Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had both of them brought mysterious plastic carrier bags about which they ostentatiously avoided asking one another . |
| 2 | Sympathetic members of a local education committee could often be usefully approached : many of them kept special surgery hours for such consultations . |
| 3 | And of course I loved the town and although the station was about a mile from the town centre , people used to come from the town centre in their cars , they had lunch at our place er er at Cambridge , you see , and there , there were two waiters and one , one of them took part-time cellar work , you see , and er , they were two brothers and er their name 's |
| 4 | The military officers among them wore full dress uniform of horizon blue while civilians wore frocked coats and chapeau hauts de forme — top hats . |
| 5 | They decried human rights abuses and curbs on basic freedoms . |
| 6 | They met Prime Minister Metaxas in Greece , Kemal Ataturk in Turkey , and King Boris in Bulgaria . |
| 7 | They met seven North West MPs to ask for backing for a bid to get a change in legislation to allow workers to stay in the UKAEA pension scheme after the site 's commercial uranium enrichment business is transferred to Urenco in September . |
| 8 | Suddenly they met burnt chip contamination and had to shut down the production line , a major anxiety as they were producing to a tight schedule in a ‘ Just in time ’ situation . |
| 9 | I was hoping when they got that link road through they might connect up , but I do n't suppose it , sort of roads got ta put parking towards the long piece of |
| 10 | They got all sorts love . |
| 11 | Well they they get her to do or even erm they got one cutting girl who came in er got a photograph from Vogue erm Michael Caine 's daughter |
| 12 | It is n't broadcast to the rest of the manor by the way they got close circuit T V . |
| 13 | They got four I D Ts . |
| 14 | Bill Oddie was the first comedy hippy , they had stupid hit singles ( something Python only managed ten years after the event ) , they got stuffy BBC presenters to do daft things ( Raymond Baxter in string underpants ) and , true to form , they went to ITV in 1980 and were crap . |
| 15 | Yeah like they got little metal plates |
| 16 | . they got , they got wicked raga music over there . |
| 17 | I mean to say er used to see people years ago and they got these cine cameras and and all , we could never have one of those you know and a record of the kids when they were young . |
| 18 | They agreed future extradition arrangements for fugitive criminals , and decided that talks would be held on the creation of a final Court of Appeal . |
| 19 | As well as establishing reduced overall catch quotas for 1991 ( 93,570 tonnes for cod , 40,500 for haddock ) , they agreed that fishing boats over 100 tonnes in the North Sea and also along the west coast of Scotland , more than 40 per cent of whose catch consisted of cod and haddock , should be obliged to remain in port for eight consecutive days each month from Feb. 1 to Dec. 31 , 1991 . |
| 20 | In North America the pied Dutch cows were selected for high yield above all and they became specialist milk producers , with a marked difference in size and conformation . |
| 21 | There is no evidence to suggest that they made substantial wartime gains in terms of occupational pension entitlements . |
| 22 | COVENTRY signed another Gould yesterday when they made former Aylesbury manager Trevor Gould reserve team coach . |
| 23 | Originally about a foot long , it had been cut into two , when they made excellent cycle handlebar grips for only 3d a pair . |
| 24 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 25 | They had their moments of flair but they wasted good midfield work with speculative shots into the stand . |
| 26 | They sold low-price share options — and pocketed huge profits as City prices soared . |
| 27 | They sold these kits shelf |
| 28 | I think that the 80s were beneficial in that they produced plural arts funding . |
| 29 | They shared Whig exclusionist politics and were arrested during the Monmouth rebellion . |
| 30 | They unearthed numerous axe heads and sword hilts at this site . |