Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Credit granters told us that they rarely checked information about employment because they found that many people regarded this as an invasion of privacy . |
| 2 | They rarely ate meat , and rather than consume butter , milk , meat , poultry and eggs , preferred to send any such produce to market . |
| 3 | Unlikely — they rarely attacked man — but he took no chances . |
| 4 | The Schools Council 's early projects have been criticized in that they rarely took account of the context of the individual institutions where change was sought and ignored the fact that there was little consensus amongst teachers about the value of change anyway ( Becher and Maclure , 1978 ; Kelly , 1982 ; Richards , 1983 ; Cassidy , 1986 ) . |
| 5 | 20.23 ; I Kings 1.38 ) ; they presumably spoke Greek . |
| 6 | When they eventually became man and wife , it was the ‘ quietest of quiet weddings ’ and they had to pay half-a-crown for two passers-by to act as witnesses . |
| 7 | After half an hour of marching towards the ever-loudening village dog , they eventually found shelter for the night . |
| 8 | They delayed revisions of the Factory Law which were aimed at strengthening protective measures for workers and they effectively opposed government attempts to grant legal recognition to trade unions at that time ( Taira , 1973 ) . |
| 9 | But a number of those have complained that although they paid premium prices , they only received budget accomodation . |
| 10 | These butts are pre-dyed , but I was curious as to why they only had colour on one side . |
| 11 | Their natural children are very well qualified academically — they only played tennis — but my brother and I were into sport . |
| 12 | Well they only started tarmacadam in nineteen thirty six . |
| 13 | The main methods subjects from which students were drawn crossed the spectrum , except that no Physical Education teachers were mentioned ( this reflects one return from a College , which wrote back politely refusing to answer the questionnaire on the grounds that as they only trained PE teachers the language issue did not arise ) . |
| 14 | This time round they were told they would not be able to enter the National Federation of Meat Traders bi-annual sausage competition at Harrogate as one of the sponsors , the Meat and Livestock Commission , held that they only provided sponsorship for mainland competitors . |
| 15 | In exchange they eagerly proffered jade adze blades as well as weapons and articles of clothing . |
| 16 | In the long tale of Hungarian literature , not since the sixteenth century has the poet been able to avoid political issues ; they so dominated life . |
| 17 | She had occasional epileptic fits after the first , and they so frightened Rose and her family that everyone became over-protective of her . |
| 18 | When the Report was sent to Mrs Thatcher 's office with summaries and references prepared by the civil servants at the DES , they naturally drew attention to our firm proposals for the teaching of spelling , punctuation , grammar and written and spoken Standard English . |
| 19 | It discounted their felt need for individual responsibility and their desire to be entrusted with tasks over which they alone had control . |
| 20 | So when Fleischmann and Pons announced test-tube fusion as a source of energy — which was the ‘ angle ’ that the media took up and portrayed it as a clean source — the news that they apparently saw tritium as a fusion product was lost on most media , but it made many scientists concerned and others excited . |
| 21 | so they just had building built on top of it , |
| 22 | They say it 's too soon considering that they just started work with Bull on them , as we ourselves noted . |
| 23 | Sex was n't a problem in Sarah and Tom 's marriage — they just wanted confirmation that it was OK to do without it . |
| 24 | They more than pulled at this point — they just stopped communicating . |
| 25 | They just needed encouragement , incentive and a system that is outward-looking too . |
| 26 | Some of them did n't read music or tablature and they just needed chord symbols and little expressions that made sense to them . |
| 27 | They thought they were such big stars , but they just created tension . |
| 28 | They nevertheless had difficulty in hiding their satisfied smiles . |
| 29 | The efficient parts were not perceived as significant and powerful by the public but they nevertheless had power and " governed the many " . |
| 30 | Among those who did receive grants , moreover , most received them in areas where they already had influence . |