Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | For 12 weeks they were the most famous ‘ ordinary ’ people in Britain , when the BBC decided to popularise the fly-on-the-wall documentary by discreetly invading the lives of the Wilkins and attendant boy/girlfriends and a key dustman from mum Margaret 's past . |
| 2 | It is that which drives on Walter Smith 's staff and after eight games they remain undefeated — and unaffected by whatever mishaps come their way . |
| 3 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 4 | The hall just could n't cope and after six songs they retreated to the dressing room . |
| 5 | After 45 minutes they finally emerged from the storm under broken cloud , and then made good time to Rangoon . |
| 6 | Visiting skipper Russell Crawford praised his rival Colin Barker for his sporting declaration but Stockton made a poor response and , at stumps , after 47 overs they were 157 for five , professional Masood Anwaar making 42 . |
| 7 | for the first thirteen weeks of unemployment people are allowed to look for jobs that they want to do or are skilled or experienced to do but after thirteen weeks they will be compelled to take any job that comes along . |
| 8 | After twenty-eight days they would be taken out , washed and packed in hogsheads , and pressed for about ten days . |
| 9 | I think after three days they 've er worn out their welcome . |
| 10 | After three months they would be entitled to the statutory minimum wage in Germany , but this would still be less than the wages taken home by Germans working on the same site . |
| 11 | Similarly , in medieval Europe , it was ‘ common sense ’ that one could determine the guilt or innocence of an accused person through ‘ trial by ordeal ’ , e.g. accused people carried a red-hot iron bar for ten paces , and if their wounds were healed after x days they would be declared innocent — again , this method is noticeably absent in modern trials ! |
| 12 | After 18 months they moved again , this time to Sheffield and after two or three years with Harold Jackson & Co she showed her individuality and confidence by striking out on her own and ‘ putting up a plate ’ . |
| 13 | After nine days they sighted Talisker through the haze . |
| 14 | Bought a Vax , they said no they 're a con do n't worry , he said with a little bit of luck you 'll get one that 'll be free , you 'll have to give a report on it once a month , then about after nine months they give it to you if they thought |
| 15 | You work forty years of your life you 're made redundant all that time you paid insurance , tax and after twelve months they 've got the gall to take money you paid all your life off your unemployment and throw you on income . |
| 16 | After twelve weeks they decided I was okay , okay , you 're allowed to go out and work on your own . |
| 17 | Mr Smith added : ‘ There was no enthusiasm for this Government , no admiration for their performance , no sense that after 13 years they had delivered the goods , fulfilled promises or proved themselves worthy of the trust of the nation . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If they ca n't get the NHS right after 13 years they never will , ’ he said . |
| 19 | This legislation requires that people for the first thirteen weeks that they are unemployed have the right to look for a job which they have experience in and enjoy doing , but after 13 weeks they are required to take any job that comes along . |
| 20 | Even after 37 years they give you problems from time to time . ’ |
| 21 | After five minutes they were well away from the school , chasing along the road , laughing and yelling as they pitched the ball back and forth between them . |
| 22 | Even after five years they were finding it a bit difficult in Oxford , you see , a bit sticky . |
| 23 | Greenidge and Fredericks immediately laid into the bowlers , bringing up 50 in 8.3 overs , 100 in 18.2 overs , and at lunch after 27 overs they were 147 without loss . |
| 24 | Right , so after twenty seconds they 're up to full speed , and flat out , erm they 're at forty five degrees . |
| 25 | ‘ After four months they closed down owing us £3,500 , ’ says Shabira . |
| 26 | After four days they reached 80° South , and made the first depot . |
| 27 | After two bouts they go home ; they do n't recover . |
| 28 | After two weeks they had enough evidence and they charged me . |
| 29 | After two days they found him , an exhausted scarecrow of a figure hardly able to stand . |
| 30 | After two years they die out , unable to complete with the grass and your nursery-raised seedlings , which are plug-planted into the award after the second mowing . |