Example sentences of "but they [verb] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they had built a pyre for Scathach , and in so honouring the man they had indicated their recognition of him . |
| 2 | A few corpses swayed in the breeze at the end of a rope but they had built a wall so when the bodies decayed and fell , their sight , if not their stink , was hidden from passersby . |
| 3 | In America , where they often performed , the trains struck them as poignant chiefly because uncared for , but they had found a friend with a long New England face who was a fireman on the run to Boston , and his professionalism and high interest in the topic of transport were entirely cheering . |
| 4 | But they 've done a tabloid internally and they 've asked me to come to take a look at it . |
| 5 | What we 've got now is , it 's directly proportional , but they 've got a fraction in . |
| 6 | No my friend 's in the trade I said they 're basically working but they 've got a halt on somewhere because they 've come back you 'll have to sort out the you 've got but er they 're only one ten |
| 7 | They still have a , a kind of thing within , I do n't think they 've got football but they 've got a golfing thing going . |
| 8 | But they 've got a picture of sunlight , cloud and all things like that . |
| 9 | But they 've got a digger and erm a couple of lorries , cos I , I looked and wondered what they were doing . |
| 10 | Well , not that bad really , but they 'd laden a van in London bound for Torquay , and managed to overfill it somewhat , so that when membership services executive Kevin Ramage ( driver ) and conference executive Meryl Halls ( navigator ) were stopped on the road to Torquay and instructed by the police to proceed to the nearest weighbridge , they were found to be in contravention of the law . |
| 11 | But they 'd had a pre-meeting when they 'd tried to drop it out . |
| 12 | Yeah I went and got it yesterday but they 'd had a break in and you should 've seen it they 'd smashed the front door , it were all smashed in . |
| 13 | First race there twelve fifty the going at the moment is good but they have had a quarter of an inch of rain overnight so of course I suppose there 's every chance it could go to good to soft by this afternoon . |
| 14 | The Lawheads may be American , but they have produced a book which comfortably suits the English mood of tolerance . |
| 15 | ‘ It would be hard on people like Peter Winterbottom but they have taken a decision to go to London and there 's no room any more for sentiment . ’ |