Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As abolitionist ambitions widened in geographical scope the ability of reformers to effect them declined in respect both to an informed public opinion able to be mobilised and on finding policies which could bring results through the use of practical methods . |
| 2 | Such generosity was at the expense of the Greek cities of the coast , and helps to explain why they revolted from Persia again in 479 ( Hdt. ix.105 , treating their adhesion to the new Delian League as a second ‘ Ionian Revolt ’ ) , as before in the Ionian Revolt of 499 . |
| 3 | They stirred into life just before half-time , when Mickey Lewis came as close as anyone could to scoring |
| 4 | They arrived at Harborough soon after 7.00 p.m. , and after their long day in the fresh air , doubtless tucked into the ‘ sumptuous dinner ’ provided with relish . |
| 5 | The Moulds left Myddle shortly after the Civil War and their leisurely progress northwards along what is now the A 495 can be followed in local parish registers until they arrived at Whitchurch early in the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | ‘ When they returned to Bristol just before midnight three of the party left . |
| 7 | FERRANTI 'S shares encountered hectic trading when they returned from suspension yesterday as a host of conflicting rumours swept the stock market over the company 's future . |
| 8 | Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Sept. 28 that it demonstrated " the commitment of the US administration and President Bush personally to the process of nuclear disarmament " , but added that it was " still premature to assess the whole scope of these proposals " especially as they pertained to cuts elsewhere in Europe . |
| 9 | They signed with Virgin early in 1982 . |
| 10 | Deutsch and Budwig ( 1983 ) , for example , found that children often used their own names in two-word utterances when they talked about objects currently in their possession , but a pronoun like me or my when they were claiming something not yet in their hands . |
| 11 | That 's why they went for Saracens right from the start . |
| 12 | The McKays qualified and married in Edinburgh and then left to work in London for a short time before travel beckoned and they went to work firstly in Papua New Guinea and then in Lusaka , Zambia . |
| 13 | They went to Germany together in 1798 and to Calais in 1802 . |
| 14 | I do not know if they talked or if they went to bed together on that first night . |
| 15 | It 's my guess they went to ground somewhere in that area . ’ |
| 16 | Davies said he ditched his girlfriend for Fiona and they went on holiday together to Tenerife where Paul took pictures of her topless . |
| 17 | Since they collaborated on ballets there in the 1750S it is possible that Roman performance ideas were incorporated in Paris . |
| 18 | From the results obtained , it is clear that , in addition to visitors ' general interest in the exhibitions and their content ( either because they dealt with topics already of concern to the viewers , or because of their Scottish , or , indeed , local connexions ) , there were a number of features with particularly appealed , including the informative nature of the exhibitions , the layout and presentation of the exhibits , the presentation of original documents , and the presence of photographs and artefacts . |
| 19 | But they ran into trouble again during a 72-run defeat by Leicestershire at The Oval last month . |
| 20 | They reappeared in England later in the year in Pictures from Italy . |
| 21 | and they jumped in front just before half-time … |