Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | League high-flyers Academicals lost 3-2 at Old Xaverians and Cabin came unstuck when they failed to convert two penalties in a 2-0 setback at St. Aloysius . |
| 2 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 3 | They produced fry two days later which were born during the afternoon . |
| 4 | They recommended using three modes , as in CSE , and a single grading system , though with special papers in some subjects for pupils of low or high ability . |
| 5 | Together they helped attract 25,000 visitors last year . |
| 6 | They helped move three-and-a-half tons of soil into the garden . |
| 7 | They promised to drive two riders through twelve hoops of blazing straw . |
| 8 | They tried having two machines but never had enough laundry to justify running them both . |
| 9 | On 11 March 1772 , two weeks after the society had its first meeting on 23 February , they reported discharging five debtors from the Marshalsea Prison in Southwark — the biggest debt was £2 5s 8d — two from the Poultry Compter ( biggest debt £6 18s 5d ) ; one from the Kings Bench Prison ; five from the Borough Compter ; four from the Wood Street Compter ; three from Whitechapel Prison ; five from Newgate Prison ; and one from the New Gaol in Whitecross Street , Southwark . |
| 10 | said to me about Pauline 's kids her three lads , not the baby like the two lads she said , oh she said er they came to play one night , or they came for tea or something and she goes to work at night you know , she said Paul was looking after them and she said , he said you could hear all this banging up and down the stairs , he said , bloody hell he said they were going mad , and I thought that 's what Tom and Hannah do when they come here , I said your two bang up and down like bloody anything I said that 's normal , you know for kids . |
| 11 | At St Martin 's School of Art , where they 'd met three years previously , they had already decided to make themselves the subject of their art . |
| 12 | They were turned down at the one where they were married and christened because they 'd moved five miles outside the parish . |
| 13 | They 'd made thirty-five pence last year , she said , which was considered good . |
| 14 | and the two court orders , they , they 'd had one court one cheque and one for the other |
| 15 | Just before the men were shot — they 'd had two weeks inside so their beards had taken on something of the authentic rag-tag FAKINTIL glory , as opposed to the clean-shaven image they had presented in their neat malai-issue camos — one shouted out the name of Osvaldo . |
| 16 | Did I tell me when we got up to erm Newcastle we turned on the local news , they 'd had five inches of rain which is a winter 's rain in four days . |
| 17 | Three girls , see you 're lucky really cos if they 'd had three boys an i , in a few times , you know , ten years time like , they 'd have all , the boys would of been growing up and they 'd have had cars stuck everywhere , you know what I mean ? |
| 18 | Well , he was talk we were talking about the rave and th what was wrong with it and he was saying basically it was they 'd got four DJs who were all techno and they were like brilliant ! |
| 19 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 20 | They 'd paid 98 pounds for travel insurance , but now they 've learnt that the travel agent failed to pass the premium on to the insurance company and they 're not entitled to a refund . |
| 21 | They began farming three years ago , when loans were easy to get and their bank was happy to lend them all they needed . |
| 22 | contribution will have been abolished , those on income support will still receive that extra money , which they started to receive two years ago ? |
| 23 | They decided to appoint eight constables and give each area , one constable , or devote one constable to each area . |
| 24 | They decided to put five pounds a week into a fund from their dole giros . |
| 25 | When they went to investigate two men confronted them . |
| 26 | They were able to surprise Israel Hands and the other men , and they managed to persuade one man , Abraham Gray , to join us again . ’ |
| 27 | Two of these halves on a turtle design erm er the door had two halves but they managed to put one part like that , cut |
| 28 | There they managed to capture two Germans who had stopped their lorry for a rest , and obtained a jerrycan full of water . |
| 29 | They managed to average 28 mph ; that 's some going , down the hill towards Welland they touched 60 , up the hill into Great Malvern it was down to a running pace . |
| 30 | Thus we can see how the social policies of Italian Fascism failed to meat its objective of creating a classless society enough they did change one nature of the state and politics . |