Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] of [noun sg] they " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After many hours of travelling they passed a sign that read ‘ WE 'LL SOON BE AT PRAIL ’ . |
| 2 | In 1762 , Josiah Wedgwood met Thomas Bentley , a Liverpool merchant , with whom he formed an intimate and lasting friendship ; and after several years of negotiation they signed , in 1769 , a partnership which ended only on Bentley 's death in 1780 . |
| 3 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |
| 4 | Thus , it is not uncommon to find Comte , Durkheim , Marx , and Weber all described as positivists , even though from many points of view they make strange bedfellows . |
| 5 | Er every , every employer who has laid people off has mentioned making er strident efforts to er replace people alternative employment , some they already have but , in many cases of course they have not . |
| 6 | These were small victories , but in those days of darkness they gave the High Elves some hope . |
| 7 | In 40 years of film-making they have had not one disagreement . |
| 8 | This fear also arises from a recognition that in certain types of work they will not be able to match the public 's expectations of competence , whether finding lost pets or settling disputes between neighbours . |
| 9 | However , although these drugs heal 70–80 per cent of ulcers within four weeks of treatment they do not cure the underlying disease . |
| 10 | But instead of filtering food from huge quantities of water they have to extract it from a mass of indigestible vegetable matter . |
| 11 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |
| 12 | Advise Arthur , Bert and Charlie as to any rights of action they might have in tort against Chartist plc and as to any defences with which they might be met . |
| 13 | He found that the bats ' activity was clearly related to the air temperature , but also that at certain times of year they were crucially influenced by the street lights ( Holarctic Ecology , vol. 14 , pp 203–7 ) . |