Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was when they got excited earlier that our boys took a hand . ’ |
| 2 | They got fed up when there was one and only a party that has been out of power and living in blinkers for the past 12 years could possibly propose returning to a naked property tax . |
| 3 | Well , they thought they were superior because their trade was classified Grade I and Met was only Grade 2 , so they got paid more than I did and considered they were a cut above me in every way . |
| 4 | from there and now course they got shipped out and then they used to be a ship as well , used to take it to sea called the |
| 5 | One night there was a little backdrop of a painted garden , and in front of it two new boys were doing a strip routine to the original ‘ Let's Stay Together ’ ; but then they got carried away and ended up just leaning against the wall together , leaning up against the painted flowerbeds and the little painted bridge , just kissing and making love right there , for at least forty minutes , nobody minded . |
| 6 | He was a mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps in France during World War One and he had to patch the planes whenever they got smashed up or shot down . |
| 7 | ‘ They got thrown out though , ’ she said . |
| 8 | They 'd fallen out and the Baroness had left their mansion and moved into modest rented accomodation at Docklow near Hereford . |
| 9 | She only mentioned one place after they 'd gone underground and that was where Gustav got married : Sangerhausen . |
| 10 | Well they 'd gone off and before Anthea had gone and I was still fiddling about getting the windows clean . |
| 11 | And erm if they could have given us a proper explanation why they 'd gone back and prove us wrong them fair enough . |
| 12 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 13 | Lucy knew it because whenever she started to talk about Christine , she 'd realise after a couple of minutes that they 'd moved on and were now talking about something else . |
| 14 | Shelves lined the walls on which stood magical pots — organic , looking as if they 'd grown rather than been made , with the colours of the trees , the earth and the sea merging in the glaze . |
| 15 | They 'd broken in and they 'd better get out . |
| 16 | They 'd started out as mods but gradually dritfed into fifties Americana and then the Alan Ladd suits . |
| 17 | They 'd cruised past when they arrived that afternoon , just after four o'clock , and seen Tommy standing on the doorstep . |
| 18 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 19 | Her eyes unfocused , her mind back in the past , she continued softly , reminiscently , ‘ It was after the war , you see , and women had become used to working , being independent , and jobs they 'd held down while their men were away fighting they were n't about to give up easily . |
| 20 | some Babycham and she said they 'd sat there and drank a bottle of brandy and Babycham all night she said . |
| 21 | She talked to friends , not only about the happy times they 'd had together but the inevitable disappointments . |
| 22 | She hated herself for remembering , not just that last ugly confrontation in the campagna but the things that had preceded it , the good things , starting with the fun they 'd had together and ending with that long , sweet night she 'd spent in his arms . |
| 23 | Oh yes , erm I think it was generally , er , they had to match the colouring of the rooms that they 'd got , the furniture they 'd got really because as far as the room was concerned er when , when the , new houses came onto the erm , ready for occupation , er they were all cream coloured inside and anyway and pale cream so they , they 'd got er any choice they wanted there it , really it was just to match their curtains , match their carpets , all their furnishings and erm , of course I suppose they , the rose coloured ones er went better than say the lemon coloured one and that because er people just er liked the idea of moving into a place that 's got a nice cosy glow in it , place sort of thing , but we never sell any at all , there 's , none of that type of fitting in , sold now . |
| 24 | And then they wonder why they get beaten up while walking down the street at one in the morning . |
| 25 | I think they get fed up and I do n't think that a that language-wise they have the vocabulary in the school to be able to pluck out meaningful comments and you know , and go right across the curriculum there I think |
| 26 | If you try to push them under a place to see if it 's touching , you 'll find they get bent up and once there 's a bend in you ca n't smooth it . |
| 27 | And I mean this is what self employed people do , you know they go and they get taught there and then that 's it and then they the rest they have to teach themselves . |
| 28 | They get moved around and there 's no way of telling which sites are live . |
| 29 | ‘ Could they have gone ahead and set it up anyway ? ’ |
| 30 | Besides the Maya knew of the wheel — and how could they have done so unless they had been told about it by extraterrestrial visitors ? |