Example sentences of "[vb past] they [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made them put it in the garden shed . ’ |
| 2 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 3 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 4 | ‘ In European countries , it took the working class years and years before they fully realized the fact that they formed a distinct and , under existing conditions , a permanent class of modern society ; and it took years again until this class-consciousness led them to form themselves into a distinct political party , independent of , and opposed to , all the old political parties formed by the various sections of the ruling classes . |
| 5 | Later in the evening when the place had quietened a little and the cyclists had eaten , I invited them to join me for a glass of wine . |
| 6 | She liked flowers , liked even more the thought behind them , but Gaily only remembered when he caught them staring him in the face — or in the feet , as now . |
| 7 | Apart from that , there 's a certain justification for the MC4 clasping the live album nettle — given that it was their constant , sometimes belligerent belief in gigging that helped them establish themselves in the first place . |
| 8 | He had a feeling that Maidstone mentioned them to vindicate himself in the eyes of others . |
| 9 | And handed them handed them to the people . |
| 10 | For example at Edgehill , a GIST pack for discussion of sex roles — Gender in Our Lives — was used in the personal and social education lessons , with teachers talking honestly and openly about their personal experience ; as it happened they found themselves in the middle of a discussion about fathers being present at childbirth , and the children were obviously fascinated by this new view of their teachers as emotional beings . [ … ] |
| 11 | However , the two sisters telephoned Airdrie police station after friends in the Monklands area contacted them to tell them of the latest developments in the case . |
| 12 | The men motioned me to go away , and after they had looked at Jordi 's papers I saw them escort him to a car . |
| 13 | He again went to see them and persuaded them to accompany him to a meeting at the police station with Mr McLean on August 24 . |
| 14 | Where did they , what , when did they show you on the telly ? |
| 15 | Did they make it on the premises ? |
| 16 | Did they leave it in the van for twenty-four hours ? ’ |
| 17 | Who did they rent it from a farmer or something ? |
| 18 | What what you 'd learned from did they send you on a |
| 19 | Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up . |
| 20 | And did they go anything like a wedding walk that you remember ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
| 22 | Have they , well did they cut you across the palm of your hand ? |
| 23 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 24 | ‘ Did they say anything about the guns ? ’ |
| 25 | Neither did the very many railwaymen who were concerned with passengers , nor , since the canal companies did not usually operate as carriers , did they employ anything like the same number of men in handling freight . |
| 26 | So how did they work it with the scythes ? |
| 27 | Did they take you for a week and show you |
| 28 | So How did they catch him in the dog 's home that 's what I was thinking . |
| 29 | Did they charge you for the ? |
| 30 | Not all joint boards were successful ; nor , as a form of negotiating machinery , did they commend themselves to every , or even most , industries . |