Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But they made it clear they hoped he would soon be on his way to the United States .
2 They got so warm they removed their sweatshirts for a final surge home .
3 ‘ I 'm delighted they left you the house , ’ Julia told Margaret .
4 Anyone who complains that they are convinced they programmed their machine correctly but it wo n't read , should try this solution too , as static electricity can cause computer chips to misread instructions and if it 's bad enough , static electricity can destroy data held on disc .
5 Yeah , I 'm glad they took their , took their own
6 and eventually after some searching they nominated someone who then resigned from her post not Clare
7 So it 's likely they picked it up from them .
8 With some , like Tony Jacklin or Susan Hampshire , it is perfectly obvious they got it through hard work in their particular calling .
9 But some things never changed : there was no holiday pay and if they went went sick they lost their jobs .
10 In particular , it was found that if the fake eyes were shaded to look three-dimensional they made their biggest impact .
11 As their search became more frantic they found themselves aided by Bismarck , who in February 1869 gave his support to a Prince belonging to the Catholic branch of the House of Hohenzollern .
12 ‘ Yes , I am sure they told me she was coming out of Doctor Vincentius ’ house . ’
13 Chf Insp Longstaff said club managers had a responsibility to make sure they knew what the law required of them .
14 He was sure they knew something , some trick that that idle , rascally District Chief had been up to .
15 He watched over his players and made sure they knew he was doing so .
16 They stared ahead , but Jack was sure they saw nothing .
17 The groining tended to begin in places such as Brighton and Hove , where which were holiday areas , and who wanted to make sure they kept their beach , and wanted if possible to even enlarge their beach and certainly the urban area of the resort developed .
18 Somebody who prodded them occasionally , she thinks with a rifle as he was n't right up close , to make sure they realized he was there .
19 All the same , they made sure they lifted their legs as high as possible .
20 By now it was the morning of the fourth day and West Indies had a lead of 164 ; clearly quick runs were needed to make sure they had plenty of time to bowl England out again .
21 ‘ Then he 'd get up early to make sure they had their breakfast , get Matthew ready and then take him to school . ’
22 ‘ Then he 'd get up early to make sure they had their breakfast , get Matthew ready and then take him to school . ’
23 I 'm sure they thought I 'd be knocked out for ages and not come round until they 'd gone .
24 ‘ I made sure they gave you one without the prices . ’
25 Sure they won one nil in fourteen minutes they were up one nil and France could n't score
26 Their baskets were soon full and feeling tired they made their way home .
27 When the band sensed that Harvey was growing tired they moved him towards a finale and spread a musical carpet and drew a musical curtain and the trumpet milked the applause .
28 The sherpas climbing with her were so impressed by her stamina in temperatures around 30C below freezing they made her an honorary ‘ sherpani ’ .
29 But now the shot by Gemmell and the rest of the players of and the bench are curious they thought they should have had an off should have had an offside in that er buildup .
30 I hope they read this book and realise how happy they made me feel .
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