Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year later she and her son Samuel travelled to Bury St Edmunds , where they helped found a Congregational church . |
| 2 | Whereas the least grown-up people I know , although they 've got a tremendous value for society so bless them anyway , are ‘ artists ’ . |
| 3 | International conferences could provide the vehicle for international co-operation and co-ordination , but apart from the few international conferences organized by the British Library and by the International Association of Technological University Libraries ( IATUL ) there have not been many more than a dozen , and none of these has focused on the need for international co-ordination ; although they have kindled a certain amount of international co.operation . |
| 4 | The general subordination of the British state to the interests of civil society has limited the relative autonomy of state groups , although they have had a certain freedom to ‘ navigate ’ between the competing demands of different groups and classes , for example in the realm of industrial relations ( Edwards 1986 : 168–72 ) . |
| 5 | Got it back , there was erm a blanket in the boot and when they took the blanket out it was all ten thousand pounds worth of drugs and needles and everything in it , so the police have took it all back and they 've written it off , so they 've got a new Nissan , a Bluebird |
| 6 | Over the past year or so they have appointed a new captain , coach , and secretary . |
| 7 | Once they have pasted a few posters in a Punjabi town , the instruction on them becomes law . |
| 8 | Moreover , ideas and assumptions circulate in disguised and concealed forms , once they have achieved a certain currency . |
| 9 | Many new acts are using country as a means to an end , neatly crossing over into other styles , even other media , once they have established a solid following . |
| 10 | However , it 's not as if they 've erected a Chinese Wall . |
| 11 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome , they 'll wish they 'd never been born ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome they 'll wish I 'd never been born , ’ said Masklin . |
| 13 | Paul was saying that I mean , they 're a hundred percent nomination housing the people who need the housing most are are n't the ones who who 'll be able to er , to use the and there 's no housing strategy on on er o o on the equity part , the the there might be , only a tiny bit , on on on the rent side but it does n't homes fo for the people who really need it , even if they 've got a hundred percent nomination flats ! |
| 14 | Tell you what if they 've got a hydraulic jack in there , several people have to buy it off him , the boys will buy it off |
| 15 | That 's actually on all critical illness cover plans , because if they 've got a living assurance , or they 've got some other plan that 's got critical illness benefit , it 's the total maximum that Abbey will insure them for , for critical illness , for heart attacks , stroke etcetera . |
| 16 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 17 | And if they 've got a large squad , so do we . |
| 18 | But they 're going to be cut out from the two litre bottle range er if they 've got a bad back or these sort of situations . |
| 19 | All returning submarines fly one if they 've had a good patrol . ’ |
| 20 | Cos they 're walking through the area and they 'll if they 've had a few pints , Let's go down Oh we 'll walk through Flats and we 'll smash one or two lights up , smash one or two windows . |
| 21 | If they 've had a few beers , they m they may leave something else behind . |
| 22 | I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car . |
| 23 | that 's what I mean if they 'd had a good whistler he kept instead of her , could n't he ? |
| 24 | Even if they 'd had a formal partnership , which they did n't , it would have made no difference . |
| 25 | ‘ I feel women are pushed out of hospital , just as if they 'd had a minor operation , or a very mild illness . ’ |
| 26 | There was another story about a blind mother , whose son did not return after the battle ; she wept when he did not return , and asked the survivors if they had seen a young and lovely boy lying slain , dressed in delicately embroidered garments of fine silk , and the survivors said No , they had seen no boy , but they had seen a great bearded man dead , and he had worn tied about his waist strange garments , torn and faded and old , which had once been embroidered with flowers . |
| 27 | In the suggested answer , we noted that if they had fitted a multiplicative model , the effect would be very similar . |
| 28 | If they had scored a second it would have been no robbery . ’ |
| 29 | It looked on Saturday as if they had declared a premature end to the season , in any case . |
| 30 | This Act required school boards to pass byelaws to secure attendance ( although pupils older than 10 could be exempted if they had achieved a certain standard of attainment , or a satisfactory record of attendance ) . |