Example sentences of "they [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Only a few were dressed in European suits , but each of them cultivated a wispy goatee , the mark of the Annamite man of consequence . |
| 4 | The Minster had the gruffest basso but the others were undeterred and the whole tribe of them made a tremendous clangour . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Two senior research officers at the Home Office were also invited , and one of them made an excellent contribution . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The electrodes were so positioned that current flowing through them caused a particular pleasure . |
| 12 | With them came a small retinue of mainland filing clerks , bodyguards , etc. for whom well-furnished houses and flats were also purchased . |
| 13 | From behind them came an angry gasp and , as Robert quickly released her , Sophie saw Dawn , her green eyes blazing with fury . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ This is a matter of considerable significance to us as three of the five districts in West Yorkshire ( Bradford , Kirklees and Leeds Metropolitan Districts ) have between them received an annual average of about £10 million over the last five years — a substantial figure . |
| 16 | The pair of them added a fair number of crashes to the record that year and when both Hunt and Horsley crashed at Brands Hatch ( Hunt made it a double by crashing his Mini on the way home ! ) |
| 17 | The look that passed between them showed a certain amount of respect but a little mistrust as well . |
| 18 | She was evidently an old acquaintance of Madame Gebrec , who addressed her as Huguette and made solicitous enquiries about her varicose veins before the two of them began a lively discussion of the menu . |
| 19 | MANILA ( AP ) — Ferdinand Marcos ' followers petitioned the Philippine Supreme Court to allow the late president 's body to be returned from Hawaii , and one of them threatened a huge protest if the tribunal turned them down . |
| 20 | It makes a good spawning medium , my fish spawned this spring and none of them lost a single scale . |
| 21 | One of them saw a tarnished wristwatch lying on the beach and decided to play a practical joke . |
| 22 | Instead , most of them saw a steady confirmation of their existing position . |
| 23 | For [ fa ] some of them felt a strong shock just at my thinking of tackling the subject of the sense of humour of the Prophet Muhammad and the holy imams of Islam and advised me to confine my research to modern times . |
| 24 | Immediately below them lay a wide pool and here the water was almost still . |
| 25 | Balancing between them took a great deal of agility . |
| 26 | Both of them took an active part in the artistic life of the community , pioneering clubs and founding exhibition societies . |
| 27 | The Regent diamond of 410 carats recovered from Golconda in 1701 was soon acquired by Governor Pitt , grandfather and great-grandfather of men who between them despoiled a great part of the French empire . |
| 28 | When they disappeared he turned his attention to a couple of girls who were laughing and giggling as they flung an orange frisbee at each other . |
| 29 | Nonetheless , they also found that the professional newcomers to the area were often upset by the environmental consequences of modern farming ( see Chapters 8 and 9 ) and since they lacked a rural power base they formed environmental pressure groups to protest against the farmers , thus creating a new form of social division in the rural community . |
| 30 | Central government was felt to be too remote from the people ; they lacked a sufficient sense of participation in its affairs and were beset by a sense of unresolved grievance . |