Example sentences of "they [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | When they got to Wickhams , they were determined to enjoy themselves . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | There are different versions of how they got to Japan , but eventually they were accepted as useful allies and were sent back to recruit more potential fighters in Rangoon . |
| 5 | When facing a critical party conference in 1921 , Austen Chamberlain had urged Neville to see that suitable people were selected to represent all twelve Birmingham divisions and to pay their expenses to make sure that they got to Liverpool . |
| 6 | This was all very well and most wooden ships were watertight in harbour but , without exception , they all leaked when they got to sea . |
| 7 | It may be that depredations had occurred before they got to Strichen ; Boswell , who had visited fifteen years earlier , clearly expected more from the druidical circle , although whether to impress Johnson further , or to avoid being thought an inaccurate provider of anticipations , is difficult to tell , as he does not expand beyond saying , ‘ … |
| 8 | Matters did not improve when they got to Glenelg and found an appalling inn — although it did draw from Johnson one of his best remarks of the entire tour . |
| 9 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 10 | Just as they got to Benina airfield , Lilley shouted out that there was trouble ahead — a sting of red lights across the road . |
| 11 | They got to bed at ten to seven , they were shattered . |
| 12 | They got to Ryan 's bedroom just in time to stop a bunch of kids they did n't even know putting his treasured copy of the Beatles White LP on the turntable . |
| 13 | Indefatigably the Lionisers prowled their way along Albion Street and surged up the narrow Fort Road , but this time they stopped before they got to Fort House . |
| 14 | When they got to St-Jean it was only a little past midnight and the cafes were still open . |
| 15 | By the time they got to town , most of the heavy stuff should be over . |
| 16 | quite easy , well it was comparatively easy , only trouble was of course that erm at night erm one had to go right down from County Hall to Barrett Corner to get on the bus because they were so full by the time they got to County Hall and erm so I used to walk down there with erm a chap from the Education Department , who was in the Works and Stores , a chap and erm , he was quite helpful . |
| 17 | When they got to Bridge they , if they had n't got a permit they they had to go back , the pickets 'd be there . |
| 18 | This poses the interesting question of how they got to Machynlleth in the first place . |
| 19 | If the police were thinking about blackmail it would n't be long before they got to Barbara Porter . |
| 20 | They all laughed and joked until they got to Holborn . |
| 21 | First , it was assumed that no long-range problems would occur ; that is , that the acidifying or toxic power of the gases would be neutralised long before they got to Scandinavia or anywhere else . |
| 22 | Yes , I just wondered if they could n't sort of do a , a deal , you know to get them by air , the only thing about it is if they got to sort of |
| 23 | When they got to Plymouth he would be station-master as well . |
| 24 | Todger had never been the same since they got to Hambury . |
| 25 | But by the time they got to Maidstone that morning , Neil realised that his passenger was unlikely ever again to face any kind of questioning . |
| 26 | It would have taken an army to shift the travellers once they got to Castlemorton . |
| 27 | Five years later , when the remaining bonds were transferred to the regular Exchequer rolls for collection , they amounted to £15,000 in face value , owed by more than 430 debtors . |
| 28 | ‘ The delays involved were altogether unacceptable in my view and I had no doubt that they amounted to maladministration . ’ |
| 29 | In their defensive exchanges , they ceased to value what had first so attracted them to each other . |
| 30 | Last year they doubled to $18 billion , including Campeau and Continental Airlines . |