Example sentences of "and they [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they fought in the pub over hot toddies |
| 2 | The triples did not add significant meaning to the document and they interfered with the flow of thought . |
| 3 | Since then the personnel committee have considered the report , and they agreed to the recommendations in paragraph 7(a) , 1,3 and 4 , but the third paragraph , 7(a) ( 2 ) to . |
| 4 | But Jean Orr , Professor of Nursing , Queen 's University Belfast and one of the authors of the report , emphasised community staff still had ‘ a lot of energy ’ for students and they agreed with the principles of Project 2000 . |
| 5 | They understood what the black hat meant , and they agreed with the judge . |
| 6 | The mortally wounded Aenarion clambered into the saddle of his dying dragon and they took to the air on their last flight . |
| 7 | Two of the Moi carrying short poles followed them to a dugout canoe moored by the camp , and they paddled across the river to the plain on the other side . |
| 8 | The man with the baskets tried to kick a couple of scrawny hens out of his path and they fluttered towards the edge of the road . |
| 9 | He eased his horse round and they ambled along the ridge until the ground fell steeply away and a great valley stretched below them , a silver river sketched through it . |
| 10 | The train joggled and they fell on the seat , clasped together . |
| 11 | Tamar had no alternative but to do as he said , and they rode from the yard without another word . |
| 12 | He joined Kimberley and they trudged across the field . |
| 13 | But before doing so , he contacted the solicitors who represented him in 1981 and they arranged for the crown court appearance . |
| 14 | Duncan , quietly amused by the whole situation , sat in the front with the driver and they drove to the hotel . |
| 15 | Later , Schellenberg called for his Mercedes and they drove to the Tiergarten and walked around the lake , feet crunching in the light powdering of snow . |
| 16 | Keith proposed and they married in the Philippines . |
| 17 | Erm I know there had been occasion when we had people sleeping on the the stairway and you know , I think occasionally and but I think sometimes that was maybe somebody got home from a blues party , and had too much to drink or something , and they came into the warm , the heat w from the the downstairs flat , er k comes up on the stairwell , and I know there was someone sleeping there . |
| 18 | They learned part of the answer as dusk was falling and they came to the tower and castleton of Heiton , beyond Kale Water . |
| 19 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
| 20 | And they came to the palace with all their animals and lived happily together for many years . |
| 21 | Its a , during the course of the time of the crucifixion , Jesus is on the cross and its says there , there were two others also who were criminals , were being lead away to be put to death with Jesus and they came to the place called The Skull , there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and the other on the left , but Jesus was saying father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing , and they cast locks divided up his garments among themselves and the people stood by and looking on and even the rulers was sneering at him excuse me , and even the rulers were sneering at him saying he saved others , let him save himself if this is the Christ of god , his chosen one , and the soldiers also mocked him , coming up to him offering sour wine and saying if your the king of the Jews save yourself now there was also an inscription above him , this is the kind of the Jews , and one of the criminals who was hanged there was hurling abut at him and saying you are not the Christ , save yourself and us , but the other answered and rebuking him said do you not even fear god , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong and he was say , and he was saying Jesus remember me when you come in your kingdom , Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you shall be with me in paradise I wonder if you 've ever been in that awful position of facing of what you thought was certain death perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery , perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die , I wonder what sort of thoughts would have been going through your mind , maybe w , may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would of been saying to them . |
| 22 | And they came to the manufacturers and they said look we , there 's no good producing fifty dozen a week on a machine it 's not |
| 23 | However , Albert got over that , and so did Jim , and they went into the sitting-room , where Bella was sitting in mini-gear frighteningly too young for her , with office folders on her lap . |
| 24 | They went to the hotel , where Filmer and the other owners from the train are staying , and they went into the bar for a drink . |
| 25 | ‘ You can tell me all about this while you pour me a drink , ’ he said quietly and they went into the kitchen . |
| 26 | Mr Hill : Yes , now , during the war most men between 19 and 38 got called up and they went into the army , navy , airforce and fire-brigade or they had been drafted into factories to make tanks , aeroplanes and munitions so some things , areas , like farming were very short of labour . |
| 27 | He wanted to speak , to say anything so as not to seem sullen or graceless , but there was nothing ; and they went into the restaurant stiffly , not looking at each other . |
| 28 | The door in the high wall was open and they went into the garden . |
| 29 | Corbett gave a child a penny to hold the horses and they went into the priest 's house . |
| 30 | She slipped her arm through her sister 's , and they went into the dining-room , where a small fire was burning . |