Example sentences of "they [adj] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recently asked eleven experts on RE from widely differing backgrounds what they each saw as the major priority for RE . |
| 2 | They all went to the local comprehensive — which I wanted to but , because I passed my 11-plus I got sent to the grammar instead . |
| 3 | They all went into the nearest back-court , a circle was formed , the contestants stripped to the waist , then faced each other . |
| 4 | I expect they all went in the Second World War . |
| 5 | If the fish are obtained from the same area the chances are that they all came from the same parents . |
| 6 | They all came from the same supplier . |
| 7 | And do you think they all came from the same kind of background as yourself or were they more working people ? |
| 8 | They all looked at the dark square and saw that it was hardly a manhole , more of a childhole . |
| 9 | They all looked at the spreading crystal world . |
| 10 | This format makes it easy to fit the words to the ( edited ) pictures and to cue them to the start of each section so that they all come at the right place when they are being recorded onto the video sound track . |
| 11 | This example is indeed a cautionary tale , as the work of the two engravers was traditionally attributed to two different mints ( Rome and Tarraco , in Spain ) , but the discovery of numerous die links ( see below ) between each group has shown that they all come from the same mint . |
| 12 | They all knew about the big house in its own grounds and the genuine Yankee jeep his father drove . |
| 13 | The best man was driving them to the airport for their flight to Greece , and Ellie made sure she was right in the middle of the crowd as they all surged down the front path to wish them bon voyage . |
| 14 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
| 15 | They all met for the international meeting at Salzburg in 1908 , having corresponded from 1906 onwards . |
| 16 | In 1991 Salter , Sneddon , Rogers , Davy , Turner , Todd and Jennings were joined by Andy Breakwell , Kathy Barfield and Sarah Gould , and they all finished in the top 20 . |
| 17 | Recognising that a lot of women are taking to the hills , and that they may feel a little intimidated by such a male-orientated sport , especially since they all dress in the same fluffy things as us now , I have come up with a startling new innovation . |
| 18 | And what 's more , they all protect against the ageing effects of UV light . |
| 19 | They all focus on the social worker , and it is social workers who must understand that asking for an order usually means being granted one . |
| 20 | Nor do they all function in the same way . |
| 21 | If everybody knows everybody else and they all go to the same parties , then there is bound to be a certain unanimity , if not in their judgements at least in their objects of attention . |
| 22 | She , they all go to the same school . |
| 23 | ‘ If they all go through the pelleting machines , the residues will remain . ’ |
| 24 | Because all snail genes have an equal stake in every sperm and every egg , because they all participate in the same unpartisan meiosis , they work together for the common good , and therefore tend to make the snail body a coherent , purposeful vehicle . |
| 25 | After she had a hot rum toddy in a steaming , warm tub and showed Josh the trap marks on her leg , they all sat around the wooden kitchen table to eat vegetable soup , local Stilton cheese , and a salad of walnuts and chicory , followed by gingerbread that Clare had made with Mrs Gooden 's special recipe . |
| 26 | They all worked about the one squad you know . |
| 27 | They all start with the basic feline sound , genetically inherited like all the other elements of their communication system , but the artificial nature of the adult cat/human owner relationship creates a special world in which new subtleties develop that go beyond the genetically-shared vocabulary . |
| 28 | They sat together , in the small-sized chairs brought up by Balor , and ate their breakfasts and told one another was n't this the finest meal ever and would they all look at the roasting oxen , because it was a long time , well it was years , really , since any of them had seen such a sight . |
| 29 | No clear distinction was made between the temporal and spiritual privileges of the Church ; they all stood on the same level , enforced by the same sanctions , guaranteed by the same authority , reflecting the same divine ordering of the world . |
| 30 | Because these three associated religions appear to have in common the belief in one transcendent personal creator , it is often assumed that they all believe in the same God . |