Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They clung together in silence , the dread of their disease and its mortal power oppressing them . |
| 2 | Any road , they crept off to Bury one weekend — it was where his mam lived , where he 'd been brought up and gone to school . |
| 3 | As they hopped out of Armstrong , Fenella leaned in through the meter window as if paying off a real cab . |
| 4 | They met up with Jordan and his men , plus the three officers who had remained with the radio truck , at Bir Guedaffia , where the final plans were made . |
| 5 | They met up with Alfred Carter sooner than expected . |
| 6 | At Siwa they met up with Lieutenant Jaquier , one of the Free French , and his patrol , who had managed to blow up ammunition dumps at Barce , and a solitary Lieutenant Jordan accompanied by Captain Buck . |
| 7 | ‘ I could get fat , ’ Claudia teased : she liked the relaxed atmosphere between them this morning and hoped it would continue , at least until they met up with Dana and Garry . |
| 8 | Here they met up with Scott of Rankilburn , and a couple of hundred of his mosstroopers , going in the same direction . |
| 9 | From then on they met separately in wine bars , reporting back intermittently on the drunken evenings they had had . |
| 10 | It seems clear that they had corresponded during 1796 , and by the time they met again at Stowey they were well acquainted with each other 's work . |
| 11 | They met again by chance in a club and Minton passed Ray a note : ‘ I 'm a married man with four children , but I want to paint you . ’ |
| 12 | They met again in February to hear an address given by someone from the Scottish Temperance League , and in Ballygrant in March when the Chairman gave an address in the Gaelic ; seven more joined . |
| 13 | They met again in February to hear an address given by someone from the Scottish Temperance League , and in Ballygrant in March when the Chairman gave an address in the Gaelic ; seven more joined . |
| 14 | Besides Pamela Chrimes , Nadia Nerina had been one of the company 's early members ; John had known her briefly in Johannesburg when they were both schoolchildren , and they met again in Cape Town just before she left for Britain in October 1945 . |
| 15 | They met again in November and stented for The King 's part . |
| 16 | They met again in November and stented for The King 's part . |
| 17 | During 1918 they met principally at Lord Derby 's breakfasts , from which Baldwin recorded impressions and interchanges which indicate both that the Prime Minister was a near stranger to him and that he was not above a little daring toadying . |
| 18 | All four were fond of playing cards , and they met occasionally for whist or bridge , either at the Youngs ' or the Lovells ' newer house along the road to the north . |
| 19 | They met there by accident . |
| 20 | As he got more excited as they got closer to Pollensa so Ruth sank into a deeper depression . |
| 21 | Course they got away with income tax out of that because they were n't , they were n't much erm to do with income tax that time , I mean my tax at that time of the year was about , at that time was about four pound a year when I was erm , when I was working and you only paid income tax once a year . |
| 22 | They got away with cigarettes valued at £200 . |
| 23 | Yeah they got away with murder there , that looked very very iffy whether it was offside , the linesman did n't give it , the really should have scored . |
| 24 | They got away on time . |
| 25 | ‘ What are you going to do today ? ’ he enquired , joining her at the table as without further ceremony they got on with breakfast . |
| 26 | ‘ When they got through into Lenin Square , the leadership of the republic climbed down from their viewing podium and ran off . |
| 27 | Yes , steam then they got over to diesel . |
| 28 | On the summer 's day that Michael Caine was being interviewed , he and the researcher sat and watched Wimbledon on the telly together for an hour or so before they got down to work . |
| 29 | ‘ They got down to forty-five-second intervals , and I asked Gabrielle if she 'd mind not giving birth until the end of the episode , but she told me to find a nurse — fast . |
| 30 | Legging it , they got down behind cover just as the last second ran out . |