Example sentences of "they [vb past] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here they met processions from surrounding villages for a joint service with all the local denominations represented . |
| 2 | They met workers from other occupations and other areas ; they swapped stories , shared jokes and learned about one another 's problems . |
| 3 | They became suppliers of financial services and more or less autonomous , internationally spread , gatekeepers to the Aladdin 's Cave of the financial markets . |
| 4 | They made deals with heavy industry and government to extract huge subsidies to maintain their outmoded and inefficient estates and they gained tariff protection for their expensive and inefficiently produced foodstuffs . |
| 5 | Several organisations pointed out how , for certain large events , they made arrangements with local colleges which run such courses to offer work during term time that could be integrated into the teaching programme . |
| 6 | McIver ( 1987 ) describes that in retailing customers were persuaded to forgo the service provided by the friendly corner store and take on the labour of pushing trolleys around supermarkets because they made gains through cheaper prices and a wider choice of goods . |
| 7 | Ballymena soon settled after their indifferent start and they levelled matters on eight minutes with a goal which came right out of the blue . |
| 8 | They shouted commands to each other , the Second Son speaking to the engine as he might to his horse , commanding , urging , praising . |
| 9 | Sometimes , they built shrines round sacred trees , apparently providing access to them by means of double doors and safeguarding them by means of wooden fences or stone walls . |
| 10 | They used courts for private cases : divorced wives whose maintenance had not been paid , and heirs who thought they had been cheated , appear in the earliest court records ; they were plaintiffs and claimants whose position was weak in the traditional system . |
| 11 | They encountered taverns with painted signs hanging outside , and shops with their wares displayed in the windows . |
| 12 | Ultimately Steele divided land amongst his slaves for which they paid rent ; they received wages for other work . |
| 13 | In their study , they interviewed women in one neighbourhood in depth about the violent experiences they had suffered . |
| 14 | Eventually they joined forces with other graduates sharing the same skewed sense of humour , Michael Palin , Terry Jones , Eric Idle and an American-born cartoonist and graphic artist , Terry Gilliam ; and on Sunday 5 October 1969 ( incongruously enough , in a scheduling slot which had always been rigorously reserved for programmes of a religious cast ) the very first episode of Monty Python 's Flying Circus was broadcast . |
| 15 | They joined politicians including local MP David Trimble , Compensation Agency chief executive , John Robinson and an array of councillors and solicitors in a 90-minute talk . |
| 16 | The thrill of the rallies before the miners ' ballot was that they evoked echoes of that kind of military manoeuvre , disciplined , exotic troops , mobilised in precise , obedient formation , like ballroom dancing . |
| 17 | Only if they showed signs of overt suffering , such as palpitations or symptoms of unusual aggression , ought the farmer feel constrained to act . |
| 18 | There was also considerable speculation that the killings had been racially motivated as they followed reports of recent attacks against racial minorities in the area . |
| 19 | The following day the then Indian Prime Minister , Rajiv Gandhi , called on the King and they exchanged views on bilateral matters . |
| 20 | They exchanged texts of this agreement , signed by their Prime Ministers , at a working level meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom on Jan. 21 . |
| 21 | However , their independence was no hardship as they exchanged stores for local honey , eggs , and other native produce . |
| 22 | And so they developed accomplishments like enormous velocity and great skill at expressive rubato . |
| 23 | And in London , they dumped barrels of industrial effluent at the Environment Department . |
| 24 | They blocked requests for new development assistance worth US$74,000,000 . |
| 25 | Section 14(1) states that the memorandum and articles of association bind the company and the members as though signed and sealed by each member , and as if they contained covenants by each member to observe their provisions . |
| 26 | He noticed how they took chairs at some distance from one another and from him . |
| 27 | We , we , we said it 's about time they grew potatoes in that field |
| 28 | They saw conditions at all levels of education worsening . |
| 29 | They saw things from different perspectives . |
| 30 | A visit was made to the where they saw rumens at close quarters . |