Example sentences of "they [vb past] [noun prp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they led Linkworth to the hanging-shed to punish him for his crime . |
| 2 | Owen was , they declared : Did they , one wonders , ponder on the words ‘ illustrious disciple ’ as they dismissed Marx to the second rank of the misled and misleading who had got their economics so grossly wrong ? |
| 3 | At the last Congress of the Romanian Communist party in November 1989 , they added Valentin to the Party 's Central Committee where he joined his brother and uncles , but even in the heat of the revolution a month later , no one thought to use his promotion as a serious charge against Valentin Ceauşescu . |
| 4 | They welcomed Nottingham to the Recreation Ground and stuck 50 points on them , an ominous warning to everyone that it 's not just World Cup teams who can set new standards . |
| 5 | At the end of that week they took Anna to the doctor and he was worried that she might be scared of being examined , but she was n't . |
| 6 | Leaving it , they marched to Hastings , to find it deserted and on fire ; in retribution for this ‘ scorched earth policy ’ they burnt Rye to the ground . |