Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] in their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When you consider the inexperience of the side they put out in their first Test against France , their 20–15 victory was remarkable . |
| 2 | They came down in their own time , after they 'd left off work , and they 'd have a small job done ; and then they 'd take it back ready for work the next morning . |
| 3 | The fledgling Twist were a lot more lightweight and bubblegum in style , recruiting Martin Fry 's brother , Jamie , on vocals but they eventually returned to Manchester where they dawdled around in their own faffing style and managed to emerge after all the Mancs fuss was over . |
| 4 | The fledgling Twist were a lot more lightweight and bubblegum in style , recruiting Martin Fry 's brother , Jamie , on vocals but they eventually returned to Manchester where they dawdled around in their own faffing style and managed to emerge after all the Mancs fuss was over . |
| 5 | It was with a certain amount of satisfaction that they settled down in their own kitchen and discussed their financial situation . |
| 6 | They ride … they race … they watch for fun … and they roll up in their thousands … the South Midlands Area Hunt Club got the new season underway at Heythrop near Chipping Norton with a bumper card of 158 horses and 11 races … |
| 7 | SPORTING blue berets and Uzi submachineguns as they hurtle along in their spanking new vehicles , 1,000 Italian soldiers have started to patrol the 300-kilometre ( 190-mile ) road that runs from the Mozambican port of Beira westward to landlocked Zimbabwe . |
| 8 | You know when they go round in their little cars . |
| 9 | Then a snowballing effect takes over , with the larger lumps able to grow larger still because their own gravity would attract other particles as they sweep along in their own orbit . |
| 10 | Two countries , until the will of the people decided we 'd had enough and they went out in their hundreds of thousands and pulled the Wall down . |