Example sentences of "[num] they [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April nineteen thirty-nine they went to the quay at Southampton to see them off on a three months ’ visit to the United States and Canada … ’ |
| 2 | In the reign of Henry III they accounted for the agistment dues at the Exchequer , but made substantial payments into the Wardrobe from time to time , and paid out sums locally for such purposes as the maintenance of a neighbouring royal castle , building operations , the enclosure of a royal park , and the expenses incurred by the Forest officers in taking venison for the king . |
| 3 | They were fed up with three-door cars , which ruled out one of three they considered at the time — the Vauxhall Nova , although this is now available in five-door . |
| 4 | In 1981 they emigrated to the Province of Ontario and became Canadian citizens . |
| 5 | In 548 they stayed in the Balkans for a whole year and destroyed many towns and fortresses , including the Byzantine centre of Lychnidus ( Ohrid ) . |
| 6 | During World War I they moved from the United States to Britain , where Grey Walter spent the rest of his life . |
| 7 | Another group of conscripts had on May 14 occupied the national radio station but failed to persuade staff to broadcast their demands , and on May 16 they rampaged through the streets of Abidjan firing their weapons . |
| 8 | One by one they jounced over the ruts , and formed up in pairs . |
| 9 | One by one they emerged down the steps onto the sands , glowing . |
| 10 | In 1987 they joined under the EITB ( Engineering Industry Training Board ) module segment scheme . |
| 11 | At two they returned to the schoolroom . |
| 12 | On July 25-26 they moved into the building in Karantina , Beirut , which had formerly housed the Health Ministry but which during the civil war had become the headquarters of the LF . |
| 13 | They had laid waste the entire north of the country and in 449 they arrived at the university town of Stamford . |
| 14 | On May 3rd 1646 they arrived at the town by a devious route from Melton Mowbray , and entered the house through the postern gate in the old town wall , which was later rebuilt by William Stukeley . |
| 15 | In the 1080s they rose against the bishop and established a new authority in the hands of consuls . |
| 16 | Lagging in the opinion-poll ratings in the early months of 1990 they seized upon the Anti-Poll Tax campaign as a means of once more attacking the Labour Party . |
| 17 | Thirty thousand people now worked for the brothers ' resource companies in addition to the many thousands they employed in the construction of their property . |