Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house they lived in belonged to a German lady , a Miss Wacker , who had been home in her own country when war broke out and was unable to return . |
| 2 | Although many of the great scientists and philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century were Christians , they became increasingly attached to the supremacy of reason . |
| 3 | They gathered themselves and began to walk , their steps light though at first a little unsure , until they became more used to the uneven pace . |
| 4 | They became collectively known as the Brat Pack because , like the original Rat Pack , these young actors tended to work together as an ensemble . |
| 5 | They became so engrossed in their chattering , that they did not notice a customer who came up behind them . |
| 6 | Householders unaware of Sabbath conventions caused much discomfort to their young guests until they became better informed about Jewish religious observances . |
| 7 | Gloriously but illogically they rode off to tilt at another windmill . |
| 8 | Most LEAs reported that they had a curriculum policy or were developing one ; they consulted widely including with governing bodies ; they now recognised the importance of ‘ breadth ’ and ‘ balance ’ , and the need for relevance of the school curriculum to the world outside . |
| 9 | At a tiny cove our little daughters whooped as they plunged fully clothed into the Atlantic swell . |
| 10 | They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them . |
| 11 | It was good to hear voices echoing around the sometimes solemn house and the laughter of the women as they moved around attending to their chores . |
| 12 | They promised not to speak to their wives of what the fairy had said . |
| 13 | Like Maurice , with whom they had some affinities , Nevin and Schaff had a horror of party-spirit and sectarianism , and also of the individualism they found deeply entrenched in much American Protestantism , especially in the revivalist movements which came more and more to the fore through the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | As Bowen admitted , it had been ‘ like the Alamo ’ for Norwich and bastions was on the lips of every Millwall supporter as they headed home complaining of an iniquitous defeat , their moans contrasting the broadcasted cries of consummation . |
| 15 | The group broke up as they wandered off to see to their spouses , children or cups of tea . |
| 16 | In March they learnt how to react to an office accident and how to prevent such accidents . |
| 17 | There were the papers produced by the political groups , but they seemed fatally restricted to the obsessions of other times , and to backbiting amongst themselves . |
| 18 | They saw his eyes open wide until they seemed about to start from his head . |
| 19 | She pretended not to see David Rosen who appeared on the step as they drove off to talk to the men at the place where they gathered before work . |
| 20 | and that that 's why the Americans came into the war , they did n't come into the war to look after us , they came in to look after their own interest in the |
| 21 | They came in to land in a snowscape , the lights along the thin ribbon of recently cleared runway coming into view and stretching out in front of them as the Seneca descended on its final approach . |
| 22 | But whether they came out knowing of the Welsh camp , and with some plan of attack , which the Lord Owen by his own stratagem forestalled , or whether they were on other business and would have passed by but for this lure , I tell you honestly , I do not know . |
| 23 | Now they came out spiced with delicate , ironic humour . |
| 24 | Earlier this season , Haslemere might have collapsed at this stage , but they came back to equalise with the best goal of the game . |
| 25 | After its opening Archbishop Melton of York demanded that the king should be brought before parliament ; Bishops Stratford and Orleton were thereupon sent to Kenilworth , where the king was imprisoned , to request his attendance but they came back to report with some zest his offensive words of refusal . |
| 26 | They 'd both lived with their parents near Sutton , he already in the shipping business from which he 'd retired when they came to Dynmouth , she working in her father 's estate agency , doing part-time secretarial duties and arranging the flowers in the outer office . |
| 27 | They 'd both jacked in their jobs ( he 's a computer programmer ; she 's a physiotherapist ) and were planning to backpack round the world for a few months . |
| 28 | The other two were good as well — they 'd both passed for Sergeant , stable , fine fellers . |
| 29 | But and you know , like , for mothers er trying to get buggies and shopping and everything up , they 'd either to go up stairs or down stairs . |
| 30 | erm because , to get in to the flat they 'd either to go up stairs from the deck , or downstairs from the deck , and to try and manage that with small children , probably a buggy and shopping as well . |