Example sentences of "they [det] [verb] [prep] [art] [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 each exist as an organic entity , with an internal dynamic . |
| 3 | On the first morning , after a night in a Lycée bed , they all went to a preliminary reception at the Hôtel de Ville : Clara went , politely willing , but when she got there she found that it was a gigantic , milling , stifling insult . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They all went into the nearest back-court , a circle was formed , the contestants stripped to the waist , then faced each other . |
| 6 | I expect they all went in the Second World War . |
| 7 | If the fish are obtained from the same area the chances are that they all came from the same parents . |
| 8 | They all came from the same supplier . |
| 9 | And do you think they all came from the same kind of background as yourself or were they more working people ? |
| 10 | They all consist of a durable two part coupling system — one side with rows of hooks , the other with a mass of loops , which join together to make a secure fastening — the nylon hook and loop tapes are also sold separately so you can buy exactly what you need . |
| 11 | They all looked at the dark square and saw that it was hardly a manhole , more of a childhole . |
| 12 | They all looked at the spreading crystal world . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They all knew about the big house in its own grounds and the genuine Yankee jeep his father drove . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
| 18 | They all met for the international meeting at Salzburg in 1908 , having corresponded from 1906 onwards . |
| 19 | They all belonged to an influential group of related families at the very centre of urban life in seventeenth and eighteenth century Northampton . |
| 20 | They all suffer from a major weakness , which is that for every instance in which a word form possesses different synonyms , opposites , morphological derivatives , or whatever , in different contexts , there are several possible explanations , only one of which involves ambiguity of the word form ; hence , further evidence of a different sort is required to determine which explanation is correct in any given instance . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And what 's more , they all protect against the ageing effects of UV light . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Nor do they all function in the same way . |
| 26 | They all differ to a greater or less extent from each other in their conclusions and emphases ; indeed if they did not differ there would be no need for more than one to be published . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She , they all go to the same school . |
| 29 | ‘ If they all go through the pelleting machines , the residues will remain . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |