Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pointed out that they rarely seemed to express affection towards Pamela and that this might be making her feel insecure . |
| 2 | From the middle of the 18th century writers and then artists had visited the ‘ Lakes ’ in a steadily increasing stream and jointly they slowly helped to transform public opinion from one of ‘ Salvatorian ’ horror , described by the earlier visitors , to a passionate romantic appreciation . |
| 3 | They eventually learned to speak English and explained they had come from St Martin 's Land , a twilit , subterranean place . |
| 4 | I mean they used to take things er the wedding ring , the jewellery if they 'd got any , towels , sheets , er suits , shoes , er did n't did n't want to sell them , did n't want to get rid of them , they just wanted to borrow money on those , and he used to charge you interest and ticket money when you took it in , and then you 'd got to pay interest when you took it out as well so it was , they were on a good thing . |
| 5 | I warned them that d-i-yers should stop short of tampering with British Telecom 's property , but they nevertheless decided to take look inside the junction box . |
| 6 | ( Also significant was the 1975-onwards descent into repression by the Peruvian military as they desperately sought to regain control of an explosive situation unleashed by their own policies . ) |
| 7 | Throwing it over him , they finally managed to grab hold of his legs and stop the uncontrollable bouncing . |
| 8 | The Lancashire Cup is the only trophy to elude coach John Monie in his three-year reign though they hardly needed to break sweat against helpless Swinton with Frano Botica booting 11 goals from 15 attempts . |
| 9 | When a formal vote was taken by the Council of Ministers ( a rare event since they usually sought to reach consensus ) , the record of the vote would be published . |
| 10 | As in Gassendi and Locke , the ‘ new philosophy ’ was often anti-sceptical in intent , and its advocates were often not complete materialists , in that they genuinely thought to find room for religion , God , and the soul . |
| 11 | The enemy 's withdrawal was probably due to lack of supplies , for they also had to bring food into the mountains . |
| 12 | Thus the church made its past its own : the martyrs were made present in time ; but they also had to become present in space . |
| 13 | They offered some concessions to France , including the final resolution of CAP , but they also threatened to use majority votes in January without him , and even talked of admitting Britain to the Community whether he agreed or not . |
| 14 | They also decided to levy duty in Poland rather than in the Free City . |
| 15 | For those in the Forces , the news had a special significance — they now had to swear allegiance to a Queen |
| 16 | As penniless brokers they often had to dissipate energy on make-do and mend activities . |
| 17 | Cynthia also admitted that maybe if they really had got staffing problems they would actually have to look at whether they , they did keep maintaining the , the sub offices that they were . |
| 18 | Susan came down for breakfast today , and they had an exciting time opening their parcels , for their father 's illness had prevented their making friends in the neighbourhood ; but there was plenty to do and talk about , and they steadfastly refused to give way to the depression that naturally overcame them at times . |
| 19 | Unitarians were very conscious that they too had suffered discrimination ; they were a group who , because of their heterodoxy , were ‘ everywhere spoken against ’ . |
| 20 | They therefore wanted to encourage dialogue and to provide members with a range of objectives for their boards to help them establish a plan of development . |