Example sentences of "they [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white .
2 But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common .
3 None of them shared the icy restraint of the last letter .
4 Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did .
5 As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment .
6 Behind them hulked the great mass of Shunner Fell below the flanks of which the Butter Tubs Pass wormed its way over into Wensleydale .
7 On our first visit I was left standing by these youngsters as one of them unearthed a good bag of finds ranging from Roman through to Georgian .
8 Only a few were dressed in European suits , but each of them cultivated a wispy goatee , the mark of the Annamite man of consequence .
9 The Minster had the gruffest basso but the others were undeterred and the whole tribe of them made a tremendous clangour .
10 Foreigners always find that a difficult process — in fact only one of them made a real success of it — and Disraeli possessed what Ezra had been denied — the elasticity and toughness of a good Jew .
11 After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down .
12 None of them made a special selection of materials suitable for the peasantry , so the few books that were dispatched were often too dry or too expensive .
13 But the flow of immigrants went on , with very little space to receive the new settlers , so in 1628 some of them made the easy move from St. Kitts to Nevis , and a couple of years later made a slightly longer move and occupied the islands of Antigua and Monserrat , laying the foundations of English settlement in the Leeward Islands .
14 Oxford United 's fans , more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team .
15 She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still .
16 Two senior research officers at the Home Office were also invited , and one of them made an excellent contribution .
17 Now we do n't need so many generals and governors , they let some of them read a few books .
18 A Radio 5 spokesperson said : ‘ The internal report made a number of suggestions for restructuring network radio and only one of them involved a major change to Radio 5 .
19 ‘ My guess is that one of them found the other end of the conduit , maybe the Fax machine at Pegasus or evidence of Cawthorne acting on information he should n't have had .
20 Starting with William Morris in the 1870s , a group of them found the medieval setting , craft traditions and stunning landsacapes they wanted in which to work .
21 As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment .
22 Below : The Nfis Slabs — descending them posed a few problems ( photos by the author ) .
23 Above them rose the poor fields , littered with rock and gorse , the lower slopes of the mountain .
24 It was not known how many of them caught the connecting flight to Katmandu .
25 The electrodes were so positioned that current flowing through them caused a particular pleasure .
26 Yesterday , two of them told The Northern Dr Clarke had not mentioned he was standing for the BNP , and that they would not have signed had he said so .
27 With them came a small retinue of mainland filing clerks , bodyguards , etc. for whom well-furnished houses and flats were also purchased .
28 From behind them came an angry gasp and , as Robert quickly released her , Sophie saw Dawn , her green eyes blazing with fury .
29 Behind them came the fat boy in glasses from Cranborne School .
30 Linda Bloomfield , chief executive of Merseyside TEC , said : ‘ Businessmen 's time is in short supply so taking the show to them seemed a logical idea . ’
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