Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adj] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the intense heat of the day most of them fell silent and withdrew into the gum trees , where they disappeared as if by magic among the bright green leaves . |
| 2 | They creaked awake and set to rousing the fire and cooking breakfast , the Hearthwares cursing the chill weight of their armour , hopping up and down to get the blood moving through their limbs . |
| 3 | Nowadays the rich snort coke ; in those days they got drunk and had orgies . ’ |
| 4 | They got drunk and tried to carry off the women , and were fought off by the bridegroom with his Lapiths and his bosom-friend , the Athenian Theseus . |
| 5 | The pearls were artificial and when the string broke they got scattered and lost and forgotten about . |
| 6 | They got cracking and built him a cart |
| 7 | During the next 12 hours observations of Mr Reynolds ' vital signs were gradually reduced in frequency as they became stable and returned almost to pre-operative levels . |
| 8 | ‘ By the time they became suspicious and went into the warehouse , the defendant had gone . ’ |
| 9 | Although a minority of the group succeeded in finding jobs , these did not last long , and , like the rest of this group , who remained unemployed , they became frustrated and disillusioned by the difficulties they experienced in finding employment and by the attitude of employers to older workers . |
| 10 | The designer , Sandy Powell , has known Anderson since their first day at St Martin 's when they played truant and headed off to the pub after about 15 minutes . |
| 11 | They seemed surprised and told him that they had been burning their rubber boots . |
| 12 | The four set off along Brunel Road , following the tunnel wall until they passed the Labour Exchange then they veered left and picked up the road which ran alongside the river . |
| 13 | They arrived breathless and slid into their places , faces down , not wanting to attract attention . |
| 14 | They turned nomadic and mingled with the nomads of the Sudan , where they were to consider building a further house and perhaps settling down . |
| 15 | But they turned nasty and backed down . |
| 16 | Recently he played an outdoor show for 6,000 bikers in America and when he struck the opening chords of Vincent they turned tearful and sang along . |
| 17 | Group 3 had cleared Maaloy and sent a party of sappers , men of 6 Commando attached to ‘ No.3 ’ for this raid , over to Mortenes on the east shore of the fjord , where they landed unopposed and destroyed a fish processing factory . |
| 18 | The emigration of Madeirans to far-flung places , where they worked hard and sent back funds to support their families in the island , is almost as old as the colonization of the island itself . |
| 19 | They needed little and carried little . |
| 20 | Added to this , many of the firms do not even want to become big ; they started small and like it that way . |
| 21 | They started early and worked late , but they took an hour and a half for lunch . |
| 22 | They felt nervous and compromised . |
| 23 | They felt hungry and sat down to eat the bread and cheese from Allen 's wallet . |
| 24 | Most respondents said they felt secure and expressed a good deal of confidence that we would act calmly in an incident . |
| 25 | They felt safe and protected when they studied . |
| 26 | According to the spokesman the " law-breakers " were released " because they pleaded guilty and showed repentance " . |
| 27 | But they used to break 'em in ; and that 's funny , the bullocks knew ; they knew cuppy and wheesh just like a horse . |
| 28 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 29 | They enjoyed huge success from ‘ 63 to ‘ 68 , not only because of the Ventures connection but also because they looked cool and had great-sounding handwound Alnico pickups ( Moseley purposely slanted his rhythm pickups to help balance out the treble and bass response ) . |
| 30 | Ten years ago there was Duran Duran , Spandau Ballet , OK they looked daft and camped it up , but people wanted to talk to them , wanted to see them . |