Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There , they proceeded to genetically engineer all of Earth 's large-brained mammals — primates , dolphins and whales — which the entities then replanted , fully evolved , back on Earth . |
| 2 | Dying inside , she wanted to cry , and if his words did nothing else they did at least stiffen her disintegrating spine . |
| 3 | Quite often these royal summit meetings produced as little as their much-vaunted 20th-century counterparts , but , like them , they did at least keep open channels of communication . |
| 4 | If neither Herbert Wilcox , Michael Balcon nor Victor Saville started off with much in the way of imaginative flair , they did at least know what was required to build successful enterprises . |
| 5 | But then , tragically , they omitted to actually do it . |
| 6 | Grandparents could not count on natural loyalty : rather ; they had to positively create their roles by winning a child 's affection . |
| 7 | Ah come on , just bloody get on with it , they had to fucking score did n't they ? |
| 8 | Oh they had to fucking swap them so |
| 9 | This stupid Lee at the moment for his exam , he 's meant to have done it by Christmas and he has n't done it for C D T , and he , they had to just choose something erm to make that actually sort of works , so Lee could n't , I mean they did crane 's and things like that and he could n't , the thing he came up with and he 's teacher was a , a go erm , what was it Dave , a goalie stand in his goal |
| 10 | So as the shop , you see , did n't pay the wages , they had to just pay it on the things that were done . |
| 11 | They had to perhaps give up their pots and pans , or they were supposed to . |