Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [adv] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still in their independent reveries they walk closely together as they near the end of the park . |
| 2 | By way of contrast members of a moral or rule-based association share nothing other than their recognition of the authority of those practices ; sharers of a common language , for example , may say what they like so long as they comply with the canons of that language . |
| 3 | They pack tightly together until they cover the stone as closely as tiles on a roof . |
| 4 | ‘ If they succeed as well as they did when they 're not trying to kill you , what might n't they achieve if they decide they do want to ? |
| 5 | They creak only slightly as they open . |
| 6 | For instance , when subjects have to decide whether certain names are familiar or not ( say , Oliver Hardy ) they respond more quickly if they are shown , a few tenths of seconds earlier , a picture of a person who is associated with the target name ( Stan Laurel ) . |
| 7 | But they do so only after they 've had their seven rehearsals . ’ |
| 8 | cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it |