Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [noun pl] [vb past] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samantha led Jacqueline out to buy a paper bag of corn to feed the portly , over-privileged pigeons and Haverford Downs gave them a taste of his ‘ Jottings ’ . |
| 2 | As a result of the increase , some banks and building societies said they expected to raise mortgage rates by between 1 and 1.5 per cent , probably from 1 November . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 4 | Many urban tradesmen , especially those connected with the building industry , seem to have invested in a small way in housing for rent , but there can be little doubt that the special facilities in raising capital conferred by acts of parliament on turnpike trusts and canal companies enabled them to become the recipients of a flow of capital from sources which would not otherwise have been drawn so directly towards economic improvements . |
| 5 | Below her hospital gown , her legs were still as she remembered — although her reinforced thigh and shin bones made them two and a half inches longer . |
| 6 | The Bank of France and business leaders opposed them . |
| 7 | At Philadelphia he had been joined by two others in what was obviously a preplanned meeting since the moment dinner was cleared away and a new round of gin and diet tonics ordered they began a miniature board meeting . |
| 8 | But last night police and safety experts admitted they were worried . |
| 9 | In their early twenties they had a group called the Actors and RCA records asked them to come in for a meeting . |
| 10 | Five and even ten years ago academic librarians were generally aware of the demands and problems of user education in their sector , and the research and development projects gave them little reason to change the fundamentals of their approach . |
| 11 | For a while the television channel went off the air as protesters swarmed into the building , before troops and government supporters pushed them out . |
| 12 | The French peasantry 's revolutionary energies were soon dissipated and channelled into supporting Napoleon Bonaparte 's military regime after the abolition of the aristocracy and land reforms turned them into small property-owners . |
| 13 | Lothian and Borders police said they were well prepared for the friendly invasion . |
| 14 | Women who tried to get into the car park without a pass this morning were allowed through the barrier , but council officials warned them that they could face disciplinary proceedings if they try again tomorrow . |
| 15 | The lights fixed to the roof rack came on , but paper cones prevented them from being visible from the shore line . |
| 16 | But City sources said they believed that Mr Lawson might reinforce the fight against inflation without resorting to another increase in base rates , by announcing a further tightening of monetary policy in next Thursday 's Mansion House speech . |