Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leek Town 1 Southport 0 : The Sandgrounders ' 20 match unbeaten run came to an end as they failed to score in the HFS League for the first time this season . |
| 2 | The twelve environment ministers of the European Community have agreed that market forces can and should be used to environmental ends , but they failed to decide on the measures to be used or what the environmental ends should be . |
| 3 | This particular America 's cup bears no comparison to the trophy they failed to capture at The Belfry . |
| 4 | Commentators claimed that the UN would implement its threat of economic sanctions against the Khmers Rouges if they failed to comply with the deadline . |
| 5 | In those circumstances the plaintiffs were entitled to obtain possession of the premises unless they failed to comply with the terms of s.146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 6 | If the union struggle was to have any success it would need to have the complementary support of a political party , but as the ‘ parties ’ were preoccupied with the fight for short term gain and not permanent principles , they failed to capitalise on the situation . |
| 7 | In the light of our discussion in Chapter 2 , it could be argued that in so doing they failed to get to the root of the problem . |
| 8 | It was only 31 1/4 miles , with a branch of 6 1/4 to Kells , so they expected to finish within the day . |
| 9 | This book , therefore , is not only about how men and women in the nineteenth century faced the hour of death ; it is also about what they expected to encounter on the further shore . |
| 10 | This finally freed Raybestos to begin production , which they expected to start by the end of the month . |
| 11 | Moreover , in the national survey , almost 60% of those who responded did not expect to take part in further training and only 8% identified specific topics they expected to cover in the future . |
| 12 | But they got rid of the lot for a couple of Ford motor trucks , and William 's grandad with them . |
| 13 | Now you 're moving to Bilborough , you 're moving to Bilborough erm just say in five years time they got rid of the flats erm and they built houses on here on the site , would you move back ? |
| 14 | And er we were on that for about an hour or so and then they got rid of the the badly injured were taken off then and put on the Therris it 's support vessel that was Just happened to be there at the time . |
| 15 | The worst thing they ever did was on the leader page , the last one they got rid of the Extended Titling on . |
| 16 | ‘ People never remember what happened immediately before they got hit on the head , ’ Wexford said cheerfully , ‘ especially when their skulls are fractured . |
| 17 | Oh well , they got staying on the place and , oh that money never , er was never asked for money for . |
| 18 | and they got boring in the end cos they went on , you know about a bit too , you 've got to stop |
| 19 | By formally merging , companies could continue their old practices within the merged company and take their chance if they got investigated by the MMC . |
| 20 | Liverpool 's inexperience meant they got sucked into the type of game a more experienced side would never have got involved in . |
| 21 | Similar complaints were heard in the Church of England about the condition of curates during the nineteenth century , a time when what pay they got came from the parish priest under whom they served or whose place they took in the parish while he lived elsewhere . |
| 22 | As he touched it Ramlal imagined the great gleaming motor-pump that they planned to set on the river bank to irrigate their fields . |
| 23 | ‘ Mme Verard , ’ he wrote , ‘ for so they called her , in order to pay her that honour due to her staunchness and fidelity ( though the union had never been blessed in God 's sight ) , had heard among her people that they planned to fall upon the settlers and massacre them in their beds one moonlit night . |
| 24 | They were , however , guaranteed state immunity from any new charges after they agreed to co-operate with the government investigation . |
| 25 | The plaintiffs sued for the defendant 's failure to honour this promise and the defendant pleaded lack of consideration , the plaintiffs being already under a duty of delivery by the contract with A. The Court of Exchequer ( Martin and Wilde BB. ) found for the plaintiffs : Wilde B. thought that the plaintiffs might have found it advantageous not to comply with their contract with A so that their agreement with the defendant was a detriment to them ; in any event , they agreed to part with the cargo to the defendant which was a benefit to him . |
| 26 | They agreed to come to the negotiating table and Robert Carnwath , with their counsel , drafted terms of agreement under which a settlement could be worked out . |
| 27 | They agreed to concentrate on the under-age international sides and to the inauguration of a development squad . |
| 28 | He had raised his glass civilly enough in recognition of Vernon 's presence whenever their eyes had met across the floral displays , and he had always been very effusive if they chanced to meet in the queue for the cloakroom or on the pavement outside the State Restaurant , but he had held his distance in mixed company , had never introduced him , for instance , to Mrs Harcourt . |
| 29 | Old acquaintances would cut them dead when they chanced to meet in the Covered Market . |
| 30 | And apart from the giggles from the party frocked section of the audience , there was little background buzz from the children as they became enticed by the bizarre tale . |