Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They stirred into life just before half-time , when Mickey Lewis came as close as anyone could to scoring |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ When they returned to Bristol just before midnight three of the party left . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They signed with Virgin early in 1982 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | That 's why they went for Saracens right from the start . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They went to Germany together in 1798 and to Calais in 1802 . |
| 13 | I do not know if they talked or if they went to bed together on that first night . |
| 14 | It 's my guess they went to ground somewhere in that area . ’ |
| 15 | Davies said he ditched his girlfriend for Fiona and they went on holiday together to Tenerife where Paul took pictures of her topless . |
| 16 | Since they collaborated on ballets there in the 1750S it is possible that Roman performance ideas were incorporated in Paris . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But they ran into trouble again during a 72-run defeat by Leicestershire at The Oval last month . |
| 19 | They reappeared in England later in the year in Pictures from Italy . |
| 20 | and they jumped in front just before half-time … |