Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Schools Council 's early projects have been criticized in that they rarely took account of the context of the individual institutions where change was sought and ignored the fact that there was little consensus amongst teachers about the value of change anyway ( Becher and Maclure , 1978 ; Kelly , 1982 ; Richards , 1983 ; Cassidy , 1986 ) . |
| 2 | After half an hour of marching towards the ever-loudening village dog , they eventually found shelter for the night . |
| 3 | So when Fleischmann and Pons announced test-tube fusion as a source of energy — which was the ‘ angle ’ that the media took up and portrayed it as a clean source — the news that they apparently saw tritium as a fusion product was lost on most media , but it made many scientists concerned and others excited . |
| 4 | In a study of 400 of the biggest bank mergers in the 1980s , FMCG Capital Strategies , a New York consultancy , found that four out of five deals failed miserably — to the point where they soon destroyed value for the acquiring bank . |
| 5 | They always had bidding for the funeral and sometimes the family would write out the the bids . |
| 6 | Following the appointment of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector in 1653 , religious considerations once more came to the fore , although whether they ever took precedence over the more secular impulses behind foreign policy is doubtful . |
| 7 | And it was milk , after they 'd milked the cow first time , after she 'd had a calf , well the first milking , they usually got blood in the milk , you see ? |
| 8 | They also secured sponsorship from the Women and Children Division of South Tees Acute Hospitals , and from outside companies . |
| 9 | They also collected money in a bucket on their way . |
| 10 | The abbots exercised a feudal lordship over vast territories of northern England — all the Furness district , much of the Lake District and parts of Yorkshire — and they also owned land in the Isle of Man and Ireland . |
| 11 | There was bronze for the Oxford powerboat team of Dave Arthur and Pete Little in the world championships … they also took bronze in the European 's two weeks ago … |
| 12 | There was bronze for the Oxford powerboat team of Dave Arthur and Pete Little in the world championships … they also took bronze in the European 's two weeks ago … |
| 13 | They also took command of the crucial Madden Dam , which regulates the amount of water flowing into the canal , and maintained helicopter and motorised patrols along the 51-mile length of the canal . |
| 14 | They also recommended drama as a powerful way of communicating appropriate messages . |
| 15 | He had shared a drink with barmaid Louise Shipman , who then claimed they also had sex at a Leicester hotel . |
| 16 | He and Buckingham had a significant force behind them , and they also had control of the young king . |
| 17 | They also had control of the hospitals that had been provided under other statutes to treat the mentally ill , those with infectious diseases , tuberculosis and the mentally handicapped . |
| 18 | He and Buckingham had a significant force behind them , and they also had control of the young king . |
| 19 | They offered opportunities for men of skill to acquire great position in the world — Arnoul of Ardres caught the eye of Countess Ida of Boulogne through his exploits ; and they also conferred lustre on the great — Geoffrey le Bel and Philip of Alsace were renowned throughout France for their distinguished performances in these show battles . |
| 20 | They also heaped praise on the police for the investigation which eventually caught the three . |
| 21 | They also heaped praise on the police for the investigation which eventually caught the three . |
| 22 | They later became part of the collection of the National Film Library . |
| 23 | They later opened fire with a sawn-off Kalashnikov rifle at a pursuing police car before abandoning their Sierra car in a field and disappearing into the countryside , Mr Nutting said . |
| 24 | They then moved west to a new holding area at Bir Zalten , sixty miles south of the German positions at El Agheila , which had been recced by Mike Sadler who had flown up there during the first week in November . |
| 25 | Some 400 million years ago , they found ways of surviving out of water and made such a success of life in their new surroundings that they ultimately gave rise to the most numerous and diverse group of all land animals , the insects . |
| 26 | They never fed information into the system that appeared conclusive against Mills , just highly suspicious . ’ |
| 27 | They never made love with the light on and the act itself was too brief and impersonal to give her any pleasure . |
| 28 | They therefore favoured withdrawal beyond the River Forth , hoping to raise a new army of 10,000 men to resume the offensive in the spring . |