Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if they go to the toilet and take just a little longer . |
| 2 | At the same time they must express the higher and spiritual aspirations of life through their beauty , unless they represented these aspirations by their very existence , as did books and musical instruments , which remained surprisingly functional in design , apart from fairly minor surface flourishes , or unless they belonged to the realm of pure utility such as kitchenware and luggage . |
| 3 | Be on the look-out when ordinary people are despised because they do n't speak the way you do , or because they come from the council estate . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ministers of course always determine for themselves whether they answer by means of a written question or whether they come to the despatch box and make a statement . |
| 6 | Near-surface diagenetic environments are further subdivided depending on whether the pore spaces are saturated with fluids , within the phreatic zone , or whether they lie above the water table so are partially fluid filled and partially gas filled , within the vadose zone ( Fig. 5.15 ) . |
| 7 | Single and over forty , or as they say in the world of women executives , SINBAD ( Single Income , Neurotic , Bankable and Desperate ) . |
| 8 | Do n't give this copy away to Oxfam or when they collect for the hospital . |
| 9 | And so they went to the cinema . |
| 10 | And so they returned to the kitchen again ; and after the meal was put on the table Aggie went through the other room and from the door yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ just the once before returning to the kitchen . |
| 11 | The Indians were buried with as much wealth as possible , and so they strove with the utmost diligence throughout their lives to acquire and amass all the gold they could , which they took from their own land and were buried with it … |
| 12 | Simon Kellett and Ashley Metcalfe were in a business-like mood and although they picked off the bad balls , they took few unnecessary risks . |
| 13 | ‘ And if they flinch at the sight of the salt , there are persuasions I can use . ’ |
| 14 | Whatever their basis in nefarious dealings , misunderstood intelligence , or dreams , noble things were being attempted , and if they came off the world would have cause to be grateful . |
| 15 | If they win at Faisalabad , their umpires cheat , and if they win at The Oval then they still cheat , but nobody knows how ! |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They could n't get back to the bank without treading on shifting , clutching , cloying marsh , which could trap them and draw them right down ; and if they stayed in the car , sooner or later they would go under with it . |
| 18 | If there is a common underlying theme or thread it would seem to be the unstated assumption that ‘ anyone can make it if they try , and if they conform to the rules ’ ; those who fail must suffer from some congenital lack of capacities , or be of an alien disposition . |
| 19 | More conservative because they clearly derive inspiration from the old WEA extra-mural model , of the tutorial class seriously , conscientiously , and at length coming to grips with conceptual insights and analytical frameworks which appear remote from the workplace , and because they insist upon the vital contribution of the professional educator . |
| 20 | And because they smell along the floor . |
| 21 | Both girls were keen cyclists and since they lived near the road they could get out and about . |
| 22 | And while they played in the barn and while their mother sang the girl found something behind the haystack . |
| 23 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 24 | Clear confusion reigned in their instinctive minds , and while they dithered on the banks , the water rose behind them , cutting off retreat . |
| 25 | And before they come in the mornings I tidy up , I , well after they 've gone at night |
| 26 | They pop up and over it , and when they land on the other side and they slow down a bit . |
| 27 | The simple fact of the matter Mr Mayor is that vehicles coming in have got a very er simple alternative route and when they come down the hill they can turn left , go by the golf course knows very well , go round the roundabout and go round the roundabout and come in , alright they 've got to join a queue there but they 're in a queue anyway . |
| 28 | And when they come to the exam they 're , how do you integrate this ? |
| 29 | Darras and his wife live in English , as he calls it , one of his sons in German and when they go down the street , they live in French . |
| 30 | Now some of these Asian ladies , I feel sorry for them , they are strangers , they do n't know much about industrial life , they have led a very sheltered life , you know , and when they go to the toilet they go together . |