Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] they [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Congratulations to the Mail On Sunday for checking before they stole the story , and to Passenger for being the first London shop to stock up on robots . |
| 2 | It is true that judgment could be given in ipsam rem , but this is far from allowing that they had a ‘ real ’ effect . |
| 3 | The police handling of rape complaints was shown in a documentary on Thames television , with the approval of the police , suggesting that they saw no problem in this . |
| 4 | ‘ In our case , I think people were looking further afield for education without realising that they had a very good facility close to home . |
| 5 | Maria was forced to begin believing that they represented the truth on the Thursday when , having first steeled herself to sound casual , she mentioned to Giles Estwick that Luke did n't seem to be around any longer . |
| 6 | Journalists tended to march with the gays in spirit , believing that they had a case and were an important constituency ( as they are ) for the Democratic Party . |
| 7 | Intense negotiations continued , with the generators believing that they had the upper hand because of the Government 's tight timetable and their insistence that they should not have to sign contracts before seeing the white paper . |
| 8 | Tomorrow they 'll try and put up a sign to ask anyone who was passing if they saw the accident , yeah ? |
| 9 | The cab swerved into the Place de la Concorde , she felt them whirling as they joined the vortex round the obelisk as if in a fairground swing as it lifts and spins . |
| 10 | The Russian followed , shouting as they neared the superstructure door . |
| 11 | She took it , fingers trembling as they grasped the fragile stem and felt the warmth of his touch . |
| 12 | And they 'd go on for many years with incredible perseverance , believing when they had no reason to believe , when it was crazy for them to believe . |
| 13 | Leaders of the Yatama Indian rebel alliance ( including Brooklyn Rivera , Wycliffe Diego and Steadman Fagoth Müller ) at the end of September signed a document confirming that they renounced the armed struggle ( although their fighters remained in the mountains ) and requested safe conduct to Nicaragua , at the same time announcing the formation of a new political party , and their support for Chamorro in the presidential elections . |
| 14 | To invite people in , we 're not , but four of us is going and they buggered the lot . |
| 15 | Then there was plenty of work for them but then when the erm , the one man buses really got going and they introduced the night safe on the buses , the ticket office was cut drastically , they did n't need to have all this information . |
| 16 | They forced themselves to keep going but they had no enthusiasm . |
| 17 | She stopped rehearsing when they reached the end of Act One . |
| 18 | It can be proved by witnesses stating that they saw the defendant ‘ drive round the roundabout and wander into the side of another car ’ or ‘ brake rather late and run into the car in front ’ or by the defendant stating that ‘ I misjudged the gap or distance ’ or ‘ I did n't see the other car , motorbike , cycle or pedestrian , etc . ’ |
| 19 | He says the enormous sums spent on advertising by political parties — in particular the Conservatives — have more to do with boosting party workers ' morale and with the fact that it would be deeply embarrassing and demoralising if they lost the election but still ended up with cash in the kitty . |
| 20 | But who would think of refusing Lucy 's invitations , providing as they did the last vestige of a social occasion within the enclave ? |
| 21 | The smallness of the demonstration , compared with the Dungannon march , showed the modest scale of the organisers , influence , although McCann is probably right in saying that they made a mistake in starting it in hostile territory . |
| 22 | Prior to the Children Act 1989 coming into operation on 14 October 1991 , the practice was for justices to announce their decision in the most simple terms , saying that they made a care order or a custody order , as the case might be . |
| 23 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 24 | In more extreme manner we might wish to register our displeasure at the felling of a row of fine trees for a road-widening project by saying that they had the right to be left in peace . |
| 25 | The most interesting aspect of the affair , however , is the very swift growth of the cult of St Edward , something which his assassins may have foreseen , if Archbishop Wulfstan is correct in saying that they burnt the corpse , presumably in an attempt to destroy remains which might become relics . |
| 26 | On Sept. 4 President F. W de Klerk presented the constitutional proposals of the National Party ( NP ) to a federal party congress at Bloemfontein , saying that they demonstrated the NP 's opposition to " domination of any kind " . |
| 27 | If one could select those areas where there appears to be the largest proportion of sites which seem to have been affected , they are in Hampshire , Hertfordshire and north Kent , possibly indicating that they suffered the greatest disturbance . |
| 28 | Cos I , I were asking if they wanted a baked tatie and that and we stood waiting for them and you noticed on sack |
| 29 | A host of chances went begging and they had a cracking goal from John Hartless ruled out for offside . |
| 30 | she had no business to do it , she knew what she were doing and they had no business to do it . |