Example sentences of "they [vb past] at the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , while trade unionists wished old people to be kept at a level of economic decency , they realized at the same time that pensions without a retirement condition would erode the wage structure and weaken trade union bargaining . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh no ! ’ they exclaimed at the same time . |
| 3 | We hope to juxtapose paintings that they painted at the same site at the same time ’ . |
| 4 | " Philip so honoured him " , wrote Roger of Howden , " that every day they ate at the same table , shared the same dish and a- night the bed did not separate them . |
| 5 | In such phrases one sees a characteristic Tolkienian strength : his ideas were often paradoxical and had deep intellectual roots , but they appealed at the same time to simple things and to everyday experience . |
| 6 | All we can reasonably conclude is that they happened at the same time . |
| 7 | It is thought that many of the jury became wealthy men , through bribes by both Blount and Dudley , so that they arrived at the same conclusion — a conclusion that ‘ After a searching enquiry , they could find no presumption of evil doing . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They arrived at the same time ! ’ |
| 9 | Now the , the pensions when they raised at the same time , because we only pension raised every year , and we 're up there at that particular time at the Lothian region , a full council meeting . |
| 10 | Through the Declaration of Ilo , the two presidents committed Bolivia and Peru to implement the terms of the Gran Mariscal Andrés de Santa Cruz bilateral framework agreement , which they signed at the same time , for economic co-operation between the two countries . |
| 11 | the , yeah , twenty I mean , well that one goes different and they started at the same edge , ah two twenty twos oh |
| 12 | There were three women and they died at the same time so God goes cos you do n't all three of you do n't so , erm , the first one goes : I wan na go back to Earth thousand times are better so she goes back as a President , right ? |
| 13 | They laughed at the same things . |
| 14 | He listened to what she said and they laughed at the same things . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid stocks are still pathetically low , ’ Louise said as they looked at the half dozen dresses that were the only ones the assistant had in Constance 's size . |
| 16 | They looked at the same things together as they walked through the ruins of Milan . |
| 17 | They put on separate roadshows as they appeared at the same event for the first time since Mr Major 's statement in the House of Commons . |
| 18 | They spoke at the same time . |
| 19 | Both the projector and the turntable were powered by the same motor to ensure they ran at the same speed . |