Example sentences of "which they [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The house was broken into in the early hours of Friday morning and the intruders carried off the rock and pop CDs in a Head sports bag which they also stole from the house . |
| 2 | If in the judgment of the police authorities , formed reasonably and in good faith , the garrison was necessary for the protection of life and property , then they were not entitled to make a charge for it , for that would be to exact a payment for the performance of a duty which they clearly owed to the appellants and their servants ; but if they thought the garrison a superfluity and only acceded to Mr. James 's request with a view to meeting his wishes , then in my opinion they were entitled to treat the garrison duty as special duty and to charge for it … … . |
| 3 | As they moved from one to another , they collected meals of pollen and paid for them by becoming covered in excess pollen which they involuntarily delivered to the next flower they visited . |
| 4 | In Covent Garden , Luttrell tells us , " the image of the French king was made and drawn in a chariot , and over his head in capital letters was wrott , Lewis the greatest tyrant of fourteen " , which they eventually committed to the flames . |
| 5 | The kind of tactic which can work here is this : the adventurers bluff , say they 've left their invitation behind , retire downstairs , write an invitation , and seal the paper or vellum with an impressive wax seal which they then flourish at the Homunculi . |
| 6 | The place which they once occupied on the constitutional stages has now been occupied by the organs of local government . |
| 7 | Figaro 's moment of jealousy outside the pavilion ( ‘ Tutto e tranquillo e placido ’ ) becomes a moment of intimacy and repose for himself and Susanna which they never achieve in the opera . |