Example sentences of "they [verb] [be] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time they met was in the old second division at the county ground . |
| 2 | The only place they lived was in the northern mountains , the Greshorns . |
| 3 | Writers and the books they produced were of the same type , full of antiquarian information and the archaic vocabulary that went with it . |
| 4 | If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions . |
| 5 | Those whom they encountered were for the most part leading precarious lives ; they lacked the leisure , the mental energy , even the vocabulary , for speculation about the great issues of heaven and hell , death and judgement . |
| 6 | A picture as they say is worth a thousand words and so it was that on the afternoon unemployment broke through the three million barrier I chanced a glimpse of the private feelings of John Major . |
| 7 | These and many other factors are of great importance to practising physicians , but to do justice to them and to the controversies which they provoked is beyond the purpose of this book . |
| 8 | Any extra help they received was through the dedication of any class teacher who had enough energy left over from dealing with the demands of the class as a whole . |
| 9 | The closest they came was in the mid-Eighties when their group , Trash , Flash And Money — ‘ straight down-the-line uninteresting Billy Idol rock music ’ — was signed to a development deal by Capitol records in America ( in a development deal they give you some money while they decide whether you are any cop after all ) . |
| 10 | Celtic finished the half well on top , though the closest they came was from the powerful long range shooting of Polish defender Wdowczyk . |
| 11 | It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems . |
| 12 | All of which explained that when I arrived at the BMC 's International Meet halfway through the week , the climbers that drifted into breakfast that morning looked like they 'd been on the receiving end of a very nasty artillery barrage . |
| 13 | They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him . |
| 14 | She knew they 'd been on the verge of drawing at least a little closer to each other , yet she had been the one to ruin the opportunity . |
| 15 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
| 16 | Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well ! |
| 17 | er , she said that they 'd been to the said this man had been to her house . |
| 18 | They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back . |
| 19 | Erm that probably because they 'd been at the bottom so long , er it did n't appear that there was |
| 20 | They 'd been at the Nuffield Press in Oxford all their working lives until this week . |
| 21 | They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back . |
| 22 | He said they 'd been through the a the er interview process and they 've chosen who they want . |
| 23 | Half the drivers surveyed said they 'd been in a skid … most reckon they can handle one |
| 24 | It was a secret they 'd been in the house . |
| 25 | When they 'd been in The Lobster Pot , and afterwards , there had been a tremendous rapport between them . |
| 26 | Unlike the other actors — they 'd been in the business much longer than I had — I had no idea what work I could get . |
| 27 | They 'd been in the cafe for over thirty minutes now , with only the sound of a fruit machine and the loud chattering of a group of youngsters in their late teens for company . |
| 28 | He said the miners were being asked to accept wages that were even lower than they 'd been before the war and that their working conditions were appalling . |
| 29 | Fortunately for frail elderly people , there are many who offer altruistic neighbouring acts , that is to say , they are done without assumptions of reciprocity ; the gratification which they obtain is in a sense their own private business ! |
| 30 | Our participants lived on a large 1960s council estate on the outskirts of a county town and the schoolrooms they describe were in the local comprehensive school situated on the estate . |