Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 31 | As they filed out of the building onto the sidewalk , Grant eyed the sheriff 's broad back and wondered what Springfield was holding back . |
| 32 | Gainsborough 's house … to say nothing of huge grey sweeps of empty beach from which , at Aldeburgh , you can buy goggle-eyed skate direct from the fishing boats as they come out of the water . |
| 33 | While Cubism aims at purity of draughtsmanship , Orphism is an attempt at ‘ pure ’ painting , not that it involves pure colours , that is to say colours as they come out of the tube . |
| 34 | ‘ The plates at least for the first four courses are washed as they come out of the dining room . ’ |
| 35 | And , as they come out of the water the fa , the bible says the spirit takes Philip away and he goes down now to so to Somaria and and he starts preaching there in Somaria a and there 's this tremendous result ! |
| 36 | There was a young woman waiting for Ellie and Madame as they stepped out of the elevator , which now only they occupied , on the very top floor . |
| 37 | When they left the house next morning , to a sunny , rain-washed world , the first thing they noticed as they stepped out of the drive was a charcoal BMW with two young men in it , parked twenty yards from the front gate . |
| 38 | As they ran out of the house into the sunshine they both skidded to a halt . |
| 39 | As they rode out of the low narrow gate , their knees banging , their heads ducked , the other monks were mustering for the Holy Office of Vespers . |
| 40 | The tension was such that she felt sudden relief as they went out of the small room into the air . |
| 41 | Frank delivered again for Norway U21 last night as they went out of the european U21 championship with a 3–1 loss . |
| 42 | As they went out of the shop he grinned . |
| 43 | As they came out of the house Philip saw two girls , quite old . |
| 44 | By the frequency of his visits he came to know most of the artists and was fond of addressing them in a loud voice by their first names as they came out of the studio . |
| 45 | Windows opened ; grocers ran to the doors of their shops ; customers stopped discussing bacon and turned ; our teachers wobbled on their bicycles as the noise buffeted them like a violent squall ; and boys sprinted to the school gates as they came out of the building , though many others , cool boys , shrugged or turned away in disgust , gobbing , cursing and scuffling their feet . |
| 46 | As they came out of the toilet and into the bar Maura 's heart stood still in her chest . |
| 47 | The air-conditioning roared softly and they got their first drinks as they came out of the tunnel and on to the New Jersey marshes where gulls circled the refuse dumps among a forest of concrete stilts carrying the highways south . |
| 48 | As they got out of the car and walked across the yard , their feet scrunching on the stones , Jinny had a queer feeling that they were being watched . |
| 49 | But I like him , thought Antony as they got out of the car . |
| 50 | The heavy clouds were edging nearer , and Jessamy glanced up uneasily as they got out of the car . |
| 51 | Insects buzzed in the hot night as they got out of the moke . |
| 52 | As they got out of the car , she made a mental resolve that this would be the last visit she would make in Robert 's company . |
| 53 | 4 A jar to collect the animals as they fall out of the funnel . |
| 54 | As they broke out of the covert on to the open parkland the bright sun made them squint . |
| 55 | Freedom ! ’ shouted men , women and children , hugging each other ecstatically as they poured out of the trains . |
| 56 | BARNET 'S woes mounted as they slid out of the FA Cup last night . |
| 57 | Further , it will document the experience of families as they moved out of the old tenements , often slums , into their new houses in the new schemes . |
| 58 | The guards at the palace 's main gate swiftly let them through but , as they debouched out of the tree-lined path front of the palace , a gruesome sight awaited them . |
| 59 | But a minute or two later , as they turned out of the car park and headed for the road that led back to the villa , Ronni gave way to the growing desolation within her . |
| 60 | ‘ Just give Nether Oldfield a buzz and tell them to close St Benet Church and put a man back on it till we can get down there , ’ he ordered as they drew out of the cathedral close , under the Dersingham arch . |