Example sentences of "they [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 2 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 3 | Timothy Gedge , with his hollow cheeks and his gawkiness , had picked on them even though he did n't know them , even though they 'd done him no harm . |
| 4 | They 'd heard her a little at rehearsal , but not properly , not consistently , and not without interruption and background noise . |
| 5 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 6 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 7 | Well if er , if they 'd left it a bit later |
| 8 | If they had questioned it the chances of the orders being carried out would 've been much less of course . |
| 9 | Returning Edward the proofs of his book , Helen commented : ‘ This has indeed been a fair spring for us , though they had made it a winter . |
| 10 | They had followed it every morning and would continue to follow it until their sentences were up . |
| 11 | Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question . |
| 12 | They had given her a list . |
| 13 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 14 | But to teach the man a lesson they had given him a supply of twigs that were old and weak ; poor twigs for making brooms with . |
| 15 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 16 | They had sent him a WPC who looked like a schoolgirl dressed in police uniform for a school play . |
| 17 | ‘ They had sent me a tape of four songs ; one was called Down And Out and Squonk was another . |
| 18 | I got my membership booklet today ( at first I though they had sent me a season ticket by mistake ) . |
| 19 | It could have been the second , but he had swallowed his pride when they had shown him the room that was allocated him . |
| 20 | The man in the doorway was certainly old and infirm , and none too reliable either , but when he ceased to be of any use to the Guild as a working docker , they had found him a sinecure job as night watchman on the Wharf . |
| 21 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 22 | They had offered him the position of editor in chief with , apparently , more direct control over the content of the paper , but only if he came off the Board . |
| 23 | ‘ I would have signed if they had offered me a few bob more . ’ |
| 24 | They had told him the chaprassi would want a bribe , but instructed him not to pay it . |
| 25 | The three other members of the crew had just come back to the pump — we were doing " series pumping " — they had brought me a bottle of beer and I was taking a swig . |