Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did no one raise the alarm when they failed to arrive at Charmouth ? |
| 2 | The Scots have four decent locks , although they failed to cope with John Eales ; but remember he is the best lock in the world . |
| 3 | In the abstract the Free City arrangements might have worked , but they failed to take into account the hostilities they provoked ; failed to take into account the fears and prejudices unleashed by the sudden alteration of patterns of trade and allegiance ; and failed to take into account the long years of humiliating Polish partition , Prussian Polenpolitik and the rise of revolutionary Russia . |
| 4 | And they could have continued to pay £1 a year for the next 21 years but it is claimed that they failed to act in time . |
| 5 | They lay gasping for breath behind some wooden benches . |
| 6 | In fact they expected to meet with USL chairman Bob Kavner and lay their money on the table the week before Christmas , only to be caught off guard by the Novell announcement . |
| 7 | She knows the woman who cleans for the Sheldrake practice , and the other day , while waiting in the bus shelter , they got talking about Dawn and Robert . |
| 8 | They a they 'll have the other two , they got told in advance but this one , she never . |
| 9 | At a larger distance , none the less , a pattern of partial unity of purpose grows faintly visible , and the old romancers and young realists of post-war Britain by now look one in what they denied and defied , even if they remain opposed in style and in the positives of dogmatic faith . |
| 10 | Like a city buried by a volcano , they remain frozen in time , untouched by the change , decay and renewal which constantly alter the structures of our conscious mental life . |
| 11 | Prior to AD 625 the coins are found mainly in Kent and the upper Thames valley ; afterwards they are found spread over a wider area as far afield as Ireland , Scotland , Derbyshire and Yorkshire , although they remain concentrated in south-east England . |
| 12 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
| 13 | They agreed to extend to Gibraltar a 1985 Anglo-Spanish extradition treaty [ see p. 34179 ] , a 1989 agreement on the prevention and suppression of illegal drug trafficking , and an agreement on customs co-operation . |
| 14 | They agreed to return to work but under protest at the wage freeze and benefits cuts . |
| 15 | Kenjayev resigned both as Chair of the Supreme Soviet and as Presidium member on April 22 on the release by the opposition of 16 deputies and two deputy ministers whom it had taken hostage on April 21 ( having issued an ultimatum ) ; they were released when they agreed to press for Kenjayev 's resignation . |
| 16 | Mahmoud had a case that morning in the Mixed Tribunals and Owen wanted to send a letter to England so they agreed to meet at noon at the Post Office . |
| 17 | The tacit threat of having their operating licences removed was required before they agreed to cooperate with GCCS and let it see their messages each day . |
| 18 | They became engaged in England and next year Miss Brooke set out for New York chaperoned by her brother Edgar , a solicitor . |
| 19 | In the Ordovician and Silurian periods they became adapted to life in most marine environments , but were particularly numerous in shallow water habitats , in some cases forming whole banks , as mussels do today . |
| 20 | Some stayed and , ruled by Torcoth , they became known as Turks , while others followed Francio to the Rhine , where they became known as Franks . |
| 21 | Some stayed and , ruled by Torcoth , they became known as Turks , while others followed Francio to the Rhine , where they became known as Franks . |
| 22 | Since , according to the group — ‘ the Sits ’ as they became labelled in Britain — the problems of production had been solved , the question was one of consumption . |
| 23 | Incarcerated in Terry 's room , they made do with sandwiches for dinner , and endless cups of tea . |
| 24 | In order to help us I think in our discussions , it seems to me that , I think we ought to write formally to the County Council and to the District Council actually asking them for more details of their consideration for what they intend to do about parishes . |
| 25 | I think in order to support our our response to the Royal Commission , which is imminent , the County Council and the District Council must now have had firm ideas on what they intend to do with parishes . |
| 26 | The report might contain some nasty shocks , so the formula to be used by both sides is to agree to disclose reports upon which they intend to rely at trial . |
| 27 | Ministers will clash over how far they intend to pay for capital spending projects by freezing the pay of public sector workers like teachers , nurses and doctors , or limiting rises to two per cent . |
| 28 | She said , well why do they want to live in Exeter particularly ? |
| 29 | But they did n't , so why did they want to come to Britain ? |
| 30 | I did n't know that they produced according to peak |