Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning soldiers were spat on as they walked off their planes and the Death Valley sized rift that ensued still causes tensions among many . |
| 2 | The statue of Moloch in Carthage had large outstretched hands for children to be placed on before they tumbled to a blazing fire below , where they would be ‘ purified ’ and blessed by that god . |
| 3 | They 'd broken in and they 'd better get out . |
| 4 | The huge padlock seemed oddly out of place for anyone could have broken in if they had wished . |
| 5 | ‘ We made the effort last year , but the talks would have broken down before they started , except for the Ulster Unionists . ’ |
| 6 | Either the telemetric system has broken down or they 've gone bonkers at Bacton . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There was an old French lady carried on till they carried her out , ’ said Constance . |
| 8 | People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors . |
| 9 | A friend of mine Dave who wrote half the album with me and produced the album has been on at me for five years , come on let's make an album , let's make an album , let's make an album , making a , let's make an album er and a few record companies have come on and they 've always wanted me to do an album like maybe , let's prepackage old sixties ' songs and revise them , or let's do love themes from T V shows and which would never have interested me , so I said to Dave , you know when a record company comes with an offer to make an album , to do the album I wan na do then we 'll do one . |
| 10 | By 1870 the old city ramparts and defensive gateways had been torn down because they hindered the greatly increased flow of traffic . |
| 11 | No sooner had they sat down than they heard the distant ring of the telephone . |
| 12 | Nor did it mean that Germany and the countries associated with her would be let in until they had purged their crimes . |
| 13 | Th th they 've come through and they 've taken control of the area . |
| 14 | One of the hazards of the sudden death of infants was that they might be carried off before they had been baptised . |
| 15 | But now the ring leader Smyth Harper , 16 , has owned up that they invented the story for a laugh . |
| 16 | And if they really were the murderers , would they have been so foolish , after leaving Ayr and with Ross 's money in the car , to have picked up as they did two girls who had been stranded by their boy friends , and taken them to their homes in Kilmarnock ? |
| 17 | If Kit and Teresa had n't come back when they did … ’ |
| 18 | Students would sit around chatting , leave if they felt like it , and not come back if they found something better to do . |
| 19 | Well I mean there , there , there 's no question about nineteen forty nine absolutely non no documents could have come out unless they had Mao 's approval . |
| 20 | The carrot will attract any wireworm around , which can be lifted out as they munch on it ( Harry says he finds this particularly useful for melon beds ) . |
| 21 | The danger is that many businesses are waiting until there is a problem , or even a crisis , to be sorted out before they ask for advice from a solicitor — as said : ‘ Regrettably , lawyers are seen as a cure , not a preventative ’ — and it is the smaller , more vulnerable business that falls into it most . |
| 22 | We realised that there could be some difficulties , and some apparent injustices might show up , but due to great consultative work put in by Councillors , and Mrs , often against great vilification and personal attack , many per problems were sorted out as they arose but we saw that i in April motions in amendments we see that it takes three full paragraphs of the amended motion to see that they deign to welcome initiatives which extend participation in decision making to schools , governors and parents . |
| 23 | People who were incredibly enthusiastic at first dropped out because they thought the language barrier would be a major problem , even though they were assured that an English-speaking teacher would accompany the children . |
| 24 | I 'm sure they thought I 'd be knocked out for ages and not come round until they 'd gone . |
| 25 | There were quite a few dunces , and er some did n't always get moved on and they did n't all make it into the top class , they had to stop again for another year , or period , in the class they were . |
| 26 | It 's all built in and they breathe a sigh of relief . |
| 27 | Large numbers of the birds are believed to have been shot down as they crossed Afghanistan and Pakistan en route to their summer breeding grounds along the River Ob , in eastern Russia . |
| 28 | TRAVELLERS who have invaded Downpatrick 's main car park should be barricaded in until they move , a councillor urged today . |
| 29 | They 've seen through and they realize that all these wasting . |
| 30 | Most of them have moved off since they broke the squat . |