Example sentences of "they [verb] they [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the borders opened up last year , they realised they had the worst . |
| 2 | On a promotional video interview , they say they consulted the ancient Chinese book the I-Ching to make this choice , but when I bring it up Kier gives another reason . |
| 3 | When they arrived they found the police already there' ( Labour Research , 1984 ) . |
| 4 | Once or twice they followed a track that simply petered out , as though it had never been ; but always , when they returned they found the path she should have chosen was the path the man with the staff had been down before them . |
| 5 | Men who can cling to overhanging rocks thousands of feet above their companions , men who climb into perilous situations in the knowledge they are inches from death , men who are strong enough and man enough to meet any physical challenge , these are the men who call for their mum when they find they left the jungle Formula back in the car . |
| 6 | And er little history of that , that was sunk by some Irishmen and they reckon they sank the iri they sank that pit without the aid of a plumb-bob. how true it is . |
| 7 | Everyone else was allowed a lot of latitude , particularly in sexual matters , and then just before they died they took the consolamentum which permitted them to enter the life of the spirit . ’ |
| 8 | Oh they did , they brought they brought the Americans in , yeah |
| 9 | Sometimes they pretend they did the murder when they did n't , so's to alarm people . |
| 10 | As they went they heard the clatter of feet in the porch of the church , and voices that spoke in reverent undertones , but not from awe of the holy place . |
| 11 | They they thought they had the right to boss you around . |
| 12 | They thought they saw the Lady Eleanor cloaked and hooded , but of course it was you . |
| 13 | Coming to a particular spot , she said ‘ Dig theear ’ , and when they did they found the stump of the old one . |
| 14 | The ramblers did it , the Newark ramblers , they did they did the one at the bottom of Lane . |
| 15 | Er they did they did the sales pitch to and then management came back and said , well we need automatic loading and modifications to it . |
| 16 | I continued to call and they said they had the matter in hand , but I must be patient and understand that the pressure of business was overwhelming . |
| 17 | In addition , they said they appreciated the sense of acceptance , trust and understanding that emerged in the group . |
| 18 | Do you remember that as being a Oh aye , aye well you see they had they had the mail service here before the war . |
| 19 | I mean they , they were exploiting or they had they had the potential exploit more countries than Russia did . |
| 20 | Before they left they blasted the Government for demolishing more than 400,000 jobs in the industry in three years . |
| 21 | As soon as they see they got the microphone they go |