Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] the [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But will they tidy up the roads where they have not actually been working , and where their vehicles have caused ‘ disruption ’ ? |
| 2 | They rubbed down the horses roughly , saddled them , and then were on their way again , their fire circle buried under stones and heather tufts . |
| 3 | This circularity is apparent in the seminal article written by Goody and Watt where they lay down the reasons why they attribute such importance to literacy . |
| 4 | They play back the problems symbolically in style , and style alone ca n't bridge the gap between contradictory responses : — ‘ I do n't want blacks ’ , said one skin . |
| 5 | And then , of course the er , they started running down Northgate hospital and they closed down the nurses home . |