Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were in the wrong , and they admitted it later in the day in one of those special P.G.A . |
| 2 | He did not meet his mother from infancy until the age of twelve , when they found themselves accidentally in the same workhouse : but instead of the ‘ gush of tenderness ’ between them of which he had dreamt , ‘ her expression was so chilling that the valves of my heart closed as with a snap … |
| 3 | They surveyed it together in the dressing-table glass , heavy , thick stuff falling to her elbows , the colour of barley sugar . |
| 4 | We , we , we were playing in the er Alton league at one time , you know , we were doing quite well in that as well we got , one year we come second we got promoted to the first division after our first year , there was only three of their , there were four or five leagues going and they put us straight in the second division and er , but you were going all over the bloody place , you were going as far a field as Petersfield bloody old there was almost , there was one erm , just outside |
| 5 | Oh they put it outside in the garden |
| 6 | They impress me less in the beautiful central Andante in C minor : it needs expressive playing which should be poignant without overstepping the bounds of musical propriety that Mozart set himself , and here it sounds merely pleasing . |
| 7 | This means that students are already familiar with the new language when they meet it later in the soap , and so will be able to relax and enjoy the content of the story . |
| 8 | ‘ As soon as some of our members received these letters , they threw them straight in the bin . |
| 9 | They know me now in the London Road and that 's great . |
| 10 | They took me there in the car . |
| 11 | City had a few chances , and unfortunately they took one late in the second half , shortly after we 'd started shouting ‘ What 's like to be outclassed ’ at the boys in blue . |
| 12 | ‘ Joanna asked the farmer to ring me before they took her away in the ambulance . |
| 13 | Do they feed you well in the mess ? ’ |
| 14 | Oh they have it early in the morning , about half nine or something . |
| 15 | At high rates of interest , people may feel it worthwhile to put some of their income in a savings account on pay day and draw it out again as they need it later in the month . |