Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the school , how many of them got in at Sound of Music out of those hundred kids ? |
| 2 | Canvas covered and drawn by up to eight horses , most of them moved along at walking pace , but some lighter vans or " fly wagons " with more regular change of horses were faster . |
| 3 | The girl 's parents had arranged a surprise pre-wedding party for friends and relatives , with the vicar who was to marry them invited along as guest of honour . |
| 4 | Something similar and er they came up to the , the great Pacific engines that came on and they , two of them came down in front of the stage , two of them were just a little bit higher up , and on the stage itself , there were scenes done like the hall in the Grand Central Station , New York and er they were , it was either the Ink Spots or some of these dancers that gave a performance , and it was so well put on that you could n't help being impressed by |
| 5 | ‘ Then one of them flew up in front of us . |
| 6 | They reckon that dubbing French dialogue on to the kids ' favourite soaps will keep them switched on in class . |
| 7 | That evening the three of them went out to dinner , and they got on . |
| 8 | After the second house the two of them went out to supper . |
| 9 | ‘ What are you going to do today ? ’ he enquired , joining her at the table as without further ceremony they got on with breakfast . |
| 10 | Yes , steam then they got over to diesel . |
| 11 | On the summer 's day that Michael Caine was being interviewed , he and the researcher sat and watched Wimbledon on the telly together for an hour or so before they got down to work . |
| 12 | Legging it , they got down behind cover just as the last second ran out . |
| 13 | should have gone soon as they got out of work . |
| 14 | They got out of step when I accelerated hard , remember ? |
| 15 | He would go and see him as soon as they got back to school and tell him everything that had happened since he had come to the school . |
| 16 | The New Democracy conservatives , though they were alarmingly slow to tackle the budget deficit when they got back to power , did eventually do something stern , and are still resisting the temptation to relax again . |
| 17 | The Tories cut it as soon as they got back in power . |
| 18 | The bells continued their argument , one of the chimes being now somewhat behind the others and lacking its tenor , but gradually they tailed off into silence . |
| 19 | Michael and Denny also look after the gardens they laid out in front of the old house and the walled garden beside the clockhouse . |
| 20 | Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge . |
| 21 | They rode off at dawn . |
| 22 | They made off with hi-fi equipment , three cameras , two antique clocks , china and an anorak worth a total of £1,500 from a house at Easby . |
| 23 | They made off with hi-fi equipment , three cameras , two antique clocks , china and an anorak worth a total of £1,500 from a house at Easby . |
| 24 | When they passed out of sight , he started his engine and backed out of the parking place . |
| 25 | Looking up to the blue sky , she watched the many birds flying overhead , chattering and screaming as they passed out of sight . |
| 26 | The smaller one seemed to find it necessary to raise her voice , so that Rupert heard a sentence of their conversation before they passed out of earshot . |
| 27 | Why were n't they ruled out of order before they transgressed ? |
| 28 | This phenomenon they used to their advantage by constructing net traps at such points which caught the confused fowl as they fluttered down to Earth . |
| 29 | I , I did do years gone by yes and they , they did move into the football combination at one time , because it was considered that the Midland Intermediate League was too big a jump for young men into the first team and the difference was so vast in the type of football that Walsall second team they u only playing young fellas , and they used to win seven and eight goal margins every week you know , but then they moved up into combination that was a better standard of football , but latter years economy drives and everything they came back out of the combination reverted to the Midland Intermediate again which I believe there are two phases of that no one for s older players and the other one strictly for youth players |
| 30 | They moved out of sight . |