Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them began to creep slowly down the hill , moving from tree to tree , but no more than a few yards at a time . |
| 2 | Humbled at Sheffield Eagles on Sunday , in their first game after the defeat of Canberra Raiders , they failed to bounce back in the Lancashire Cup last night , losing to a disciplined Warrington side . |
| 3 | They got called up by the Cabinet Office . |
| 4 | The boaters , 4 adults and 4 children were sailing on the River Severn , when they got swept up by the Severn bore . |
| 5 | He went on to describe the drivers swearing as they got snarled up in the midday Cairo traffic . |
| 6 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 7 | It was his intention to aid Larsen in evacuating the kids from the upper levels , before they became trapped there by the fire . |
| 8 | But after this it was United who took the initiative as they sought to get back into the game . |
| 9 | ‘ Although Tara never is really dark , ’ said Caspar as they stopped to look back at the great shining edifice outlined against the sky . |
| 10 | Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence . |
| 11 | After driving to Rolls Wood Group [ Repair & Overhauls ] Ltd , they tried to get out of the car . |
| 12 | They seemed to give up in the second half , failed to mark anyone , gave Wallace ( who was running riot ) as much space as he wanted , and left Quinn up , waddling around ( usually into an offside position ) like a half-deflated barrage baloon ( with a tache ) . |
| 13 | They seemed to stretch back into the hillside as if they might , at some stage , cease to become manmade buildings of stone and wood and brick and become ancient caves ; tunnels that would penetrate deep into the earth 's core . |
| 14 | Soon the marching changed to slithering as the patrol hit a scree that propelled them forward as if they were on ball-bearings and they came tumbling headlong to the bottom . |
| 15 | When they 'd gone through into the lecture hall , I noticed the professor staring after them with a very odd look on his face — a stunned , frozen look . |
| 16 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
| 17 | The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry . |
| 18 | He 'd forgotten to shut up his dogs ; they 'd waited patiently outside the front door . |
| 19 | They 'd moved away from the office district and she was now in an area of sandwich shops , electrical stores and ticket agencies where the traffic was heavier and the pavement crowds more dense . |
| 20 | When they 'd landed back on the plate , he leaned forward , studying the pattern they 'd formed . |
| 21 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
| 22 | Around the inner walls the Annamese soldiers of the imperial guard , who looked as if they 'd stepped out of the pages of one of his adventure-story books , stood sentinel with their muskets . |
| 23 | McGowan vanished with a couple they 'd brought home in the car . |
| 24 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 25 | They 'd talked little on the way back , Delaney desperately trying to find another reason , however unlikely , for Connors not briefing him fully . |
| 26 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
| 27 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
| 28 | Other jobs they 'd pulled off over the years that we can nail them for . ’ |
| 29 | And you could bet that the moment he 'd left they 'd sat down in the shade . |
| 30 | ‘ I was frantic that they 'd found out about the flat , where she lived . |