Example sentences of "they [vb past] [noun prp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some projects succeeded the minitel — others proved costly and apparently failed ( TDF satellites ) : but at a time of convergence and synergies , they made France a world leader in telecoms and space . |
| 2 | They made Koons a multi-millionaire and one of the richest artists of the thirtysomething set . |
| 3 | Domesday shows that they provided Edward the Confessor with a revenue of £53 a year and the three works of the king — probably the maintenance of fortresses and bridges , and service in the army . |
| 4 | Husband and wife Graham and Gill Moore said they found Sunday the best time to shop . |
| 5 | ‘ They beat Holland the same way they beat Italy , by defending tightly with a sweeper and breaking away cleverly to score . |
| 6 | In the Middle Ages , people often depicted their monks as ruminative animals , chewing over the Word of God repeatedly , as it were , rolling the words around in their mouths and absorbing it into themselves just as they received Jesus the Word in the Eucharist , in a symbolic and sacramental manner . |
| 7 | Even so they caused Baldwin no particular concern , despite a half-warning from Anthony Eden , who was then a second Cabinet minister in the Foreign Office . |
| 8 | In Riga they paid Hughes the compliment of putting two defenders on him but that merely created space for the other Northern Ireland players . |
| 9 | The Wisconsin state authorities feel that they have lost enough money on Steve Chen 's dreams — his failed Supercomputer Systems Inc received $75m in incentives from to establish its operations in Eau Claire , and they showed Chen the door when he asked for another $5m to get his fledgling SuperComputers International Inc off the ground in Eau Claire . |
| 10 | Effectively they called DEC a liar . |
| 11 | They called Massingham the Honjohn behind his back and occasionally to his face , and bore no malice . |
| 12 | I did n't see that review but evidently they called Charlie a creep . |
| 13 | Birdies , butchers and fools They called Forman a Zionist and Menzel a pornographer — Moscow 's stooges had no time for the Czech New Wave . |
| 14 | They sent Brammall a form of guarantee in order for him to obtain his wife 's signature . |
| 15 | It was enough to get the shop moving and this time they offered Lawrence a replacement — but of an inferior model . |
| 16 | and finally , our amblings from Kimblesworth cricket club a few weeks back erred in suggesting that Maltby , near Thornaby , dropped out of the National Village Cup because they thought Kimblesworth a bit far . |
| 17 | They reached Darwin the same day , covering the 2,435 miles at an average speed of 188.4mph , with stops at Charleville and Cloncurry . |
| 18 | Once they reached Singapore the company 's duties were varied . |
| 19 | He told the 114 delegates assembled at the resort 's Savoy Hotel how the environmental group had regarded BNFL when he took office in 1986 : ‘ You remember , they re-named April the first , my first day in office , British Nuclear Fools Day . |
| 20 | And they gave ITN a film to smuggle out which they said was proof of beatings . |
| 21 | Multilateralists on the Labour benches , who had supported the retention of nuclear weapons on the grounds that they gave Britain an independent foreign policy , were seriously discomfited by the obvious loss of a measure of that independence through acceptance of an American delivery system . |
| 22 | And they gave Peter an ideal grounding in the game 's history : ‘ I was very fortunate in that my county , Notts , were involved in so much — William Clarke , George Parr and the touring XIs , Alfred Shaw , Arthur Shrewsbury and the early tours of Australia — and there were a large number of players who appeared for other counties . |
| 23 | They gave Jacqueline a bright parish flag to flap and trail along the ground . |
| 24 | ‘ I was n't in Belfast for the second leg but from what I saw on television they gave Tbilisi a lot of problems and that 's what we are expecting next week . |
| 25 | They gave Ken the best reviews he had had to date — and the best he could possibly wish for . |
| 26 | They gave Jack the chance to practise some of the underhand humour that eventually became part of his mystique . |
| 27 | We were travelling in a convoy with ITN and they gave Sabira a lift . |
| 28 | Traditionally , a company of White Lions acts as the personal bodyguard of the Phoenix King in honour of the time they saved Caledor the first from Dark Elf assassins . |
| 29 | In those days a new house was usually constructed out of wooden hut sections of which there was a plentiful supply as most of the troops stationed here in the war lived in wooden prefabricated buildings and when they left Orkney the buildings were dismantled and then sold . |
| 30 | They embraced Rose a second time and everybody shook hands . |