Example sentences of "[vb past] they [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But he said he reckoned they probably shot a bit wide , and anyway the officers would see that they tried , and it was better to be shot by the other side rather than your own . |
2 | As the show opened they even enjoyed a beer with the first day crowds . |
3 | The bats just decided to smash me around the island , and for every bag of boundaries they hit they then made a mistake . |
4 | And despite the AIDS menace 20 per cent of the students questioned by Cosmopolitan magazine said they never used a condom . |
5 | Killinchy Club spokesman George McCann said they originally wanted a date later in the year . |