Example sentences of "and they [vb past] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 23–4–1875 The attention of the Session was drawn to the desirability of having the children brought together on the Sabbath in a central place and they agreed to give the subject further consideration . |
| 2 | If the purpose of the march was to force the French to battle it failed ; Charles 's council debated whether to go on the offensive against Gaunt 's army , but in the event their belief in the military superiority of the English was still sufficiently strong to inhibit them from offering an open challenge , and they agreed to pursue the usual defensive tactics . |
| 3 | The district council were monitoring the situation and they hoped to see a satisfactory solution in the near future . |
| 4 | And then seagulls flew free , and a flock of sparrows , and they seemed to own the sky and not me . |
| 5 | ‘ I first saw his pictures during the punk period and they seemed to have a similar punch , a thriller realism . ’ |
| 6 | They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field . |
| 7 | By the end of April 1921 , the work was finished and they began to furnish the upstairs flat , mainly with items brought over from the house at Poplar , and to stock the shop with cameras , films and processing equipment . |
| 8 | Short 's position looked a little insecure but both players had only 10 minutes to make eight moves and they chose to repeat the position and agree a draw . |
| 9 | But er we got out eventually , and they managed to get a road through to us , and but er And er I remember another time where a bank came in and they were one man trapped in the far end and there were another man trapped on this end and my brother and me we we dug round to him , we got to him , we got him bared so far and what To his waist , and it was still bitting and we got hold of his belt , right , ready ? |
| 10 | Alfie Common scored a penalty at Bramall Lane , home of Sheffield United , to give Middlesbrough their first away win for two years and they managed to avoid the drop to the Second Division . |
| 11 | Hawkins collaborated with Fleischmann during the latter 's visits to Utah and they planned to extend the data samples to include rods of 8 mm up to 2 cm diameter . |
| 12 | Such cautionary tales lost nothing in the telling , and they served to elevate the power of the shrines of the saints , and also to protect and strengthen the right of asylum claimed for churches in Roman Law and in the Church canons . |
| 13 | When I came back to England I was very humbled really to erm because I arrived in Nepal three hours before that crash and erm a lot of people had thought I 'd died in that crash and erm the patients had thought I 'd died as well and they had to put a big notice outside to say that I 'd been alright , they had lots of people ringing up . |
| 14 | Because the governor 's palace was in a state of very sad repair and they had to put a new roof in it . |
| 15 | A CIA man rushed out and roared at them angrily , and they had to put the fire out . |
| 16 | At five o'clock three Corporation attendants with a policeman would turn everyone off the market ; and they had to take the cattle they had n't sold with them . |
| 17 | Muhammad al-Sharifi welcomed everyone present , and then explained the purpose of the gathering : the men from Zliten would arrive , and they had to decide the amount of compensation . |
| 18 | Some insisted that the reforms were naturally problematic and they had to support the Party in its efforts to modernise China . |
| 19 | When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed . |
| 20 | A lot of them brought bacon and eggs but you had to cook it and they had to leave the pans and things clean when they left — so it was always a rush job and all policemen suffered from bad stomachs . |
| 21 | But they did not know how happy until their life in London was over , and they had to live a very different life indeed . |
| 22 | The story goes that their car broke down on the way to Larne , and they had to hitch a ride to get to the boat on time . |
| 23 | Some practical joker rang up : said there was a gas leak , and they had to evacuate the house . ’ |
| 24 | Sir Richard said sportsmen had a tremendous impact on youngsters when it came to tobacco advertising and they had to set an example . |
| 25 | If anything had been brought in for you it had to be handed in at the screws ' table , and they had to sign the property book . |
| 26 | About thirty in each suite to differ and a master key and as I say there was five suites and they had to make a key that 'd open everyone of the fifty-five . |
| 27 | But the café , Lucy 's chosen place , was crowded and they had to share a table with the two cream blondes of the ski-tan variety , orange lipsticked , clad in cashmere . |
| 28 | I conceive they acted judicially , because they had to determine the offence , and they had to apportion the punishment as well as the remedy . |
| 29 | He arrived here very late , and they had to find a bunk for him on Rochester . |
| 30 | It was very , very difficult for them , they had to come and they had to find the , the actual crash , and it was an appalling position to get to , erm , the efficiency was splendid . |