Example sentences of "[conj] they [adv] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And often it 's not that they never had anywhere to live , it 's just that they could n't cope with the responsibilities and the isolation of living on their own . |
| 2 | The excavators at Silchester and Caerwent had found great quantities , but regarded it as merely so commonplace and ordinary , that they hardly bothered even to mention it , thus ignoring the important principle laid down earlier by the great Pitt-Rivers , who attempted to record everything he found ‘ however small and however common … common things are of more importance than particular things , because they are more prevalent ’ ( 1898 , 27 ) . |
| 3 | Thousands of foreigners from all parts of the world were so concerned about events in Spain that they actually went there to fight in the war , many of them never to return . |
| 4 | Bob Martin , from the Darlington Milk Buyers , said customers had been very generous and they still had more to collect . |
| 5 | They 've set up camp , saying the impounded vehicles were their homes and they now have nowhere to live . |
| 6 | But they too managed only to confuse him . |
| 7 | The churches and the Assessorato alla Cultura ( cultural affairs department ) last collaborated in 1988 , at the time of the Veronese and Palma Giovane exhibitions when they then worked together to produce two small but well-researched publications on works by the two painters housed in the various churches , with suggested itineraries for visits . |