Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb past] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April nineteen thirty-nine they went to the quay at Southampton to see them off on a three months ’ visit to the United States and Canada … ’ |
| 2 | Harper raised the cudgel to drive away the beggars who swarmed ever more threateningly the closer they got to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond 's rented house . |
| 3 | The trees had thinned out a little , the closer they got to the coast , until they passed by the last of them and stepped on to sand that seemed to stretch endlessly in either direction . |
| 4 | In 1981 they emigrated to the Province of Ontario and became Canadian citizens . |
| 5 | The Court could find no evidence that the parties intended to be liable on the contracts of the International Tin Council ; the obligations they envisaged were those they owed to the Council itself and not to third party creditors . |
| 6 | Yet , the nearer they approached to the canal , the more spasmodic their exchanges became . |
| 7 | With that they returned to the pebble . |
| 8 | It was a waste of time , they were so bloodstained they went to the bin anyway . |
| 9 | At two they returned to the schoolroom . |
| 10 | Next they turned to the desk and found a large packet addressed to Mr Utterson . |
| 11 | And then at last they came to the tunnel . |