scouted around auction rooms looking for furniture to suit it . |
| 13 | Oh they would just tell you some extraordinary story they 'd seen They 'd heard Seen a ghost or heard a ghost or a something . |
| 14 | They 'd meant to get a little fucked up . |
| 15 | She 'd seen the same thing happen to too many others in the music business , not because they 'd tried and failed to be carbon copies of Aurora Blake , but simply because they 'd tried to force a talent they simply did n't possess . |
| 16 | In the 80s , they seem to have made a recovery . |
| 17 | They seem to want to get a snap of me rather than you at the moment , ’ and she said , ‘ Oh , I 've had my innings and it 's been a good innings . ’ |
| 18 | Chadian forces had previously mounted an attack on a rebel base near Kutum , 200 km inside Sudan , on Oct. 16 , and on Nov. 13-14 they claimed to have destroyed a second base at Inosorro . |
| 19 | The model which they developed has become a valued tool of analysis in both academic and professional circles . |
| 20 | In America a law that forces companies to measure and disclose all the toxic waste they produce has had a significant effect . |
| 21 | I have friends who are magistrates and I know they feel tempted to give a fine or bail , when they should be giving a prison sentence . |
| 22 | ( The adult readers might like to list those books , and other reading matter , for which they have a particular affection or which they feel have made a contribution to their lives , and then check to see how many of them would be considered to be of the highest literary worth . ) |
| 23 | It was Owens who added the emotional element to Fingers Inc , but he and partners , Larry Heard and Ron Wilson , could only watch as the innovations they brought to house became a saleable commodity 18 months after business problems forced the group to disband . |
| 24 | They claim to have discovered a close relationship between the rate of growth in Gross National Product and the type of college education favoured by Britain 's economic competitors , arguing that the nations that prosper most are those that prepare their students best for the " enterprise culture " of the late twentieth century . |
| 25 | If they felt compelled to pick a popular musician , then why was it not Eric Clapton , who is by far the most elegantly-tailored gentleman in rock ? |
| 26 | The East End they knew has changed a great deal . |
| 27 | I ca n't imagine how , given their circumstances , but they did manage to afford a week 's honeymoon by the sea in Morecombe. a whole week to themselves . |
| 28 | The claws on the crane did n't seem to close properly so that , even if they did manage to get a grip on a tube of sweets or a pink plastic comb , the prizes always slipped out again as soon as the crane started to lift them . |
| 29 | But they did serve to give a contemporary use for the institutions of statelessness and therefore , perhaps , to reinforce the image with fibres of relevance . |
| 30 | The Model Rules did not prove influential in practice , but they did serve to establish a commitment on the part of the Committee to a comprehensive approach covering criminal as well as civil matters . |