Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt the tears welling up in my eyes and suddenly they spilled over the sides and dripped down my cheeks . |
| 2 | In one key experiment , for example , we trained over a hundred birds , measuring their imprinting preference score and motor activity ( that is , how much they ran in the wheels ) as well as RNA synthesis . |
| 3 | For example , in a survey I carried out on the membership of the National Trust — one of the largest voluntary associations in Britain with over a million and a quarter members — it was decided that topics should include such things as how people came to join , how they felt about the payment of subscriptions , how much they read of the literature the Trust sent them , what their main interests in conservation were , how active a part they wanted to play in the work of the Trust , and so on . |
| 4 | For how long they operated in the Coniston Fells is not known . |
| 5 | And down they went into the village . |
| 6 | Down they went into the Underground . |
| 7 | Well as I told you at you used to clip them that damn short and we when I was knocking them off , I had to keep dodging down , let the wag and keep knock clips off and chuck the one side and then the wagons came down They went down the hill like that , and then up here there was a hook line to stop them . |
| 8 | Perhaps they thought of the militia fighting in Kampala ; perhaps they recognized that an awkward and in any case grandiose assumption had been pinpointed and pricked . |
| 9 | Obviously Mr Pennington 's barn did n't suit — perhaps they objected to the campers . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps they objected to the destruction of Buckingham and the web of deceit to which they 'd been party ? ’ |
| 11 | So they drove round the outskirts of the Burleigh grounds , and eventually came to Cannonbury Road . |
| 12 | S so they came with the keys for me , the shop keys , and to say goodbye to us . |
| 13 | So they went to the village . |
| 14 | So they went into the basement , a long , white-washed room running the whole length of the house . |
| 15 | So they went round the back of the house to find out . |
| 16 | So they walked across the moor . |
| 17 | So they got under the table , and wriggled around our legs |
| 18 | So they lived in the world before we became a people . ’ |
| 19 | So they lived in the house |
| 20 | So they looked for the form and they could n't find it . |
| 21 | And that was the poor old man he was just just about away so they sent for the ambulance and took him down to Forfar to They used to call that the poor house , I do n't know what they call it now but it was the poor house in those |
| 22 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 23 | So they sat on the engine housing and Wycliffe felt sufficiently relaxed to light his pipe . |
| 24 | So they flew across the sky until they came to the doors of the world where two bearded wolves mount guard . |
| 25 | Together they strode towards the path . |
| 26 | Together they tottered to the door . |
| 27 | Together they sailed along the Thames accompanied by a flotilla of dinghies to present their bid to a Department of the Environment official at Westminster Pier . |
| 28 | Busacher put in a few whirly violin runs on the piano and crescendoed unnecessarily loudly , paused too long , gasped , she joined him , and together they sailed into the finale and burst out laughing . |
| 29 | And together they ran into the house . |
| 30 | Together they drove to the police station where the body had been taken . |