Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] they [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd given them as a wedding present , she said , and never seen them used . |
| 2 | They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film . |
| 3 | They 'd met them in the pub a couple of weeks back . |
| 4 | He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired . |
| 5 | I 'd seen them in the shops marked down , as a Christmas offer , to around nine hundred quid . |
| 6 | Then I , I er seen fittings in er , in a friend 's house or they 'd seen them in the erm |
| 7 | They 'd used them in the war , gliders . |
| 8 | Joe said he 'd got them from the pawnshop . |
| 9 | It was their way of saying thank you to the locals who 'd helped them on the road to stardom . |
| 10 | The tomatoes were black as though they 'd forgot they were frying them , they looked like they 'd stuck them on a grill and just left them there |
| 11 | After Ricky 'd settled them in the drawing room with drinks , he went in search of Perdita . |
| 12 | He 'd found them through an ad in Private Eye , and they always welcomed his business — but then , the tottering co-operative would welcome anybody 's business . |
| 13 | I was clumsy and had to pick up a couple of notes from the floor and wipe the bags where I 'd touched them with a handkerchief . |
| 14 | But not wishing to have the bother of carrying them , they 'd left them on a chair in the kitchen . |
| 15 | So somebody had to tell him he 'd left them at the |
| 16 | ‘ It looked as though if you 'd left them in a ring on their own , one of them would have had to drop down dead to end the fight . |
| 17 | He 'd left them in the refrigerator factory … ? |
| 18 | He 'd left them in the Courtesy Cleaners : they 'd be ready in time for Easter Saturday . |
| 19 | She 'd left them in the caravan , and he just see the keys |
| 20 | I 'd spotted them in a second-hand shop and immediately began saving feverishly to make them mine before anyone else got their hands on them . |
| 21 | So she had placed them on the mantel with the vase and the dragon plates , and Gerry had promised her two more , next time he docked in Cape Town . |
| 22 | Soon she had formed them into a big circle , like this : — |
| 23 | All the same , the theme is still national honour and personal loyalty , the lessons which Dick teaches to Anastasia as successfully as he had taught them to the weak but responsive Carol . |
| 24 | And it seemed to her that she was at least two people , for the person who had plunged them into the forest and brought them to this spot was not the same as the person who sat here waiting for Allen to say what he was doing , and for the Friar to return . |
| 25 | But the archaeologists ' obsession with the past had blinded them to the real cause of the lamentations they witnessed along the river . |
| 26 | Sister had heard them from the S.C.O . 's office and was already beside me . |
| 27 | Speaking after the presentation , Mr Ashwell said the Wedgwood Fine Dining Awards were coveted by restaurants around the world and appreciated by those who had received them over the years . |
| 28 | He warmed the pot , instinctively found the tea in the caddy Frances 's Auntie Pamela had given them as a wedding present , and brewed up . |
| 29 | Rachel turned in the cramped space and saw that someone else had joined them on the jig . |
| 30 | It was as though he had joined them at the table , and it was n't doing D'Arcy 's appetite any good at all . |