Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said they mostly wore silky slips and dressing-gowns . |
| 2 | Steam sprinklers were introduced and on the first day of their operation , they successfully doused another fire that would have probably removed the remainder of the factory had it taken hold . |
| 3 | With five regulars missing they rarely tested former colleague Woods in the Wednesday goal and it was Sheridan , another of Hillsborough 's former Forest contingent , who set them on the way to victory . |
| 4 | If they rarely had much chance in the more skilled manual jobs , unless apprenticed to some craft at home , they were probably better off than the poorest of the city-born . |
| 5 | Their social and economic pre-eminence was just beginning to seem more precarious and they wholeheartedly welcomed vigorous confirmation of the regime 's commitment to the status quo . |
| 6 | One night they secretly told all employees , except Peter to leave early . |
| 7 | Boosted by that success , Scotland looked for more , and they duly obliged three minutes into the second half when Paul Telfer 's flag-kick was met by Duncan Ferguson 's deadly forehead , the ball speeding past a bemused Tony Mallia . |
| 8 | They duly reappointed old friends , and the Bank 's already notable tendency to fiefs and feudalism was reinforced . |
| 9 | Quite a few were still fairly young and felt that the pension would be better cashed and put into the farm if they eventually became full-time farmers . |
| 10 | In 1875 , however , they eventually defied public criticism and family opposition , and married in Switzerland where , under Swiss law , their marriage was legal . |
| 11 | They eventually overcame dogged youngsters Ben Lees and Paul Willman of Rhoson-Sea in another demanding three set marathon . |
| 12 | They eventually lost that game although the 3–1 scoreline does n't tell the full story of bad luck and missed chances . |
| 13 | Eventually , after some awkward silences in the kitchen while they grimly drank endless cups of coffee , they settled for organising the party . |
| 14 | The Exiles had 5 Internationals in their team , but they only managed one try . |
| 15 | They only saw each other . |
| 16 | Apart from the fact that I 'd put my make-up on badly in my haste , I looked fairly normal — a bit flushed , maybe , and my eyes seemed unusually bright , but perhaps they only looked that way to me . |
| 17 | They were hoping to get their skis and parkers sorted out so that they could get off I think tomorrow but they only got five days skiing cos they leave again , either Sunday morning or Saturday night . |
| 18 | It was on the agenda and at seven o'clock the at night they eh they adjourned the meeting cos they only got half way through the agenda |
| 19 | But they only lasted eighteen hours . |
| 20 | They did n't believe in selling endowments , they only sold whole life you see ? |
| 21 | ‘ I think they only knew this morning , and you 've been so busy being cross — ’ |
| 22 | Sarah complained that in 1990 they only spent 42 nights together — and that was a recipe for trouble . |
| 23 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |
| 24 | They only said these things because I am a woman , and a Catholic , and they do n't want a Catholic queen in Scotland , they want a Protestant king . |
| 25 | But they only had one goal to show for all that effort , that came on the half an hour from top goal scorer Martin Foyle . |
| 26 | The great Fangio ( Arg ) was also in the Maserati team but they only had one race together as team-mates before Fangio moved on to Mercedes . |
| 27 | They only had one objective — to save a few bob for the government . |
| 28 | ‘ They only had one chance , ’ she says . |
| 29 | Some graduates stride to the front of the little hall so easily you would not guess they only had one leg . |
| 30 | We had undertaken to collect birds and mammals for the Natural History Museum in London and we soon collected several specimens of blue-winged goose near the Sandfords ' farm ; the museum authorities had asked us specially to look out for this bird since they only had one specimen , collected in 1868 during Napier 's Magdala expedition . |