Example sentences of "they [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while acknowledging that some women wreak inhumanity on others , Kennedy argues that jailed mothers are crushed by a double burden ; not only have they broken the law , but they feel ( as does society ) that they have failed their children . |
| 2 | Not for a moment had they considered the possibility . |
| 3 | I do n't know but then frankly thinking but then I got them in the end you know I just did n't sell them because nobody paid that much and then ah in the outset and I paid quite a big price for for two for Patrick and me and then when they were they they dropped the price and then I got some more . |
| 4 | Had n't they seen the statue of him in the Market Place where he stood with his palette , apparently painting the pub and King 's the grocer 's ? |
| 5 | Had they seen the chaos left by a clumsy intruder ? |
| 6 | Make an effort to be interested in them — have they read any others by the same author , have they seen the play/film/TV series of the book ? |
| 7 | Never once during that time had they seen the light of day . |
| 8 | Yes , cos they seen the trouble from the balconies , you know . |
| 9 | If the former , have they made the point sufficiently clear , shown the foundation on which they are building , and set up adequate defences against Feuerbach 's criticisms ? |
| 10 | Had they conceded the truth of Mrs. Morgan 's amply corroborated testimony instead of challenging it and simply argued belief in consent on the basis of her husband 's assertions as to her sexual proclivities , they might have been believed . |
| 11 | ‘ Kenneth was always the one who reminded them that they could have been very well off had they accepted the offer , which they rejected . |
| 12 | It was a it was a very big bakery it had three floors and on the bottom floor was that 's where they done the bread and rolls . |
| 13 | He wo n't last for a ten now done the , done the Welcome Break , they done the Char Grill , now they 're on the Tescos . |
| 14 | ‘ Them dratted tombstones was put too close to the outside wall when they done the job . ’ |
| 15 | They done the lot , |
| 16 | Have they got the ice cold , nice cold on her , as he was saying ? |
| 17 | Have they got the power ? |
| 18 | Finally the clock struck three , then four , finally Francis and Jamie lurched down the stairs arguing about how late the late night bars stayed open or had they got the energy to visit the Heath . |
| 19 | Have they got the wax work up yet ? |
| 20 | Why have n't they got the authority . |
| 21 | Baseball in Boston possesses the elements of Homeric tragedy ; for 73 years lofty aspirations and noble skills have brought the cup of ultimate triumph close to the lips of the Old Towne team — but not once have they downed the draught . |
| 22 | Had they sold the boarding house ? |
| 23 | And er we er tt we er we made er a lot of blackout stuff during the war , we had they called the Federation of British Industries , which was an annual fair at Birmingham , and my firm used to s used to exhibit there . |
| 24 | Had they played the ball down th channels or to the corner flags , this would have turned their defence and let us regroup and play in their half . |
| 25 | Have they experienced the phenomenon of poacher-turned-gamekeeper or gamekeeper-turned-poacher ? |
| 26 | Those who knew him only as a fellow undergraduate would have been still more surprised by his degree result had they known the extent of his other activities . |
| 27 | ‘ Have they raided the house yet ? |
| 28 | Who knows , Charles and Di might still be together had they followed the path of love the Nescafe way : see each other only 11 times in five years , never take your clothes off during sex , and make sure your tongue spends more time in a cup of coffee than in your partner 's mouth . |
| 29 | Almost all women were in practice put on to piece-work as soon as they had " learnt the case " ( that is they followed the pattern of the male apprentice Chalmers ) . |
| 30 | Had they followed the example of Aled Williams , who scored a scintillating try around the Neath cover , the game might have released itself from the siege strangehold . |