Example sentences of "they [vb past] [conj] they [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for the move is that Phil took redundancy from BP when they announced that they were closing their Glasgow office and has since found a job with a Swedish oil company in London . |
| 2 | In the announcement of their forthcoming System 7 software they revealed that they were moving towards the concept of using outline fonts to generate the screen displays and that they were developing their own proprietary format , then known as Royal but subsequently re-named TrueType . |
| 3 | The this problem with the detector , it 's another level of subcontracting down and er if you you 're buying a piece of equipment of this kind from a a consortium er essentially you ca n't dictate to him precisely who he 's going to use to supply the components for that system and er it is the problem came to the notice of officials when the consortium came forward and and said look , we we 've got these terms in our contract er concerning detection range and so on and er we may not be able to meet those , er so we questioned the reasons and then of course they revealed that they were having problems with the supplier . |
| 4 | They disagreed whether they were obligated by the correct theory of legislation to enforce the most literal or the most sensible reading of the statute in the absence of any reliable evidence about what Congress actually intended . |
| 5 | They added that they were working for the government undercover and that they had enough evidence to ‘ make the charge stick ’ . |
| 6 | By controlling me they believed that they were avoiding my criticism of them as parents . |
| 7 | They recognised that they were achieving the three ‘ S ’ factors — stamina , suppleness and strength . |
| 8 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 9 | One such find was the two Italian chairs they discovered when they were running a retail furnishing shop . |
| 10 | They worked until they were finished . |
| 11 | And gathering chickweed out of the neep the chickens and that for green feed when they needed and they were confined in a small small space where there was no green grass to feed them on . |
| 12 | After founding the Fellowship of Isis they established that they were descended from one of her High Priests by a devious route linking the Egyptians with the Gaels . |
| 13 | Already they knew that they were nearing the trees , for the burning Tower was low and far off . |
| 14 | From the detailed observation of fifteen boards , it was evident that training often followed the pattern of immediate demand rather than being linked to any developmental plan ; thus , a board might ask the headteacher or member of staff for further elaboration of a topic which surfaced at a meeting , such as subject choice by S3 , or individuals might decide to attend an area session on interviewing skills only once they knew that they were to participate in the selection of a senior member of staff . |
| 15 | Of course , windmills could be placed offshore , then perhaps there might be something attractive to seeing these structures out at sea at some distance — they could even be beyond the horizon — but they thought that they are whirling round usefully providing our energy I think could make them acceptable , and there is no doubt that the worldwide research and success in windmill research at the moment would suggest that wind power is within sight , but the economic investment and the problems of siting certainly mean that it will be only introduced gradually . |
| 16 | Many of the instrumental numbers were so relaxed , they looked like they were amusing themselves at a family party and when Harry told everyone to stand up as he bopped around the stage in his black silk suit , everyone did as they were told . |
| 17 | Things like that made them really cagey , hence I was always having to lob people out of the shop if they looked like they were examining the clothes too closely . |
| 18 | Naturally most of the boys opted for ‘ the strip ’ and each time the innuendo was made the girls pretended it was terribly witty and original , If a little naughty , just as they did when they were asked for the twentieth time if perhaps they might be the prize . |
| 19 | It was found that when the experimenter expected subjects to infer success , they fulfilled the expectation , as they did when they were expected to infer failure . |
| 20 | Hastily improvising they did as they were asked . |
| 21 | They did as they were ordered , and when the arms began to flail again Mother Francis brought her hand in a resounding blow across Sister Mary 's face , sending her backwards against the wall , where she stood , quiet now , her mouth agape and froth around her lips . |
| 22 | Through his Arab interpreter he told them that if they did as they were told no harm need come to them . |
| 23 | They did as they were told but the robber still opened fire , hitting 27-year-old Julie and narrowly missing Mr Ellis . |
| 24 | In June 1645 he and Captain Beaumont preached at Newport Pagnell , where they complained that they were abused by the garrison 's officers . |
| 25 | In fact erm , when I looked in detail at the written submission by the County Council , I found that er they ha th they said that they were placing emphasis on er on local factors . |
| 26 | ‘ They said if they were taken into care they would run away . |
| 27 | They left when they were assured that no eviction would take place until alternative accommodation had been found for the family . |
| 28 | But Town take delight in proving people wrong … mind you they had to fight all the way against Wolves and there must have been times when they wondered whether they were going the right way … |
| 29 | They recognized that they were living in an immense natural vault , with many extra security features also built in . |
| 30 | There they remained until they were discovered in the late nineteenth century . |