Example sentences of "and they [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I was standing outside laughing , and they took a picture of me standing there laughing . |
| 32 | That slaughter , when it comes , is reported in the baldest possible terms : ‘ … the people went up into the city , every man straight before him , and they took the city . |
| 33 | Those who had attended informed their colleagues of the fact — and they took the hint . |
| 34 | Well , the polis was brought , naturally , and they took the body away to the work house mortuary . |
| 35 | ‘ The first people to arrive were servants from Ipuky 's household , and they took the body there . |
| 36 | Cromwell and his army colleagues considered the improving of the morality of the English people one of the chief priorities of their government , and they made every effort to eradicate a range of popular pursuits which they considered to be sinful , profane , or unseemly . |
| 37 | Brian Clough 's teams are never short of resilience or adaptability , though , and they made a fight of it throughout . |
| 38 | The defendants decided to enter this market and they made a drink called " Keeling 's Old English Advocaat " which was made from Cyprus sherry and dried egg powder , an inferior but cheaper drink . |
| 39 | They reckon arrests were made down but they were down at Beskett Station and they made a couple inside the ground , but I think they were just people running on the pitch you know , they were over enthusiastic . |
| 40 | Ruth assured her that the cake had been delicious , and they made a start on the washing-up . |
| 41 | The Health Committee also considered it and they made a number of points . |
| 42 | They went to see it and came back and had a meeting one night in New York , and they made a list of the fakes . |
| 43 | And they made a fire on it . ’ |
| 44 | There were two Jamaican boys in there and they made a point of crowding the counter , holding their elbows akimbo , so that Shiva was unable to pick up his paper from the pile in front of them . |
| 45 | The carpets were deep and expensive , and they made no sound as they moved to the end of the hall . |
| 46 | Almost to a man they were against the new phenomenon of the movies and they made no effort to include them in their ‘ night-time ’ world . |
| 47 | Then I went to prison and they made the baby a ward of court without telling me . |
| 48 | No one could argue they did n't deserve it though … and they made the match their own with a second try … a good one too … skipper Ian Smith made the break … number eight Paul Ashmead started a charge to the line and full-back Martin Roberts ran on to finish the scoring … |
| 49 | He 's been a bit disappointing and they made the difference . ’ |
| 50 | Ellen Jebeau rose from the table , and they made the gesture of rising too . |
| 51 | She says it was a breakdown in communication and they made an error . |
| 52 | It was only discovered because somebody left a film camera running on an aquarium in which these fish were present and they noticed a blur and when the film was slowed down and analyzed it turned out that this was happening , that a little sneak was going in , instantly ejaculating , and zooming out . |
| 53 | Though they hate the war and they hate the draft , they still believe America can be beautiful if it lives up to its own principles . ’ |
| 54 | They were disillusioned with the protection afforded to seamen by legislation ; they had limited financial resources and preferred peaceful negotiation with the shipowners to strikes which they could ill afford and they saw no future in attempts to organise seamen on a national scale . |
| 55 | Erm I think it it it started off , people would come in the dayroom , with their own supplementary benefit problem , and and clearly we had the sort of handbooks there and and they saw the probation officers on on duty as people who could help them to sort out that sort out that kind of problem . |
| 56 | And I think what that emphasises in the constitution is that the founding fathers , who devised the constitution , saw the congress as the central organ of American government and they saw the presidency as an appendage . |
| 57 | As they passed the third cave , the golden bee flew out of the woman 's sleeve , and they saw the lightning flash and heard the thunder crack behind them . |
| 58 | But er I mean it always er gained there was just a few working with it and they saw the improvement it was making and then everybody for the wild white clover . |
| 59 | It was five o'clock and they began the trek homeward . |
| 60 | When the teller announced the Magharba vote at 1235 , implying a Magharba majority , the Zuwaya immediately protested that Magharba were present who had no right to vote : after a check of identity cards some men left and they began the vote again , this time counting both groups of supporters as they passed behind their goals . |