Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the excluded social forces grew in political strength , so they pressed in on the established constitution in ways which eventually caused it to buckle so that it came to be more in line with their views as to how things should be . |
| 2 | Since they turned up on the first day of term wearing headscarves , their teachers , supported by the headmaster , have refused to teach them unless the girls remove the offending headgear . |
| 3 | Among the German miscalculations that on various historical occasions have seemed Heaven-sent to save the Allies , Falkenhayn 's denial of reserves to the Crown Prince reminds one of Hitler halting his Panzers before they closed in on the BEF at Dunkirk , different though the motives may have been . |
| 4 | She tells me that Jack was a real piss-head , and was always having to borrow money off her husband when they went out on the town . |
| 5 | Kylie and her new Svengali Blamey got an instant glimpse of that arrogance when they turned up on the doorstep of the Hit Factory . |
| 6 | There was a soft double-thump as they piled up on the panels . |
| 7 | The man on the rod would be unable to reel in fast enough as they ran down on the Zodiac . |
| 8 | But he grew serious now as they sat out on the terrace , two blissful days into their marriage , watching a blood-red sun sink into a blood-red sea . |