Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 2 | WHEN THE originators of the Dart Valley Light Railway plc formed it in 1965 they always intended that it should be a commercially operated line rather than a ‘ preserved ’ railway , for having looked at the then contemporary scene they felt that there were enough preservationists at work already and that their nice for survival in an essentially holiday area should be revenue-earning profitability . |
| 3 | His legs were beginning to get twitchy and fidgety , the way they always did when it was particularly important for him to keep them under control . |
| 4 | Was he trying to say that they could n't recapture what they once had because it had n't existed ? |
| 5 | They also sensed that it would help them to make sure that managed competition was made to work ; they feared that , if it failed , politicians might opt for a government-run programme that would cut them out entirely . |
| 6 | They also realised that it might only be a matter of time before Poland 's enemies used the same tactic as part of a concerted effort to wipe the country from the maps again . |
| 7 | Intelligent independent critics like Beaton and popular magazines like Photoplay knew that Vidor 's work was good but they also knew that it was not the answer to Hollywood 's problems . |
| 8 | They also agreed that it was imperative that the North Korean government open its nuclear facilities to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency . |
| 9 | They also maintained that it would be impossible to hold fair trials so long after the alleged crimes had been committed . |
| 10 | While the seamen 's leaders freely admitted that a national union was the right thing , they also declared that it could not be done . |
| 11 | Secondly , not only have Brown and his colleagues ( 1986a ) confirmed that it is a close relationship that plays the key protective role in the development of depression ( regular contact , fair level of confiding ) , but they also found that it was essential to consider both positive and negative aspects of such relationships for any satisfactory understanding . |
| 12 | They probably thought that it was unfair . |
| 13 | Having relied on the administration to perpetrate abuses on their behalf , they now believed that it was abandoning them . |
| 14 | If they believed they had ‘ natural ability ’ , they well knew that it had to be refined and fastened by a bridle of discipline . |
| 15 | We agreed that Deborah would cover the administrative side of the discussion , the need to raise funds for rehabilitation , for residential care and for support for the carers ( whose life is as devastated by the loss of the person they previously knew as it is by the burden of twenty-four-hour dependency . ) |
| 16 | They never dreamt that it could happen cos she was n't in the risk age group or anything , it just never crossed their minds that it might happen and they were totally well they just did n't know what to think . |