Example sentences of "and they [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They delayed revisions of the Factory Law which were aimed at strengthening protective measures for workers and they effectively opposed government attempts to grant legal recognition to trade unions at that time ( Taira , 1973 ) . |
| 2 | PETERBOROUGH 's promotion hopes were dented when they lost 3–0 at lowly Wigan — and they also had striker Steve Cooper sent off for dissent . |
| 3 | He and Buckingham had a significant force behind them , and they also had control of the young king . |
| 4 | He and Buckingham had a significant force behind them , and they also had control of the young king . |
| 5 | They offered opportunities for men of skill to acquire great position in the world — Arnoul of Ardres caught the eye of Countess Ida of Boulogne through his exploits ; and they also conferred lustre on the great — Geoffrey le Bel and Philip of Alsace were renowned throughout France for their distinguished performances in these show battles . |
| 6 | The abbots exercised a feudal lordship over vast territories of northern England — all the Furness district , much of the Lake District and parts of Yorkshire — and they also owned land in the Isle of Man and Ireland . |
| 7 | The children did make changes in vocabulary , substituting " changed " for " alternated " for example , and they also changed syntax , preferring a main clause , " When the wool had been cleaned and combed " to " The raw wool having been cleaned and combed " . |
| 8 | These provisions gave rise to uncertainty largely because the courts showed a marked reluctance to interpret them according to the ordinary meaning of such words as ‘ void , and they also gave rise to injustice because under the Common Law an infant could still sue an adult upon a contract unenforceable against himself and incapable of ratification by him . |
| 9 | Some of them did n't read music or tablature and they just needed chord symbols and little expressions that made sense to them . |
| 10 | While the press welcomed The Big Wheel with open arms , the public were less enthusiastic and they soon fell victim to overwhelming , or should that be underwhelming , apathy . |
| 11 | JoJo motioned to the girls on the brokendown couch to move over , and they hastily made way for Lizzy . |
| 12 | Confidence spread through the Quakers ' ranks in the second half and they steadily took control . |
| 13 | And they still had ration books when I was a kid . |
| 14 | And it 's quite true , I was there about four years and they always took stock before January the first , so that after Christmas came an anomaly , we 'd had a Christmas holiday and gone back to work . |
| 15 | She had occasional epileptic fits after the first , and they so frightened Rose and her family that everyone became over-protective of her . |
| 16 | In the past , if somebody went to the Department of Social Security , they simply had to show that they did n't have the income to fund their place , and they then received Income Support . |
| 17 | They had experienced the uncertainties of the 1960s and 1970s and they now wanted stability . |
| 18 | Ah , but Pavlova and Diaghilev were Russian , you might say , and they truly made ballet immortal . |