Example sentences of "they [vb past] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well , they got staying on the place and , oh that money never , er was never asked for money for . |
| 2 | and they got boring in the end cos they went on , you know about a bit too , you 've got to stop |
| 3 | She knows the woman who cleans for the Sheldrake practice , and the other day , while waiting in the bus shelter , they got talking about Dawn and Robert . |
| 4 | They got talking like , this is when they were on holiday . |
| 5 | So we , we th that , that was er another good thing they , they got going but there was very little for , for nurses to do . |
| 6 | Those condemned to lose soon became irritated by the game ; and to the extent that the winners enjoyed the game , they ceased acting in a comradely spirit . |
| 7 | Their manner of life and lack of learning were denounced by reformers ; but they lived according to their own customs and traditions , and there is little evidence that they were more commonly celibate , or less ignorant , in 1200 than in 1000 . |
| 8 | Davison died in Cambridge , where they lived following his retirement , 28 April 1940 . |
| 9 | But Thomas Reid , 32 , and Neil Anderson , 21 , were each jailed for four months at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday when they admitted trying to break into Torvean golf course . |
| 10 | They admitted using Ecstasy and were ordered to leave immediately or be handed over to police . |
| 11 | They admitted interfering with her gold teeth , but denied she was kept prisoner , made to sleep on the floor with only two sheets and kept without food . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ They admitted having Ecstasy which had been bought at rave parties . |
| 13 | A court had earlier ruled that the referendum would need further legal investigation before they became binding . |
| 14 | Naturally , they made getting my visa as difficult as possible , even now after all the changes . |
| 15 | Superficially , they made publishing easier , for editors of the country 's leading periodicals received permission to print their material without seeking prior approval . |
| 16 | Mrs. Mott had complained of the noise they made going to and fro . |
| 17 | A first win of the season looked a possibility for Stocktonians when they led visiting Grindon 42–41 at the break . |
| 18 | I did n't know that they produced according to peak |
| 19 | Stevie , sensitive man that he was , had also picked up the atmosphere , Chris 's unusual silence and the way they avoided looking at each other . |
| 20 | Secondly , on the issue of the precedents for making a defendant prove his defence in the way in which the Bill requires , I argue that every year — certainly since I have been in the House — we have created numerous new offences which have defences attached to them , usually for those who can show that they acted reasonably or that they used due diligence to ensure that they avoided committing an offence . |
| 21 | They recommended using three modes , as in CSE , and a single grading system , though with special papers in some subjects for pupils of low or high ability . |
| 22 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
| 23 | ‘ If they stopped shouting ‘ Jobson out , Murphy out ’ and started supporting the team , we might end up winning a few games . ’ |
| 24 | They stopped struggling . |
| 25 | Eventually they stopped trying . |
| 26 | When they , when they stopped using them do you think anybody kept them as |
| 27 | Oh goodness I do n't think , I think they stopped using them during the war and I cr see that used to be like the gasworks , the gasworks you always used to have clogs , they used to have wooden soles , did the gasworks and then they used to have erm like a steel bar underneath or round the sole |
| 28 | They stopped speaking as Barbara Coleman came up to them . |
| 29 | They stopped speaking for a while , then Gerry offered to take the helm . |
| 30 | Hostage Tom Sutherland 's ‘ dislike for Terry ( Waite ) deepened into outright antagonism ’ and they stopped speaking , Anderson said . |