Example sentences of "and they [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 3 | And they come back into the University two days a week . |
| 4 | because they just go in in the day and they come out on the |
| 5 | and they come out with the gun . |
| 6 | Small blades of grass fall from her legs as the skin dries and they come out into the sunlight . |
| 7 | Obediently , resignedly , he swings the car round in a dangerous U-turn at the next intersection and they flash back towards the airport , the jewel factories and towerblocks of the Bangkok suburbs thinning out again to the dim outlines of swampy fields pierced by palmtree plantations . |
| 8 | Maggie 's eyes are long and wide like certain nuts , and they turn up at the ends like maidens from Disney . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | At midday all the people from Amantani dress up in traditional costume and they go up to the two centres . |
| 11 | at the back like their bob 's there and they go up at the back . |
| 12 | And she 's just like , this really officious and then , she just said , everybody goes round , and they try and get the cheapest price and they go back to the place that are giving the cheapest price , whatever . |
| 13 | At the end of it when the whole vocal had been recorded , David said to this guy , ‘ Just out of interest , is this my original lyric ’ The guy said , ‘ Oh no , it 's a beautiful ballad about a boy and girl and they go out in the mist on the mountain ’ . |
| 14 | And things have gone on since then and the band still plays , er they have not the easiest task of finding people , because of change and so on , but er their families and friends and , and even some of the youngsters that learn at school that , a fireman 's friends and relatives have joined the band and they play out in the parks and they , and they play in the spar pavilion and they , they provide concerts for people , and Christmas times they play in the town . |
| 15 | There are some male here who never develop antlers , they look just like females , and they hang about on the edge of harems , acting like females . |
| 16 | Five or ten pounds is the price that has to be paid for them and they last six months and they move on to the next , extraordinary approach . |
| 17 | Some nothing can spoil , and they grow up into the nicest young people you can imagine . ’ |
| 18 | His hobby was breeding bees and one day he brought them in in a glass cabinet and he was saying , ‘ These are the workers and this is the queen bee , and they fly out of the window and come back with pollen and they make honey . ’ |