Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were elicited by my questions about his earlier career , and most of them seemed new to Laura for she laughed with unfeignable gaiety , her head at moments in helpless tears against his chest . |
| 2 | For instance , they became subject to Section 2 and Section 7 of the Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act in connection with the unlicensed pistol . |
| 3 | As they drew nearer to Thorsbury village , however , each man leading a pair of two year old shires behind his horse , Jonadab looked with approval at the fields on either side of the road . |
| 4 | ‘ Hush now , ’ Hari warned dully as they drew nearer to World 's End , ‘ your posh voice will give you away if you 're overheard . ’ |
| 5 | Officers should be allowed ‘ to take part in conspiracies to import drugs so long as they withdrew prior to importation . ’ |
| 6 | They showed this to Auntie Lou and she gave them a frame so that they could hang it in their bedroom , but they did n't look at it much . |
| 7 | They lost 3–0 to Coventry on the first day of the season . |
| 8 | Lancashire , meanwhile , suffered a serious blow to their ambition to win the title for the first time since 1987 when they lost 9–8 to Durham at Seaton Carew . |
| 9 | In six days , playing Sunday , Wednesday and Saturday , they lost 31–3 to Otago , 15–13 to North Harbour , where a win was well within sight , and 49–13 to North Auckland . |
| 10 | They lost 2-0 to Clydebank at Kilbowie and , in the process , missed out on the chance to regain second place . |
| 11 | Liverpool Sefton beat Bowdon 2-1 at Wyncote to record their first Premier League win , but they lost 2-0 to Ben Rhydding in the HA Cup Tie . |
| 12 | Liverpool Sefton beat Bowdon by 2-1 at Wyncote to record their first Premier League win , but they lost 2-0 to Ben Rhydding in the HA Cup . |
| 13 | Downs was with Coventry in 1989 when they lost 1–0 to Sutton in one of the biggest Cup upsets of recent years . |
| 14 | The Chambers Park side were determined to make amends for their poor showing in last season 's final when they lost 1–0 to Pegasus , and desperately wanted to return to Europe . |
| 15 | Cheshire lost their battle to stay in Division One when they lost 38–27 to Middlesex . |
| 16 | Bunbury , 25 , played for Canada at the weekend as they lost 3–2 to El Salvador in a World Cup qualifier . |
| 17 | England got the all-important shot that took them through to the final which they lost 19-8 to Ireland . |
| 18 | The twelfth-century poet Gaimar 's tale that they went first to Denmark , and that there was a plot to restore them , may not be complete nonsense . |
| 19 | They complained pursuant to section 83(1) of and paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 12 to , the Act to the first defendant , the ombudsman appointed under the Building Societies Ombudsman Scheme set up under the Act that their valuations had been prepared negligently by the professional valuers , who in each case were employees of the plaintiff societies , who were all members of the scheme . |
| 20 | Before returning to Milan they travelled first to Bologna and Leopold wrote to his wife : |