Example sentences of "and [conj] they [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The circumstances in which a break with the past and the need for a fresh start come about vary from country to country , but in almost every case in modern times countries have a Constitution for the very simple and elementary reason that they wanted , for some reason , to begin again and so they put down in writing the main outline , at least , of their proposed system of government . |
| 2 | Life just has not provided them with a partner and so they wander on through their thirties and forties , still living alone and gradually accepting the situation . |
| 3 | Cos they do n't half hammer you and if they catch up with you once they watch you like a hawk . |
| 4 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |
| 5 | And if they come out with that line : ‘ Oh but mum , everyone else 's mum lets them stay out until three in the morning/hitch a lift home from Glastonbury/take the short cut across the meadow at night/ride a bike without wearing an orange band … ’ then find out what other parents really think . |
| 6 | And if they go on like this I shall need something bigger and lighter . |
| 7 | And if they find out about the quarter-finals , for instance … |
| 8 | And if they started on at me , I 'd just threaten to run off again , ’ |
| 9 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 10 | And when they come up with something which you think , oh , stupid idea . |
| 11 | and er , we have two boys that do it with us as well and when they come out to youth clubs with us the girls and the boys that we go and speak to love having a male there |
| 12 | And when they go out on a football field they can do something about it . |
| 13 | There were tears in her eyes and when they went through to the kitchen she hugged and kissed them both . |
| 14 | She lived on the fifth floor of a pre-war block , and when they went up in the lift she casually passed him her handbag and said , Hold this , and started to take her clothes off . |
| 15 | And it came home to me that you know we all had to come to terms in some way with erm with what it was all about and the kids and you know and it became something of a I mean i it was the experience that we went through you know it was i it was you know something that we 'll always remember I think because it 'll always make Christmas different I think for us in a way you know but it And when they came up from South Wales with car loads and van loads and I mean we all just sobbed you know I mean there was nothing to do really you know it was just and I think anyway that was Christmas , but I mean er . |
| 16 | They were becoming very tired , and when they came back from their missions there was none of the former exuberance if everyone returned safely , and just fatalistic shoulder-shrugging if someone was lost . |
| 17 | It was a relief that he did not try to speak , and when they came out at the landscaped clearing with its wooden bench seat overlooking the water she had readied herself to speak first . |
| 18 | I do n't know whether there was anyone there from BBC Television , but if there was , he or she would have had no doubt who should be the person to present a regular natural history programme if and when they got round to it . |
| 19 | Well we had a old wooden crane aboard the dredger , that was all hand power , that 's just the old wooden derrick and when they got up to the , up to the dock , they had a , cos they had a crane paint with it or a steam crane . |
| 20 | And when they got back to the meadow , Lucie had sent all the people home , refusing every one of their eager tributes . |
| 21 | And when they get back from their parades and their barbecues , the scions of Washington will head straight for the president 's health-care package , which Mr Clinton would like to sign into law at Christmas . |
| 22 | Saturday — when the bomb went off — had been ‘ unbelievably painful ’ and when they found out about Tim they ‘ did n't think he would live the night ’ . |
| 23 | There was something in the speed , as they rounded corners on two wheels , that shook her out of her bad mood , and when they drew up with a squeal of brakes in the narrow road just by Pepe 's Bar , she was laughing at Miguel 's uncharacteristic recklessness . |
| 24 | And when they tied up at Water Gypsy 's permanent moorings , he gathered his few possessions together and left with only the most perfunctory of farewells . |
| 25 | What would happen if and when they caught up with them ? |
| 26 | And when they arrived back at the ruined castle the fox was given a share of the supper and a place by the fire . |
| 27 | And when they start on about ‘ beam me up Scottie ’ they hope it will really take them out of this world . |
| 28 | He stood aside , and as they walked back to the office Lucy felt an unexpected wave of gratitude towards Doreen . |
| 29 | And as they went out from Bivar they had a crow on their right hand , and when they came to Burgos they had a crow on the left . |
| 30 | It was noon before they had completed the morning 's tasks , and as they came out from the buildings to go across to the house , the snow had ceased to fall . |