Example sentences of "and they [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Her own petit friture was a plateful of tiny fish , crisply fried and sprinkled with garlic , and they both opted for guinea fowl casseroled in red wine , and so tender it almost fell off the bone , with sautéd potatoes and cabbage cooked in butter , as their main course .
2 Smart cards are perhaps the best known of the devices in the fight against school-dodging and they also contribute to security and safety .
3 Erm I was going to pick up on a number of points that have been raised by previous speakers , but erm Mr Grigson and Mr Curtis seem to have er dealt with a few of those , erm just with regard to the the table put in by C P R E , with their figures , I would just agree with Mr Cur er Mr Grigson that there is a very substantial degree of double counting in those figures , there is also a very substantial degree of over provision in the allowance for for conversions , er past conversion rates in Greater York have averaged something like twenty nine dwellings per year , over a fifteen year period your talking about four hundred and thirty five dwellings , which is the figure that both York City Council and ourselves have have made allowance for for conversions , that compares with a figure of a thousand dwellings referred to by the C P R E and I see no foundation for that figure , erm , as I say Mr Curtis already picked up on the point about windfalls rates by Mr Thomas , erm just turning to the difference between the tables er submitted by the County Council and York City Council on the the residue within the er Greater York area , I would accept the figure , the figures put in the tables by Mr er by Mr Curtis , I think that they have picked up the the more recent planning permissions and the completions information , and they also take on board there more recent work on erm development within the city , and I I accept that table .
4 You know where they and they just multiplying by number rather than doing bit shifts .
5 Nothing could be said and they just sat in silence enjoying each other 's company .
6 Preston 's preference for two wingers allowed Bay to clamp the midfield , and they soon set in motion a stream of direct attacks of surprising accuracy .
7 The population of this district had not been previously deeply dissatisfied ; but it was natural that they should wish well to people of their own class , supposed to be fighting for higher wages ; and they presently heard with truth that several employers hereabouts had begun to promise higher payments under the dread of seeing the population armed against them . ’
8 The majority of men are accustomed to some particular style of living , and they generally refrain from marriage , if the increased expenses of married life would compel them to live in a manner which would not give them what has been aptly termed their historical standard of comfort .
9 They would lie for hours , hardly moving , before a sudden noise startled them and they instinctively dived for cover .
10 He had been a pupil in the office of his older brother Thomas Henry Wyatt , the prize-winner in the barracks competition , and they later worked in partnership on several schemes .
11 If these people wanted to d if these people wanted to c and they really cared about conservation and education they 'd do what the care for the wild have done .
12 They drink all day and they never go to church — ’
13 And they always talk about man hours .
14 Using a line disturbs all the rabbits ; it touches them and they then dash for home .
15 And they almost went in front on eight minutes , Michael Surgeon beating the Comrades ' off-side trap only to see his well struck 20-yard drive brilliantly tipped over by 'keeper George Cathcart .
16 For a reception there and they actually went by coach to the opening ceremony
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