Sentence examples for they were nicked from inspiring English sources

When they did so, they were nicked.

Well, they were nicked, a Czech composer has alleged.

They were nicked, chopped and bounced by the Houston Astros in a 12-1 loss, their worst of the season.

They were nicking her giros!" Her name remains the only two words Norma can write - "And it takes her 10 minutes.

"Do you want to make more money, or rest your body?" Compounding the problem, Taurasi said, was the league's decision last year to reduce the size of team rosters to 11 players from 13. Taurasi said players now feel more pressure to stay on the court even if they are nicked up, lest their team not even have enough able bodies to run a five-on-five practice.

Hackles will no doubt be rising among the overly patriotic - first they nick our espionage exploits, now they're nicking our lovable cartoon animals.

Outside one neat home, a middle-aged white man declares: "I've got nothing against coloured people but they are nicking our jobs.

And though they seem to be attracting former Labour and Lib Dem voters in equal measure, those numbers are dwarfed by the support they are nicking from the Tories.

Something to do with a surveillance gizmo means they need to find their nemesis Jason Statham, except Statham seems to find them whenever he wants, being the one about to push Diesel off the cliff, not the random mercenaries they're nicking the device from.

When they're not doing that, they're nicking British artists (Nick Park, Modern English) to create some kind of hippie Garden State nightmare, in chocolate.

(a) His specs were nicked 58.