Example sentences of "they [vb past] the two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After their marriage they amalgamated the two operations , and formed the F and B chain . |
| 2 | They checked the two men as they left the air transporter . |
| 3 | When police arrived they found the two victims lying on the floor . |
| 4 | At an inquiry , the stewards considered both riders guilty of intentional interference , and as well as banning the pair , they disqualified the two horses concerned and promoted Love Returned to fourth place . |
| 5 | ‘ They linked the two names , interpreting the setting in Gaul as Gaullist propaganda , even though there was no intended connection . |
| 6 | ‘ Agnes , as Johnnie said , was always the masterful one , ’ she murmured , as they climbed the two flights of the torchlit turnpike stair . |
| 7 | Much to the dismay of the missionary , they placed the two cups on the top of their heads and fastened the straps under their chins . |
| 8 | The case of Doctor Faustus exemplifies how we can not be sure which version of the play was the more common experience of audiences and whether they understood the two versions as offering something markedly different or not . |
| 9 | They combined the two features of flexibility and long-playing time . |
| 10 | At the window they laughed together and bit a knuckle , like children or housemaids — watching avidly , they saw the two boys get out of a car that could not be Robert 's . |
| 11 | New witnesses have told police that they saw the two youths with James in Walton . |
| 12 | They saw the two ideas as analogous , but that " The very core of the ideal was home in a rural village community " ( 1976 p 140 ) . |
| 13 | Mr Dovaston said witnesses had told police they saw the two men shout to Magee to catch up with them . |
| 14 | Why did , they did the two houses as you come up Manor Road |
| 15 | Mournfully they toured the two houses , acknowledging with a glance , a pat , or some reminiscence , every object that they loved . |
| 16 | They circulate stories about the Princes in the Tower still being alive and , during the present King 's father 's reign , they supported the two imposters , Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck . |
| 17 | B no erm the , the clerical erm staff on the erm , shall we say the traffic side increased a bit because er there was mo more and more demanding work but the ticket office , they went down , erm I have mentioned perhaps before that they had the two box system and there was about eleven , twelve , thirteen girls in there and their duty was to check a box that had been used one day , stock it up with tickets , get it ready for the day after . |
| 18 | While they waited the two girls concentrated on their patient . |