Example sentences of "they [vb past] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And they got some stick for that . |
| 32 | Cathy , Cathy if they got some disease like , I du n no something like I du n no cancer or something like that , would they be more ill than normal ? |
| 33 | In front of a 65,000 crowd , they dropped into an American football game and they got some reception . |
| 34 | I mean to say er used to see people years ago and they got these cine cameras and and all , we could never have one of those you know and a record of the kids when they were young . |
| 35 | They could n't get in and find the dead woman until they got another key or broke the door down . |
| 36 | They got another example of how dangerous the Headmistress could be on the very next day . |
| 37 | That 's when you know they got more crime committed round and Valley then , cos there was a lot more kids up there . |
| 38 | I said to him , they got enough junk up there now and you have to go and |
| 39 | They planned each meeting to last an hour normally , and having gathered the information the team withdrew separately to ask themselves ‘ Why is this a problem now ? ’ |
| 40 | It maybe still the same now , erm because right up to the time I erm retired we , we had on occasions to pay for the residual value of a tyre , perhaps a bus had been in accident and the tyre had suffered damage which it was n't possible to repair it or retread it , perhaps a hole had been pierced through the wall , they scrapped that tyre and we had to pay for the residual value , mind you being in accident we could then claim it off the insurance company but , so right up to the time I retired that 's how tyres were paid for . |
| 41 | They had to make policy on the hoof and they reprieved that place . |
| 42 | Jay was now In Love with the impossible Lucy , Dionne went for butch crewcut teenagers , and they hugged each other 's hurt away and made love like some people offer Kleenex and brandy in times of stress . |
| 43 | ‘ Such a long time ! ’ she gasped in his ear as they hugged each other tightly , the dogs retiring a respectful distance to sit and watch the homecoming with tails swishing excitedly over the gravel . |
| 44 | They hugged each other , then Evelyn continued : |
| 45 | On the night of the party , they hugged each other before Gedge , still in his black shorts , led the band through the kind of cultured noise which Peel loves . |
| 46 | In an emotional reunion they hugged each other as West Brom 's chairman Bert Millichip told the assembled press that Johnson 's career at the Hawthorns was secure . |
| 47 | They hugged each other , and then taking me by the hand we went into the street and made our way home . |
| 48 | They hugged each other in silence for a long time . |
| 49 | Silently they hugged each other , with Edward trembling for both of them . |
| 50 | During the middle ages the most important records were at least in some degree legal instruments : whether they transferred land , appointed men to office , warranted expenditure , acquitted revenue officers of their charge , or summoned litigants to court , they conveyed some kind of legally valid authority . |
| 51 | He had but three vessels left and despite urgent pleas from his men — now demoralized again , fretful once they realized another ship was gone — to abandon the voyage and sail back to the Guadalquivir , he pressed on north-westwards , passing through scenery of a wild grandeur and beauty he had never known before . |
| 52 | Delegates rescinded the Freedom Charter 's commitment to comprehensive nationalization , confirming more recent statements by the leadership [ see p. 38516 ] as they agreed that emphasis should be placed on a mixed economy . |
| 53 | They agreed that assistance provided by the " Group of 24 " industrialized countries ( from which only Poland and Hungary currently benefited — see pp. 36802 ; 36961 ) , ought to be extended to Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , East Germany , Romania , and Yugoslavia . |
| 54 | The issue was resolved when they agreed that filming should continue . |
| 55 | They agreed that action to attract more foreign investment to the east should include a reliable legal framework to protect investment and private property , proper banking systems , rules on responsibility for environmental damage , and clear contract laws . |
| 56 | They agreed that east European governments would participate in the new European Environment Agency [ see below ] with a view to standardizing environmental practice and regulations throughout Europe . |
| 57 | As well as establishing reduced overall catch quotas for 1991 ( 93,570 tonnes for cod , 40,500 for haddock ) , they agreed that fishing boats over 100 tonnes in the North Sea and also along the west coast of Scotland , more than 40 per cent of whose catch consisted of cod and haddock , should be obliged to remain in port for eight consecutive days each month from Feb. 1 to Dec. 31 , 1991 . |
| 58 | They laid little emphasis on the message of the prophets . |
| 59 | But when they reached the implementation stage , in which their orientation was to concrete tasks and the skills required of them were chiefly technical , then they became more directive and used client participation less . |
| 60 | They rode all day and into the night . |