Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] they [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his novels are in any way romantic , it is because of the melodramatic plots , whether ( as in Poor Jack or Jacob Faithful ) they have a rags-to-riches theme or whether they turn on the discovery that the humble hero ( like Percival Keene or Willy Seymour ) is really of noble birth . |
| 2 | However , does the Minister realise that the schemes place a great burden on individual residents in a particular area and that they depend on the co-operation of the police ? |
| 3 | In his History of the Abbots Bede says that Ecgberht , king of Kent , sent a certain Wigheard to Rome where he wished him to be consecrated archbishop , and only subsequently in the Ecclesiastical History does Bede report that Oswiu and Ecgberht consulted together on what action to take about a successor to Deusdedit and that they agreed on the choice of one of Deusdedit 's clergy , Wigheard , whom they sent to Rome to be consecrated ( HE III , 29 ) . |
| 4 | Over the last fourteen years forty two million pounds and if they go on the way their going on and the way they 're talking it 's all gon na be for nicks nowt . |
| 5 | Clear confusion reigned in their instinctive minds , and while they dithered on the banks , the water rose behind them , cutting off retreat . |
| 6 | They pop up and over it , and when they land on the other side and they slow down a bit . |
| 7 | If and when they work on the tacit assumption or make such a blatant assertion as that , that there is no longer any poverty , because it is not true and unless and until it is true neither they nor we have got any right to be content . |
| 8 | Right he sent only a very small army and when they arrived on the shores . |
| 9 | Chrissie climbed out of the cab , with Nick , and as they stood on the pavement so Liz Spalding slipped out of the taxi between them , bent low , and darted into the garage . |
| 10 | But although they live on the edge of Wentworth Golf Course , Lady Haslam prefers gardening when at home . |
| 11 | But when they moved on the school lost its reason for being . |