Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] they [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flaps stood up on either side of her ankle , and were laced together where they met in a stiff ridge over her foot . |
| 2 | People did n't move much once they got to a road like this one . |
| 3 | Young , subordinate females will do better if they mate with a new male . |
| 4 | They were probably strong enough if they acted as a team to push him aside , but he had the gun . |
| 5 | especially if they get in a bigger house |
| 6 | In addition , gifts would be required in any negotiations with foreign powers , especially if they culminated in a marriage alliance . |
| 7 | In some areas , though , changes are welcome , especially if they lead to a better and more reliable product . |
| 8 | He says they 'll all talk about the day 's drive , much like they talk about a game of golf . |
| 9 | A boathook reached out and latched on to the ship 's side , and a small , dark-haired crewgirl pulled them in until they touched with a gentle bump . |
| 10 | Quality circles have been seen as a major achievement of the Japanese system , and not only because they serve as a substitute for quality surveillance as a separate management function . |
| 11 | For example , in fifteen fifty-seven , eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundreds pounds to six hundred and that 's entirely because they pulled in an awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 12 | But there 's a whole range of behaviours which one can include in sexual harassment , going from fairly mundane every day things which just grind people down and which grind people down because they happen on a constant basis , to very serious once in a while sorts of behaviours , and to try and categorise them as major or minor does n't really get us very close to being what the issue is about . |
| 13 | This happens long before they come into a residential establishment . |
| 14 | It 's the same with interest rates ; as long as they stay within a relatively narrow band , we can plan ahead . |
| 15 | Modern society , it may be argued , is not like a set of neatly intermeshing and well-oiled cogs , but rather a game in which groups of players have considerable discretion so long as they keep within a set of rules which are often themselves rather loosely defined or at least open to negotiation and change . |
| 16 | Alternatively , they view women psychologists as contributing to feminist psychology only when they work in a culturally woman-identified way . |
| 17 | Low interest rates are inflationary only when they coincide with an overheating economy as they did in 1987–8 . |
| 18 | People who live alone , especially when they suffer from a serious disability , are particularly at risk of becoming isolated and friendless , and people with long-term mental disorder are often desperately lonely and socially isolated . |
| 19 | Especially when they come from a long way , away . |
| 20 | Children who are photophobic ( sensitive to bright light ) will find that dazzle on bright sunny days can be quite distressing , especially when they move from a shaded interior into bright sunlight outside . |
| 21 | What is more , the old iron trucks with their armour plating are still lying rusting beside the old Kubri road just where they came to a halt in 1948 , the wheels stripped of their tyres but their iron bullet shields still intact . |
| 22 | Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university . |
| 23 | The whole effect is so convincing that flies not only visit flower after flower , transporting the stapelia 's pollen , but even complete the activity for which they visit real carrion — laying their eggs on the flower just as they do in a carcass . |
| 24 | this the , what makes me laugh is that people 's intelligence , they walk along a street shopping and as soon as they walk into a restaurant they sit down and start smoking |
| 25 | It is advisable to float them as soon as they arrive in a bucket of water until you are ready to plant them . |
| 26 | Yet he still held her hand , and she grasped it gratefully until they came to an open area where there was a fallen tree trunk . |
| 27 | CAMERA-shy ministers avoided photographers yesterday as they gathered for a crucial Cabinet meeting to thrash out the Government 's public spending plans for the coming financial year . |
| 28 | In Powys , a search for eight scouts missing on the nearby Black Mountains , was called off when they walked into a police station . |
| 29 | Presumably perhaps they 're just saving it up until they get to a certain certain age and they 're gon na say right that 's it let's just go . |
| 30 | I understand ; I mean , you want to know that someone is n't just making the whole thing up when they talk about a man being that special to them . |