Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [conj] they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The massive stone structure stood out bravely amidst the miles of destruction , and the crew became interested as they had n't seen it in daylight before . |
| 2 | On 25 July , the Official Solicitor visited the dockers in prison , but they made clear that they did not intend to give any undertakings of obedience to the NIRC or to apologize — which is normally essential before those in contempt are released . |
| 3 | They rode in single file , for the ground became broken as they climbed higher and the hoofs of their mounts dislodged loose stones that clattered down the hillside . |
| 4 | Cami knickers and french knickers became popular because they did n't take much material and were economic in coupons . |
| 5 | He got busted and they got done as well . |
| 6 | The fact that my slimmers felt so much healthier encouraged them to continue on the diet while they were losing weight and it became clear that they had no intention of falling back in to their old habits . |
| 7 | But those areas were taken out of the project when it became clear that they merited their own separate treatment . |
| 8 | ‘ Wo n't even look at 'er new battleaxe , ’ grumbled Ginger as they went on their way looking for money . |
| 9 | Matt tried plate-smashing but they said it was n't the local custom and threw us out ! |
| 10 | One of the things that some chaps found amusing when they went to the " heads " ( the head is what the Navy calls the loo ) , you sat in a long row and a great flush of water ran right through a row of 20 or 30 . |
| 11 | Their findings therefore seemed puzzling and they looked for possible explanations . |
| 12 | Up the sharp end when all their clever ideas came unstuck and they needed some poor mug to stick them back together again . |
| 13 | League high-flyers Academicals lost 3-2 at Old Xaverians and Cabin came unstuck when they failed to convert two penalties in a 2-0 setback at St. Aloysius . |
| 14 | The grille slammed shut and they heard the noise of footsteps . |
| 15 | But the British team seemed satisfied that they took the most needy cases . |
| 16 | Limbs became locked as they strained together . |
| 17 | Bars turned gooey as they slid underwater — then the youngsters slipped on them when they stood up to get out . |
| 18 | The second is that the British colonial rulers did not genuinely believe in independent , publicly owned public service broadcasting because when in government they made sure that they had full control and tolerated the idea of a corporation only when their rule was coming to an end . |
| 19 | She made sure that they went on being there . |
| 20 | GIANT-killing basketball stars the Middlesbrough Mohawks walked tall when they met the town 's mayor . |
| 21 | It swung open and they staggered into the corridor , away from that scene of Hell in the office . |
| 22 | Charlton , although taking the lead against the run of play through John Robinson with their first shot of the match after 26 minutes , finished annoyed that they had failed to record their second successive victory . |
| 23 | Prussia 's attempt in 1850 to capitalize on Austrian weakness and turn herself into the pre-eminent power in Germany came to nothing when the Austrians made plain that they had recovered their nerve and were prepared to go to war on the matter . |
| 24 | Mr Graham Venn , prosecuting on behalf of the North Yorkshire Trading Standards Department , said vets first became concerned when they visited the farm in April last year . |
| 25 | I watched smiling as they owled and pussy-catted along the beach . |
| 26 | Many artistes got drunk before they faced the ordeal on stage . |
| 27 | The baby was awake but fell asleep as they reached the house . |
| 28 | A smell of incense grew strong as they approached the immense triple portico of the Cathedral , begun in the French style two hundred years ago . |
| 29 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
| 30 | Usually everyone left the house around the same time ; she liked to have the table cleared before she closed the door behind her , so the place looked respectable when they came in again in the evenings . |