Example sentences of "they [vb past] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They flung each other off and stared for an instant , each of them aware that he was known , each conscious that this recognition made many things plain . |
| 2 | But it may be that , as men of little social consequence , they lacked that sensitivity to personal relationships on which the aristocratic society of the tenth and eleventh centuries had depended ; for the newcomers , what was sauce for the goose was likely to be sauce for the gander . |
| 3 | Their attention wandered and they lacked any discipline to learn . ’ |
| 4 | German software products company SAP AG , Walldorf , and Microsoft Corp have scheduled a press conference in Munich today , at which they are expected to announce ‘ something beyond ’ the agreement to put SAP 's R/2 and R/3 suites up under Windows NT , which they announced this week . |
| 5 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 6 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 7 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 8 | it was , it was Romana 's mum and dad , I think they owned that row of houses and the shop |
| 9 | ‘ They owned this kind of enclave on the coast just outside Ajaccio — like a kind of tourist village — that 's where they kept the women , really , while they were away on business . |
| 10 | But however enthusiastically they cultivated this aura , Australians were bound to feel themselves second-class citizens . |
| 11 | The Pims dashed around all parts of the aquarium having brief but energetic skirmishes when they met each other , but no actual physical damage was suffered from the skirmishes . |
| 12 | But if they met each other , Lewis … ? |
| 13 | When they met this month , Mr Kohl made it clear that he wanted an agreement on EMU that does not oblige Britain to accept a single currency before it is ready to do so . |
| 14 | By 0900hrs the Japanese were back to raid other specified targets , this time they met some opposition in the air , several American fighters were now airborne but the pilots had no combat experience so the Japanese had the advantage . |
| 15 | They met some time in ‘ thirty-eight , I gather . |
| 16 | They must have gone a good two miles before they met another car . |
| 17 | Within minutes they met another flight : Richards and Gabriel . |
| 18 | do you suppose they got that name because she was always |
| 19 | I was hoping when they got that link road through they might connect up , but I do n't suppose it , sort of roads got ta put parking towards the long piece of |
| 20 | They weighed up the prospect of knocking on the door and members of the jury , you have to consider in due course whether they got that act right . |
| 21 | And once they got that section all set , they started to cut the next in . |
| 22 | They got that sort of marble stuff . |
| 23 | There were no strike pay , you just had a promissory note that er if ever they got any money they 'd pay you , you see ? |
| 24 | Here are just a few examples of the rave reviews they got this year : |
| 25 | well she got what she wanted then , whatever it is anyway , she 's keeping him virtually and they got this flat , whatever they 've got , and erm |
| 26 | And they had a system where erm they got this information and they It was that they I think there there was something about the time element , it had to happen at a certain time |
| 27 | But I always remember they got this snap of whisky , the men got a nip of whisky and the women got a glass of wine when they come in . |
| 28 | I du n no what it is but they 're about that long and about that round and then they got this trigger like you similar what you do on the Vax hold the trigger . |
| 29 | They had lived with her for three months before they got this place , and it had been three months too long as far as he was concerned . |
| 30 | ‘ They got this skull and put candles inside it . ’ |