Example sentences of "they [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derry were the better side at Gortakeegan for the first minutes they squandered several chances to kill off newcomers Monaghan and paid the penalty when the home side clawed their way back to force an equaliser . |
| 2 | Their attention wandered and they lacked any discipline to learn . ’ |
| 3 | Gradual encroachment by landowners stealing a few feet whenever they cultivated adjacent fields had severely reduced the width of the original ‘ cordons sanitaire ’ . |
| 4 | Oh look at that one they got arrows an they got two arrows facing one another . |
| 5 | Using samplers , slowed-down tapes , echo-box , fuzz , wah wah , bullhorns , saws , car doors ( from which they got slowed-down squeaking sounds ) , and tapes of cattle lowing , they plumbed new depths of the bass-spectrum , new limits in the degradation and deterioration of sound . |
| 6 | Many feel that so called rebel tours such as the one lead by Mike Gatting in 1982 did more harm than good.Cricketers were accused of sacrificing sport and principles chasing sizeable pay cheques and on their return were unrepentant even when they got three year bans from international cricket . |
| 7 | That 's when you know they got more crime committed round and Valley then , cos there was a lot more kids up there . |
| 8 | And they got the survey going , and they got enough people to volunteer to go round and interviewing people living in the flats , to get all the information that was required . |
| 9 | They planned each meeting to last an hour normally , and having gathered the information the team withdrew separately to ask themselves ‘ Why is this a problem now ? ’ |
| 10 | Shareholders , banks and so on do not necessarily tightly constrain managers essentially because they lack enough information to do so , and this is either a result of some problem in the market for information ( e. |
| 11 | These sentences seem unnatural perhaps because they lack short words like in and the and because consequently their rhythmic foot structure is irregular . |
| 12 | The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family . |
| 13 | Indeed , montage plays a crucial role in enriching the reader 's view of reality , for narrative units are arranged in such a way as to create an interplay , so that they bring fresh perspectives to bear on one another and are mutually illuminating . |
| 14 | They sell small packets wrapped in white paper , tied with cotton . |
| 15 | Shop owners have been warned that they could face jail sentences if they sell second-hand furniture filled with a highly dangerous type of foam . |
| 16 | A statement issued today said they regret any offence caused by the Magpie Column . |
| 17 | They agreed that assistance provided by the " Group of 24 " industrialized countries ( from which only Poland and Hungary currently benefited — see pp. 36802 ; 36961 ) , ought to be extended to Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , East Germany , Romania , and Yugoslavia . |
| 18 | They agreed that action to attract more foreign investment to the east should include a reliable legal framework to protect investment and private property , proper banking systems , rules on responsibility for environmental damage , and clear contract laws . |
| 19 | Small companies combined to survive until they became vast conglomerates squeezing out the smaller shops . |
| 20 | However , they made various sorties to test Great Britain 's coastal defences : as early as 1914 , German squadrons had bombarded the Norfolk coast and , farther north , Scarborough and Whitby in Yorkshire . |
| 21 | They made sure children got safely on to the chairlift and picked them up and dusted them down if they fell . |
| 22 | ‘ They are enchanted by him , and that is why they made special arrangements to bring him home to the United States . ’ |
| 23 | United though were their own worst enemies … they made enough chances to win but then went and missed them |
| 24 | United though were their own worst enemies … they made enough chances to win but then went and missed them |
| 25 | The audition which is the additional item includes moves at Policy and Resources Committee that they asked all committees to expose further reductions if possible to help close this gap of six hundred and seventy one thousand pounds . |
| 26 | But today they asked regular shoppers to think back exactly one week , and some replies have been helpful . |
| 27 | They passed other barges carrying heaps of peat , or bullrushes from the marshes . |
| 28 | They wasted precious minutes trying to catch the dog . |
| 29 | Er er and that they sit two hours doing e and exam you know for somebody who can watch at all . |
| 30 | They may all start off the same , but the principle of organization is inexorable and they develop specialized functions according to the needs of the whole . |