Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will put up with dreadful weather , poor course conditions , quick hooking , three-putting and a bad elbow , and still enter the bar thinking they enjoyed themselves . |
| 2 | They then wrapped it in linen and concealed it about their person : to jade a horse they touched him in the pit of the shoulder with the frog 's bone : to release the horse they touched him on the rump . |
| 3 | They then wrapped it in linen and concealed it about their person : to jade a horse they touched him in the pit of the shoulder with the frog 's bone : to release the horse they touched him on the rump . |
| 4 | However , having made an investment they expected it to pay its way and any development towards being a full-time farmer would depend very much on market prices . |
| 5 | Families of serfs were forced by Chilperic to accompany the princess ; some hanged themselves to avoid going ; people of good birth were also expected to make the journey , and then to stay in Spain ; as a result they made their wills , reckoning themselves to be as good as dead . |
| 6 | As a result they offered him small parts in the next two films in which Ken would star . |
| 7 | After an inept start , Rangers battled belligerently to achieve the result they sought which keeps them abreast of Marseille , who defeated Club Brugge 3-0 in France . |
| 8 | People refused to accept Jesus as the Messiah and as a result they rejected his authority ( Mark 2:7 , 20 ; 3:22 ; 14:10–11 , 21 ; Matt. |
| 9 | Shaken by the Danish referendum result they declared their " determination to press ahead with European construction " . |
| 10 | Towsie watched until the red began to die out and then , bidding me to have a care and stand back , at the word of command they teemed their buckets on the fire . |
| 11 | And when Zbo explained that Modi was coughing up blood they chased him away . |
| 12 | He was charged with reckless driving and having a pistol in his car They fined him $240 or something . |
| 13 | When the police returned the car they told him there was nothing wrong with it and the engine was legitimate . |
| 14 | She says : ‘ When I went to arrange the AA insurance for the car they offered me a policy for us as well and , thank goodness , I decided to take it . ’ |
| 15 | Parking the car they left it there and walked around to Porchester Terrace , throwing the keys to the Humber Snipe down a-drainhole . |
| 16 | ‘ It was n't obvious on the photograph they showed me . ’ |
| 17 | In a unique demonstration they left their schools to sit in on a county council meeting discussing the cuts.Tim Hurst reports . |
| 18 | Cheese and onion little pasties they made and Laura did n't want to eat any for tea they did their nut with her |
| 19 | ‘ Nervous collapse they called it . |
| 20 | In the first cell they took me to , which was single , there was blood everywhere . |
| 21 | To their disgust they found themselves required to stand in line with the Europeans . |
| 22 | In the interview they asked me about my future plans . |
| 23 | as if conforming to some prearranged ceremony they grouped themselves into a semicircle with Alex Mair a little to the front , like a formal welcoming party but one bracing itself for trouble rather than expecting pleasure from the approaching guest . |
| 24 | This week William and his horse Chaka have been training with the rest of the British team at Badminton … back in the spring they enjoyed their finest hour here when they finished seventh in the annual championships … |
| 25 | Throughout that spring they saw nothing of Maria , and only the occasional letter came . |
| 26 | ‘ The crime they sent me to prison for ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps you think the crime they sent you to prison for makes you unworthy of God 's mercy . |
| 28 | Staff at Middlesbrough General Hospital at first tried to induce labour on January 31 but when it became clear Mrs Busuttil , now of West Drayton , London , was not in labour they discontinued their efforts . |
| 29 | I 'm told it 's the 43rd single release off the album they said they 'd split up after if it did n't outsell Guns N' Roses ( or something ) . |
| 30 | I took her hand in mine , and we went out of the ruined place ; and , as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge , so , the evening mists were rising now , and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed me , I saw no shadow of another parting from her . |