Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then two older boys came along on bikes and one of them went off to get help . ’ |
| 2 | At the June elections , for the first time ever , they got together to block roads and occupy sites , demanding more land , and money for bilingual education . |
| 3 | In extreme cases they became simply receiving institutions for classes of paupers with little hope . |
| 4 | DERRY City recorded their first win in four competitive games when they defeated newly promoted Monaghan United at the Brandywell last night to qualify for a quarter-final League Cup clash with Waterford United . |
| 5 | In 1938 they moved in to take control of Denham Studios . |
| 6 | Our they 'll want to forget that the Tories programme and policies , they lied about taxes they promised not to extend V A T they lied about protecting the value of pensions well I hope the people who get the eight four P and the one twenty , the one 's that the old dears will remember that because that 's what they will be getting . |
| 7 | Then of course , then when they the kids went up , did n't know where they were going , and the parents did n't know but they found new found freedom because all the bloody kids had gone to the countryside |
| 8 | He might just as well not have bothered , for it was there still , it would be there for ever , unless one day they found how to cut memory out of the brain with a scalpel . |
| 9 | Miss Jeanette told how in the early hours of that day she had gone with Nichol to a nearby beauty spot and they tried unsuccessfully to have sex . |
| 10 | Childebert I and Chlothar I ensured that Chlodomer 's sons did not succeed their father , and they tried hard to exclude Theudebert I from the throne . |
| 11 | Thorpe B are already relegated , but they played well to hold Jaywick A to a draw , Tony Bull taking a maximum three , and Robin Rush chipping in with a good win over Doug Green . |
| 12 | They came up to view Heidi 's riding display then I went back with them and Vicki and Malcolm diverted from Barford on the Sunday where they 'd been for lunch and picked me up Sunday afternoon the sort of following weekend . |
| 13 | They came down to buy sugar , flour , saltfish or candy from Nana , to collect letters and exchange gossip . |
| 14 | as if they 'd just discovered immortality to be |
| 15 | Most corporate buyers we spoke to agreed that B A's doing deals much like those from other airlines , indeed Merrel-Lynch said they 'd just dropped B A having got a better deal elsewhere . |
| 16 | The penalty seemed pretty clear-cut and it was a stroke of luck that they 'd just substituted Fashanu as he is their usual penalty taker ( pretty reliable from what I can recall ) . |
| 17 | They 'd even planted seeds , which had n't grown . |
| 18 | And their odd jobs , they 'd probably got men in their own factory to do it , but no they sent them to Dick and I er used to oblige . |
| 19 | Indeed did n't some of those unfortunate Micks you buggers kept framing get done for handling gelignite when they 'd only played cards or struck matches or something ? ’ |
| 20 | They 'd all got loads of money . |
| 21 | Crushes were all very well , they 'd all had crushes since they were seven , but Sam was nearly seventeen , and Camille could see her childhood slipping away . |
| 22 | They 'd all had kids before . |
| 23 | And they 'd definitely made progress . |
| 24 | They 'd always had secrets , those two . |
| 25 | I never would have credited that people would talk about these illusions as if they 'd really taken place . ’ |
| 26 | But these scabs went back and made slates , and there was erm two officials there , they they 'd never made slate when we were working up there . |
| 27 | A cluster of keys which they 'd never found doors to fit ; instruction documents for a blender he 'd burned out making midnight margaritas ; a plastic bottle of massage oil . |
| 28 | The fate of the company is not recorded except like BMK they reverted back to carpet manufacturing as soon as possible after the war ended . |
| 29 | They poured in to watch Will Carling and his men preparing for the big match … in Cardiff its England against Wales … at Gloucester they were only warming up … |
| 30 | This is exactly the system which many teacher-librarians and resource centre directors in Great Britain adopted for reprographic and audiovisual materials when they began consciously organizing resource collections ( rather than " libraries " ) in the late 19605 and early 19705 . |