Example sentences of "they [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In front of them rode the moon , silver-skirted , in a flurry of dark-blue clouds . |
| 2 | ‘ Managers were proud to lead their staff into dispute and out into the streets over the years ; unfortunately , very many of them became the pit bull terriers of 1992 ’ . |
| 3 | Elizabeth 's customers were disappointed to read her notice , but although several of them asked the reason , she merely smiled and was noncommittal . |
| 4 | But even the most socialist of them shared the view , articulated by Brailsford before the war , that the first task of the pacifist was not to overthrow capitalism but to ‘ check the worst consequences of a capitalistic foreign policy , and , if possible , turn it to some partial good . ’ |
| 5 | Despite the weather , however , 17 of them braved the elements to play the one round Stableford competition . |
| 6 | Some of them argued the merits of various French cars . |
| 7 | Only one of them concerned the business at Godstowe . |
| 8 | A lot of them concerned the Arsenal team and what I thought about them . ’ |
| 9 | Thirty of them made the trip to Gulfstream Park and the best they could manage was one Irish and one French third place , both well beaten . |
| 10 | Never before had there been as many as nine of his members in a Masters field and every one of them made the cut . |
| 11 | In her mind 's eye she saw the assassin 's mouth open and close , and on them read the syllables of her name . |
| 12 | It is believed that one of them moved the regulator and opened it up with the result that the train was soon out of control . |
| 13 | The Canadian frequently came to the net , so Petchey had to rely on his passing shots , but not enough of them found the mark . |
| 14 | While white settlers and colonial civil servants were provided with both government schools and a number of fee-paying private schools , many of them regarded the expansion of educational provision for the black population as politically dangerous . |
| 15 | When I was asking them which was their favourite area , not unsurprisingly a couple of them mentioned the Lake District — anytime except in the summer holidays . |
| 16 | Also , when describing the work in a bookshop few of them mentioned the fact that the bookseller had to decide what books to buy for his stock and few realized how much financial expertise was needed . |
| 17 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 18 | One of them bore the name of The Shelbourne . |
| 19 | Their wings were chained and across their grim faces fell metal bars and from behind them rose the howling of wolves and the terrible roaring of caged beasts . |
| 20 | Who among them caught the badgers and squirrels from which they made their fine paint brushes ? |
| 21 | Sometimes we met other travellers and conversation with them enlivened the boredom : merchants , wandering friars , the occasional hunting party , clerics or landless men looking for labour . |
| 22 | I gather one of them told the President he should be downcast during his negotiations with Uridia . |
| 23 | With them came the realisation of new opportunities and the belief that higher education was no more a man 's privilege . |
| 24 | Beneath them came the cearls ( churls ) the heads of substantial rural households , many of whom were free . |
| 25 | From the kitchen behind them came the sound of Mrs Brissett cleaning up vigorously and singing ‘ The Holly and the Ivy ’ . |
| 26 | Below them came the jurisdiction of the thegns , apparently already organised by the early eleventh century in the districts that , as Norman lordships , were to form the later rapes . |
| 27 | Behind them came the yeomen and husbandmen and the better-off craftsmen , and at the rear and along the south wall sat the cottagers . |
| 28 | None of them imagined the number was in fact as high as 500,000 . |
| 29 | With them burned the transports and troopships waiting to carry James 's army to England . |
| 30 | I suppose what 's happened is this : he has gone on staring out of the window , thinking , and she has gone on staring at him , waiting , with such absorption that neither of them noticed the tape had run out . |