Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old by-streets now swarmed with passengers and vehicles of every kind ; the new streets that had stopped disheartened in the mud and wagon-ruts , formed towns within themselves , originating wholesome comforts and conveniences belonging to themselves , and never tried nor thought of until they sprung into existence . |
| 2 | But both Mr Cook and Mr Clarke also seemed determined to make up in duration what they lacked in originality . |
| 3 | Many rural taxpayers at £40 and upwards on goods were yeomen who made up in substance what they lacked in status . |
| 4 | When the dashing Cigognes arrived they pounced with glee on the dispersed German planes flying up and down in the ‘ barrage ’ , tearing through it with impunity to shoot up the Drachen balloons , the vital eyes of the German artillery . |
| 5 | But the successful intervention of the communist Chinese in the Korean War proved to be the start of a period in which the British , while they clung of necessity to the Atlantic alliance , were often fearful of some impulsive or extreme action by the United States which would lead to an unnecessary intensification of East–West conflict and even , possibly , to the Third World War . |
| 6 | Particular controversy surrounded the disability scheme , known as WAO , under which 900,000 people ( or more than twice the number of unemployed ) , who were classified as too disabled to work , received 70 per cent of their last salary until they qualified for receipt of the state pension at 65 . |
| 7 | The British penchant for shooting themselves in the foot emerged again when officials decided that professionals who resided and worked outside Britain were ineligible to play , although they qualified by birth . |
| 8 | The mood of the meeting was adversely affected by President Roh Tae Woo 's forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union [ see p. 37918 ] , and by a series of confrontations involving journalists in the Northern delegation who made unauthorized visits to several of Seoul 's universities where they met with student radicals . |
| 9 | They met at university and have kept in touch ever since . |
| 10 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 11 | When they met at work Rachel remained so cool with him that by the end of the week it was as if the little interlude in the pool and the club had never happened . |
| 12 | They met at stage school 13 years ago and it was love at first sight . |
| 13 | Sometimes they met for lunch or a theatre in London , on neutral ground , and both looked forward to these meetings as if they were occasions of almost illicit pleasure . |
| 14 | In his memoir of the 1960s Ali records how , following the review , Goodwin rang him , they met for lunch , and the literary agent explained that he wanted to start the new paper . |
| 15 | On 3 September they met for dinner at the Day 's Inn on Jeff Davis Highway in Crystal City , Virginia . |
| 16 | They met through work and had an affair for five months until Mike , who was divorced , suggested Marianne should leave her husband . |
| 17 | They met in Sion College , and , following some lengthy discussions drew up their list of proposals for church government and church discipline . |
| 18 | ‘ They met in prison , ’ Coffin reminded her sharply , ‘ apart from anywhere else . ’ |
| 19 | Indeed , so violent was their hatred for one another that , in a much-quoted scene , they actually came to blows when they met by chance on the railway platform at Mukden . |
| 20 | They met by accident , several hours later , in one of the bright , high-ceilinged corridors leading to the gardens . |
| 21 | Ian Barnes , Jessie 's cousin , had also gone to Social Services that day and they met by accident . |
| 22 | They met after care assistant Gillian , of Aintree , put an ad in a Forces ' newspaper asking for a pen-pal a year ago . |
| 23 | They gazed without emotion at three black-painted iron bedsteads piled with folded blankets and sheets , at the familiar blue and white anchor-decorated bedcovers and the essential thick black curtains at the window . |
| 24 | They gazed in wonder at this goddess , and suddenly even the boil on her nose was no longer a blemish but a badge of courage . |
| 25 | They gazed in awe at the hive of activity against the muted background clack of typewriter and word processor keyboards . |
| 26 | Although the principal activity of many of the nobles in Edward III 's reign was war , their fundamental concern was always their inheritance , the lands and rights which formed the basis of their wealth and power and which they expected to hand on to their heirs . |
| 27 | But Jim says his firm had to settle for less than they expected over work on the Minister 's home in Putney , south-west London . |
| 28 | Well they got to court without a solicitor cos they were n't entitled to Legal Aid , and now you see that 's another thing , they 're both out of work , they were n't entitled to any Legal Aid , so they had to go on their own to court |
| 29 | This was all very well and most wooden ships were watertight in harbour but , without exception , they all leaked when they got to sea . |
| 30 | They got to bed at ten to seven , they were shattered . |