Example sentences of "they [vb past] the new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said he would buy me a hat and I told him we 'd wait until they got the new 'uns in ; but when we come to it a week or two later he would n't spend his money . |
| 2 | But do n't forget this this is a very important time with the all the increase coming in they 've got a helluva lot to take on , not just learning the company but they got the new routes and everything and it 's going to leave I would 've thought very short in an exceptionally busy period |
| 3 | When the French introduced a new ‘ Syro-Lebanese ’ currency , for example , they pegged the new currency to the collapsing French franc , thus inflicting the weakness of their own monetary system on the Lebanese . |
| 4 | When they built the new Strensham northbound services they thought big . |
| 5 | Father had the job , but when they built the new outfall on the other side of town we stayed on here . |
| 6 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 7 | Instead of the old form of certificate , they found the new Record of Education and Training ( RET ) . |
| 8 | They rejected the new ideas offered to or forced upon them , convinced that their ancient ways were more appropriate to the forest in which they lived . |
| 9 | They hated the new plastic skins . |
| 10 | There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all . |
| 11 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 12 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 13 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 14 | They really should have outpointed the New Zealand XV in the first match at Hamilton for they outplayed the New Zealanders for rather more than half the game . |
| 15 | Ingenuity did not desert economists , however , and they diagnosed the new disease of stagflation [ Meade , 1982 ] . |
| 16 | Sources from both clubs said they understood the new bid was from the same source , but an Argyll spokesman refused to confirm or deny that the company was behind the bid . |
| 17 | Carrick were favourites after their semi-final victory over Cliftonville , but Old Bleach deserved a lot of credit , for they took the new champions to a nerve tingling finish . |
| 18 | They discussed the new turkey farms . |
| 19 | Bettelheim and Zelan ( 1982 ) found ‘ primers ’ to have little content , to be limited and repetitive : they gave the new reader little with which to engage . |
| 20 | On a number of occasions during March members of the NPKA indicated that they wanted the new constitution to introduce a clear separation of powers between the executive and the legislature . |
| 21 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
| 22 | As far as the County Highways Authority 's concerned , I think they 've made it quite clear that as a matter of principle , when they considered the new settlement , the new settlement proposal was then around nineteen hundred dwellings , larger than what is being proposed at the moment . |