Example sentences of "men [vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He said police then surrounded the house and the men got rid of their guns and masks and ‘ attempted to improve their situation by masquerading as robbers ’ .
2 Sharing the platform at a rally at the former Lenin shipyard in Gdansk , both men had alluded in their speeches to their political differences .
3 Whatever the facts , both men had gone about their affairs , and would presumably not trouble me again .
4 Some of the men had run for their lives by now .
5 The dairymaids and men had come from their cottages as they saw the cows arriving from the fields .
6 Within minutes , five or six men had taken off their shoes , rolled up their trousers and were wading in the icy water .
7 Both men had leapt to their feet and had been restrained from using violence by the mates of the shop steward , who just happened to be on hand .
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