Example sentences of "they [vb past] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had spurned the hypocritical cant beloved of politicians and addressed herself directly to the people , showing how well she knew them , telling them what they whispered in their hearts but dared not speak , calling their bluff ! |
| 2 | They shared with the foresters a general responsibility for the safe keeping of vert and venison , the sheriff could seize their lands if they failed in their duty . |
| 3 | Since Everest he has concentrated on small , alpine style trips , climbing Rimo II in 1988 with Nick Kekus , and Makalu II with Victor Saunders in 1989 , although they failed in their main objective of traversing Makalu . |
| 4 | Today rebels attempted to persuade one hundred and forty workers who 'd not yet signed the agreement to battle on , but they failed in their bid to stop them from signing the deal . |
| 5 | They met in her lounge , and Maria 's tilted smile faltered and then faded as she saw Luke 's expression , the glittering hostility with which the dark grey eyes swept the vivid marigold colour of her short tight skirt and her creamy blouse trimmed with handmade lace . |
| 6 | It seems likely they met in their respective offices or possibly at the Salisbury Club which was a new , but important , social and business focus in the town . |
| 7 | Since it was ostensibly in connection with the Zoser case , it was his business , and they met in his office . |
| 8 | In later years she would hit the shins of passers-by with it if they got in her way . |
| 9 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 10 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |
| 11 | He was weaving in and out of the cars , jumping over them when they got in his way , his face hard and grim with determination . |
| 12 | I 'm sure them long hairs , get them round his mouth , I 'm sure they got in his mouth when he was sleeping , cos he always sleeps on his back |
| 13 | and they got in his throat and he could n't get up |
| 14 | Michael said it were there at erm five to twelve , when he erm quarter past twelve when he come out of work they got in it . |
| 15 | what they got in it ? |
| 16 | It was now a cluster of houses with the pier protruding modestly into the sea and , unimpressive on the cliffs , the house they lived in themselves . |
| 17 | Whereas other people I wonder if they lived in their one . |
| 18 | Though they lived in what afterwards became known as the Ca ’ del Leone , it seems they spent some of their happiest times here . |
| 19 | In the environment they lived in it was inevitable that kids would turn to crime . |
| 20 | A shaikh had the right to represent collateral kinsmen , whereas a household head did not , unless they lived in his house . |
| 21 | Charles Davenant observed in 1710 , " what near Resemblance there was between the Old Rumper , and the Modern Whig ( for a Child will be like his true Father ) and how much they agreed in their Insolence to the Throne , Notions in Religion , Principles as to Government " . |
| 22 | Life would not have been the same without them , nor would it be now , considering the lasting impression they made in our minds . |
| 23 | As they passed in its shadow Alison remarked on the low floodwalls before the cottages . |
| 24 | Fatness may indicate avoiding the deprivation they experienced in their own childhood . |
| 25 | A few moments later , squeals of laughter and delight heralded the arrival of Cissie and Richard ; the kitchen door burst open and they tumbled in one behind the other , the boy first , and the girl pretending to chase him , her hands making pointed ear shapes behind her head , and her small pretty features twisted into a fearsome expression . |
| 26 | Drawing upon their experiences they produced in their own country buildings which echoed those of Imperial Paris , as anyone familiar with the architecture of , say , Philadelphia and Washington , will readily admit ( in the autumn of 1978 the city of Philadelphia recognized its debt by staging , in its Museum of Art , an exhibition devoted to the Second Empire ) . |
| 27 | Sometimes they succeeded in their aims , sometimes their leaders were arrested and imprisoned . |
| 28 | I wondered how many of them glanced down as they processed in their finery into the castle for tea with the Queen . |
| 29 | Members of the family are still reluctant to reveal the full horrors they endured in their homeland . |
| 30 | He was convinced he was holding what they sought in his hand . |