Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ But not about the caves , ’ she laughed and , tugging at his arm , she insisted they tag on with the other tourists . |
| 32 | And , I 've just as a basic figure , I mean , they give up to a certain figure o before their hours you put a bit of tax and after that , but er we 've allocated him to work , in the afternoons when I 'm out , they allocate to her , the warehouse , because I ca n't afford any , er , as I say , they repairs a machine , it goes out faulty , and the onus is on me and the company |
| 33 | Tomorrow we 'll test the strings we 've made , and see how they measure up against the old ones for reliability . |
| 34 | In kiddies ' adventure stories they always wonder Where am I ? when they wake up in a strange place . |
| 35 | The Zamoyski family 's attempts to reactivate a foundation they set up in the 1920s at Kornik , a Scottish-baronial monstrosity housing a priceless library of early illuminated manuscripts and incunabula , are being thwarted by the Polish Academy of Learning , which swallowed it up in 1945 . |
| 36 | ‘ The marshal , ’ complained one of his officers even before they set out on the futile march to Carlisle , ‘ is infirm and peevish … both in body and mind , forgetful , irresolute and perplext . ’ |
| 37 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 38 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 39 | They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat . |
| 40 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 41 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
| 42 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 43 | In Siam , Thomson teamed up with a journalist called Kennedy , and , together with a large entourage , they set off on a perilous journey to Cambodia . |
| 44 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 45 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 46 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 47 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 48 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 49 | They set off from the same place but , like pieces of something that had just exploded , they each took a different course across the lawn . |
| 50 | They drive down into a dry watercourse and are surrounded by hundreds of cattle returning from their grazing , driven by children and young warriors . |
| 51 | so anyway , she hires so he hires this prostitute and they , they go upstairs and he gets a bit hungry so sarnie and they get down to the serious business |
| 52 | Politicians are n't going to stick their necks out to help break up the various logjams unless we 're shouting and yelling at them from the bank — for the most part to encourage them , but also to warn them of dire consequences to come if they get out of the hot water before the job is done . |
| 53 | As the discussion of the previous chapter would suggest , their objectives do not arise ready made in response to some supposed ‘ needs ’ of the accumulation process ; they emerge out of the complex interplay within the state of organized political interests . |
| 54 | But then they lapse back into the local way of speaking when they 're on their own . |
| 55 | Yeah but what they do , they 've got all the artwork , so all they do is they go over with a black pen on the artwork . |
| 56 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 57 | At midday all the people from Amantani dress up in traditional costume and they go up to the two centres . |
| 58 | the , the the green erm coats when they er , when they go up to the main school . |
| 59 | They go up to the sixteenth floor at once , not at all sure what they are going to do . |
| 60 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |