Example sentences of "[adv] and they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |
| 2 | Rogers put his nose down and they escaped into the chaos . |
| 3 | The manager and the members of staff sit down and they agree over the last twelve months which of these bits of training have you had either on the job or as forward training they are ticked off , what do you need over the next six months , let's make a programme . |
| 4 | After a further period four queens and then four aces came along and they got in the beds too . |
| 5 | When it was over and they climbed from the cars Danny needed a considerable amount of calming as his excitement seemed to have reached a peak . |
| 6 | He brought his wife and children over and they settled into the fine house which he called Riverstown . |
| 7 | He was waiting for her outside and they walked up the hill a little way ; then she noticed the garage , stuck back a bit into the foliage , and the car inside it . |
| 8 | ‘ I listened to three new versions of Yellow Submarine yesterday and they range from the sublime to the ridiculous and they were great . |
| 9 | The bark starts them all off and they howl at the moon for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Tony hailed a black taxi sailing past and they leapt into the back . |
| 11 | Mr Hill : Yes , now , during the war most men between 19 and 38 got called up and they went into the army , navy , airforce and fire-brigade or they had been drafted into factories to make tanks , aeroplanes and munitions so some things , areas , like farming were very short of labour . |
| 12 | Furness extended a hand to help him up and they walked down the track together . |
| 13 | Eventually the light was left behind and they walked by the glow of the snow itself . |
| 14 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 15 | It summoned its forces around it now and they played in the dying fires , kicked through the wood ash , spiralled into the heavens on the vortices of smoke ; danced with the dancing boy . |
| 16 | Mum and Dad were over here for a holiday a while ago and they went to the Cotswolds which they said were beautiful . |
| 17 | Perhaps the people were in the van and found the beds wet and said well we ca n't sleep here and they slept in the sit with the fire on . |
| 18 | He eased his horse round and they ambled along the ridge until the ground fell steeply away and a great valley stretched below them , a silver river sketched through it . |
| 19 | ‘ You can tell me all about this while you pour me a drink , ’ he said quietly and they went into the kitchen . |