Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos whoever it was they got me in trouble . |
| 2 | Room echo back then was virtually unheard of in recording , although they used it in motion pictures for sound effects . ’ |
| 3 | And they mapped it in Summer School |
| 4 | And , all of a sudden , they opened them in competition . |
| 5 | You remember when they screwed it in daddy 's old |
| 6 | Responsibility for the replacement of parliamentary rule by bureaucratic dominance , Benn argues further , must be shared by the successive prime ministers ; they encouraged it in order to maximize their personal power within their administrations . |
| 7 | She was going to hit him , even if they threw her in jail again . |
| 8 | I closed my eyes , fighting against the cold waves of faintness ; they enclosed me in ice and receded , leaving me numb , facing the red horizon . |
| 9 | Finally they placed us in front of the studio audience to begin the discussion , and I quickly inquired from Judith Chalmers — working by now on some reserve energy tank : |
| 10 | When she wore 'em into Rugely They impressed the people hugely , While in Fordham folk adores 'em And they loved 'em in West Looe ! |
| 11 | They kept me in custody overnight . |
| 12 | They kept me in hospital for a week , even though after the first day they were able to tell me that my violent indigestion following my curry debauch had not dislodged — or even seriously inconvenienced my small passenger . |
| 13 | They kept her in touch with the ‘ real world ’ , she reasoned . |
| 14 | They did it in winter through deep snow . |
| 15 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 16 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 17 | He says people of the period had a hard life , but when they celebrated they did it in style . |
| 18 | This did not involve the King 's government in any expense ; if people went overseas , presumably they did it in order to make money , and the King could see no reason why he should provide any of his not very plentiful revenue to enrich them faster , though he might invest money of his own if he thought he had a reasonable chance of getting a dividend . |
| 19 | They did it in X-ray ward and |
| 20 | In founding Lampsacus they killed off all the natives , but they did it in self-defence ; the daughter of the local king had warned them of the impending attack . |
| 21 | They put her in touch with Margaret Nelson , a former teacher from Elmsett . |
| 22 | There used to be a cafe , a cute ; the er you used to go in and have a cup of tea and that and yo , he started selling jam , pots of jam with they had him in court , it was er it had fell off a lorry and he was selling it a bit cheap and er he were telling us about it . |