Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 2 | She could feel them pierce through to the back of her head . |
| 3 | But most of them finish up against the scaffolding . |
| 4 | ‘ Most of them finish up against the bridge these days , apparently . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Before leaving , Risdon tied up both men , left them face down in the bathroom , and fired a gun into the mattress , ’ claimed Mr Curtis . |
| 6 | Deal them face upwards on the table in groups of two but so that each card can be clearly seen . |
| 7 | I like watching them get out of the water — they look real funny . |
| 8 | Even when I eavesdrop I hear nothing but sex , thought Pascoe watching the four of them disappear out of the bar . |
| 9 | The Sex Disqualification ( Removal ) Act 1919 , designed to facilitate the admission of women to the House of Commons but worded in such a way as to be apt to give them access also to the House of Lords was seized upon by Viscountess Rhondda as having this effect but the Committee of Privileges refused to endorse her claim and the House rejected it . |
| 10 | I mean we , we said to them ring up on the day |
| 11 | None of the Indian girls complain , because they are afraid of being beaten up , so none of them go up to the headmaster and complain . |
| 12 | For a moment Trent thought of letting the whole damn lot of them go up on the reef . |
| 13 | Well anyway , it reaches night and the three of them go down into the attic . |
| 14 | And the Relief Committee and the Board of Works inspector upstairs — four of them go out on the balcony , and there was a silence would have lifted off your hat . |
| 15 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |
| 16 | And I warn you , if any of my designs or anything like them turn up in the showroom at the House of Oliver I shall sue — and win the sort of damages that will put your little friend out of business for good . |
| 17 | Sometimes a head-on collision with a lorry seems inevitable , but somehow at the last moment we or they swerve out of the way . |
| 18 | They trot lightly down the path on the other side of the dip . |
| 19 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 20 | Noises of chopping reached them as they lay there in the morning , feeling stiff and foul . |
| 21 | As darkness fell again they took turns to wash in the tent , and then they lay together under the night sky and reached again for the stars . |
| 22 | They lay together in the gathering darkness , holding each other , neither making any attempt to speak their hurt and their loss but both knowing it was there , buried deep within them . |
| 23 | Once formulated , they remain forever in the environment and build up in food chains and ultimately in our bodies . |
| 24 | Well to tell you the truth , I went to own school , when it was er winter , when it comes the winter , they bate somewhere for the winter , do you see ? |
| 25 | This is a pity , as it means that students find it harder to get their names known , and it means they lose out on a degree of publicity . |
| 26 | Obediently , resignedly , he swings the car round in a dangerous U-turn at the next intersection and they flash back towards the airport , the jewel factories and towerblocks of the Bangkok suburbs thinning out again to the dim outlines of swampy fields pierced by palmtree plantations . |
| 27 | They eat outside on the terrace , it 's so warm , by candlelight , with the lights of the city spread out in front of them — a sea of lights , twinkling in the uneven layers of warm air like a still sea shimmering and glittering . |
| 28 | By and large , those extra ’ advantages ’ , as the Labour party calls them , for the employee have to be paid for out of the profits of the organisation as a whole and they eat away at the capital that the business would ultimately have available to reinvest in jobs . |
| 29 | Whilst they are here , we hope that they rub away at the image of Birmingham and find its reality . |
| 30 | The people in wheelchairs , it 's fair enough that they ca n't get their own dinner , but they should at least go to the back of the queue like we have to , but they push straight to the front . |