Example sentences of "they had [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point was to fire fast to persuade the French that they had run into a strong picquet line . |
| 2 | They had run into a few mobs of scuffling Haitians , but fortunately , they were mostly without firearms and so the Doctor and Howard had been able to drive through them , sending the mobs scurrying out of their way . |
| 3 | They slowed to give themselves a respite but realized in the succeeding moment that they had run into a dead end . |
| 4 | In origin these were scraps of waste wood for fuel , and by the mid seventeenth century they had grown into a form of wage supplementation . |
| 5 | The Tree Spirits were discernible now ; it was as if they had broken through a thick veil , through a smothering black curtain , and they were recognisable as distinct forms , moving slowly in and out of the forest . |
| 6 | She was brutally assaulted by her brother 's friends , as they had turned into a frenzied mob . |
| 7 | The van jerked forward but he managed to keep the engine from stalling and within seconds they had turned into a sharp bend and the grotesque crater was no longer visible in the rear view mirror . |
| 8 | Instead , they had stumbled into a veritable snake pit . ) |
| 9 | Arthur found the reasons for this unfathomable , but took it that they had to do with a comparison to his own looks . |
| 10 | With all the technological genius that can be raised in the USA to produce a B-1 supersonic bomber , they had to settle for a cruising speed of 1.25 times the speed of sound while the routine Concorde bus service across the Atlantic ticks over steadily at fully twice the speed of sound — and anyone who can afford to buy a ticket can experience it . |
| 11 | In May 1952 an Equalisation of Burdens Act provided compensation payments to refugees for the losses they had suffered as a result of the war . |
| 12 | He said he was very heartened to hear the comments of those taking part ; all felt they had to finish as a matter of pride — they do not give up easily in Gawthorpe . |
| 13 | Wigan began so explosively that they had raced into a 34–0 lead within a mere 20 minutes as they ran in six memorable tries . |
| 14 | The two told how Pringle had called for Jason at his home in Geneva Road , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon and they had gone for a ride around in a van . |
| 15 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
| 16 | The money he gave them they had meant to use for the Greek trip but it was more than they expected and they had gone on a shopping , then a drinking , spree with it . |
| 17 | Her brother Mr Bhatti , of Lawrence Street , Dundee , told Lord Osborne that under their faith a couple were not considered to be married until they had gone through a religious ceremony before a Mullah . |
| 18 | They had gone into a huddle , obviously discussing their captives . |
| 19 | Before you could say Maradona , Boss Man had won and they had gone in a puff of Deep Heat vapour . |
| 20 | Meredith , trying to use her bump of direction thought they had gone in a circle and as far as she could tell through teeming rain and darkness , were in the middle of the open moor or common . |
| 21 | interview , that we did n't have erm much sort of inroads with the the young Caribbean community or the Rastafarian community , but erm you know I have spoken to one or two , and I remember speaking to one who said , that they had gone after a warehouse somewhere . |
| 22 | They had floated into a dream world of their own , and Lucy 's pulses were racing as she waited to be told he loved her . |
| 23 | But in the end they had to rely on a Tottenham error for a glimmer of home . |
| 24 | They need her for longer , but there 's no money available ; because of a shortage of funds , they had to rely on a charity to provide a … until they had pit he was in hospital with a chest infection every 2 weeks . |
| 25 | Finally , on Saturday 23 June , the Wordsworths left Alfoxden , and went for the last time down the wooded lane through the deer park , past the beech trees and hollies where , on a day in March , they had sheltered from a hail storm , past Christopher Tricky 's hovel near the dog pound , and past the ‘ loud Waterfall ’ , whose sound would always echo in their memories . |
| 26 | They had to go through a lot of blocks . |
| 27 | They had to go through a long interrogation , and their answers were not found to be satisfactory . |
| 28 | That 's right they had to go on a rota . |
| 29 | And they had to go in a do some fighting . |
| 30 | They had not gone far , when they had stepped into a small clearing . |