Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a lot of them only made it by the skin of his teeth and are in the party only because of their reputation . |
| 2 | Given that the member will be sent their membership card , it would seem a small step away to actually send them a letter addressed to them personally welcoming them to the union and advise them at the very least on the basic facilities and benefits , plus other important information , and signed by the Regional Secretary , if not by the General Secretary . |
| 3 | In sum , in the contention which attended or , as some might prefer , the dialectical process which generated the structural change represented by the measures contained in the Reform Bill , the Whigs by proposing and the Tories by opposing them finally identified it as the exclusive issue on which people would stand up and be counted , for or against , yes or no . |
| 4 | Mr Leach , who had originally opposed Mr Taylor 's selection on procedural grounds , said : ‘ Some of them still treat me as an ally and I know what they are saying . |
| 5 | Rather than remain uninvolved in village activities and risking the accusation of being ‘ stand-offish ’ , many of them enthusiastically throw themselves into the life of the community , provoking the opposite complaint from the local population of ‘ wanting to take the place over ’ . |
| 6 | Thoroughly angered , a thousand seamen , armed , we are told , with " cannon , guns , muskets , musquetoons , blunderbusses , pistols , swords , cutlasses , clubs , sticks , stones , bricks and other offensive weapons " surrounded the Exchange , some of them also regaling themselves from the contents of the stores of nearby wine merchants which had been broken into . |
| 7 | Add the carrots and turn them frequently to coat them with the pale glaze . |
| 8 | There , they presumably drink themselves into a stupor on black PVC bar stools before the coach comes and takes them somewhere even worse , like Aviemore . |
| 9 | They eventually reach her via the markets in Liverpool . |
| 10 | They eventually found themselves in a huge square where a white marble fountain played in the centre . |
| 11 | so it was a bit of er struggle to er , to get them to come and look at it and fix 'em up again , well they did n't fix 'em up they , they , they give 'em a new one , they only got it in the sale |
| 12 | And I was in there until I left Colchester , but what , what happened , you see when you first go in they only class you as a a class three tradesman . |
| 13 | That 's right they only have it off the |
| 14 | And they only do it to the angry ones . |
| 15 | They eagerly embraced me into a family rich with eccentric aunts , brainy brothers , cranky grannies and caustic uncles , and the day they began referring to me as ‘ our Lynne ’ was the happiest day of my life . |
| 16 | If only he believed in her , could n't they together submerge themselves in the waters of Eden and be renewed for all time ? |
| 17 | They constantly warned us of the danger of the roads , about the thieves and vagabonds who dressed in green or brown buckram and played Robin Hood in the dark forests or wastelands we passed through . |
| 18 | ‘ But they obviously see it as an important matter of principle , so I ought not to stand in their way . ’ |
| 19 | And what course of action would the Mozambican journalists who criticize their government 's policies ( Political puzzles ) take if they suddenly found themselves in the hot-seat of a country in chaos ? |
| 20 | But the thing is , what they do tend to do is , they suddenly find themselves in a panic because they 've behaved like this about it and the person at the other end is shouting when are you coming to see this organ |
| 21 | They literally pushed them down the stairs ? |
| 22 | Progressives and reformers never captured the movies ; they merely influenced them in a particular direction , a direction that the producers would appear to be following closely whereas in fact they were really using it for their own ends . |
| 23 | On 18 December 1689 the anniversary of William 's first entrance into London was cele-brated with a huge procession through the City , as crowds carried effigies of James 's chief ministers through the streets to Temple Bar , where they ritualistically hanged them at a " triple galloes " set up next to a great bonfire . |
| 24 | that was cos of the fat , the fat so as they just lay it over the top and put the potatoes and onions |
| 25 | They just chuck it on the floor . |
| 26 | It was a wet morning so they just took him to the corner and ran him to the corner of Richmond Row in his bare feet — brought him back — ‘ Put your shoes on ! ’ |
| 27 | They just let themselves in the back door , he said , took the money and smashed the place . |
| 28 | ‘ But I reckon they just mistook it for a runway . |
| 29 | This time there was no knife , they just got him on the floor and it was just a fist which had come down on the man 's face again and again . |
| 30 | They just use it as a holiday home do n't they ? |