Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [det] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked for all the recommendations for a carer , and home support to be implemented . |
| 2 | That is to say they operated in such a way as either to confirm the proposed design ( by acting within the analysis phase ) or to generate the engineering information for production ( by acting within the scheming phase ) . |
| 3 | Here they behaved in such a way as to convince the ASS officers that their lives and those of others were under threat , hence the decision to fire . |
| 4 | They equalised after half an hour and also went close on more than one occasion . |
| 5 | They talked for half an hour and suddenly upped and went . |
| 6 | Newcastle had lost just one League game away from home before this and they started with all the confidence of a four-match winning run behind them . |
| 7 | They hinted to all the women dependent on them in various ways that their shrill cries rendered them boring , humourless , sexually unappetising ; they talked of castration by these same women and wept and offered themselves as small soft snails out of their snailshells to be cosseted back by mummy into strength and pleasure-giving . |
| 8 | They saw to all the washing up . |
| 9 | ‘ They spoke to all the staff here . |
| 10 | Both sides were now preparing for war , but Norfolk and Rent made another attempt at mediation in mid-December when they wrote to all the prelates asking them to attend an assembly in London to discuss the king 's failure to abide by his coronation oath and Magna Carta . |
| 11 | When I got there they moaned about all the clothes and stuff I had , because you have to take everything with you when they move you about . |
| 12 | They sat for half an hour in silence , turning the pages and scribbling notes . |
| 13 | Yes , I was very successful in that respect as well that er , my children , I taught them that just to wait till the January sales and they 'd get what they wanted for half the price ! |