Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scots have four decent locks , although they failed to cope with John Eales ; but remember he is the best lock in the world . |
| 2 | Commentators claimed that the UN would implement its threat of economic sanctions against the Khmers Rouges if they failed to comply with the deadline . |
| 3 | In those circumstances the plaintiffs were entitled to obtain possession of the premises unless they failed to comply with the terms of s.146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 4 | Suddenly all the gifts disappeared , and the pair were left only with the humble fisherman 's hut they owned to start with . |
| 5 | In fact they expected to meet with USL chairman Bob Kavner and lay their money on the table the week before Christmas , only to be caught off guard by the Novell announcement . |
| 6 | They admitted interfering with her gold teeth , but denied she was kept prisoner , made to sleep on the floor with only two sheets and kept without food . |
| 7 | They were , however , guaranteed state immunity from any new charges after they agreed to co-operate with the government investigation . |
| 8 | The plaintiffs sued for the defendant 's failure to honour this promise and the defendant pleaded lack of consideration , the plaintiffs being already under a duty of delivery by the contract with A. The Court of Exchequer ( Martin and Wilde BB. ) found for the plaintiffs : Wilde B. thought that the plaintiffs might have found it advantageous not to comply with their contract with A so that their agreement with the defendant was a detriment to them ; in any event , they agreed to part with the cargo to the defendant which was a benefit to him . |
| 9 | The tacit threat of having their operating licences removed was required before they agreed to cooperate with GCCS and let it see their messages each day . |
| 10 | Such excess were no doubt the responsibility of her courtiers or producers rather than of the Queen herself , but they became associated with her . |
| 11 | It was not that they went away , it was that they became interwoven with the strange elusive echoes and the memories that lingered in the vast dark Castle . |
| 12 | Alternatively , they lost so much money so frequently on them that they became disillusioned with all options and by proxy any other financial instruments . |
| 13 | Incarcerated in Terry 's room , they made do with sandwiches for dinner , and endless cups of tea . |
| 14 | The Nez Perce reached the Missouri on 23rd September , where they asked to trade with the fifteen soldiers at Cow Island Landing supply station . |
| 15 | Their long campaign for his release was courageous and relentless ; it also almost wrecked their personal lives as they tried to cope with the glare of the world 's media and the frustrations of clandestine diplomacy . |
| 16 | And fire crews were stoned in three separate incidents as they tried to deal with fires . |
| 17 | But , in a sinister turn of events , firemen were stoned by gangs of youths as they tried to deal with several out-of-control bonfires on Merseyside . |
| 18 | She was always demanding something to the extent that she completely upset the ward routine and had the nursing staff , much as they tried to sympathize with her , at the end of their tethers . |
| 19 | All the family grew more and more irritated as Frank interrupted every conversation they tried to have with Terry , saying , ‘ You 're not telling that right , Ted , ’ or ‘ I could tell them more about that , Ted ’ . |
| 20 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
| 21 | After that , they played fetch with a stick Master found . |
| 22 | Like the girl with the clipboard , they seemed consumed with gratitude and admiration for his skill in getting there . |
| 23 | We give them in when they came trussed with the though we had before . |
| 24 | Rae and his wife Heather , at the front in the photo , came to Malta on holiday and while they were here they came to stay with me and my husband Brian . |
| 25 | They came armed with batteries of attorneys , British and American , merchant bank and investment bank advisers and the way in which their participation developed was immensely thorough . |
| 26 | Fond of the good life , they came armed with salmon , whisky and champagne . |
| 27 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |
| 28 | Once they 'd done with our , figures and our faces then we 'd got to look for our innards and so we had had to have inner cleanliness . |
| 29 | Or they might put her on a prison ship to Australia , as they 'd done with two girls from St Jude 's a couple of months ago , because — on those farms where the transported convicts worked all chained together — there was a shortage of women . |
| 30 | They 'd played with matches in their room , lighting a fire in the garden of their dolls ' house . |