Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If things did n't carry on the way they have been , I would carry on enjoying my life . |
| 2 | That they took on the importance they did was in part the fault of the government . |
| 3 | But his skill at political in-fighting and his doctrinal tussles with Mensheviks and renegade Bolsheviks only took on the importance they did because they led his party to positions which found a response within the wider revolutionary movement . |
| 4 | And thanks to a smart directory — a custom-designed programme by Richard himself — senders can track down the person they want even if they have only the recipient 's first name , or just the vaguest idea of their title or where they work . |
| 5 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 6 | As the waves or pulses pass down the fibre they mix with their delayed echoes . |
| 7 | The front is even more striking — white with very strong black bands from side to side , becoming larger and thicker the further down the body they are . |
| 8 | But they 're worried that if they turn down the property they may not get another . |
| 9 | Industry is the main way countries bring in the money they need for food , education and health . |
| 10 | Cleo sighed , and opened her mouth to speak , but at that moment the door to the parlour creaked and Drago Dratslinger and his mistress brought in the meal they had prepared for their guests , and the talk turned to that of wood and spirits , of how to trap a wandering soul . |
| 11 | these two are also hoping to come back with more money than they went … you see along the route they 're raising funds hopefully as much as ten thousand pounds for the haemophilia society … |
| 12 | That £150 million will be reduced after the liquidators have handed over the money they expect to recover ( at least £60 mil lion ) and possibly more if other claims are pursued by the DTI . |
| 13 | But when they took over the firm they were always called " Mister " to distinguish them from the other captains , perhaps . |
| 14 | I warn over the radio they 'll be carrying shooters under their suedes . |
| 15 | Which may not rank the outsiders in the eyes of the Ladbrokes odds-maker , but if they look over the fence they will certainly be able to see the outsiders from where they have been placed . |
| 16 | People are still paying off the debt they ran up when they borrowed on the back of roaring house prices in the eighties . |
| 17 | And to pay off the mortgage they 've got to charge so much |
| 18 | And they called me , and I crawled out , and there was this huge bear between me and my mother , very tall , sitting up the way they do , as tall as … all the way up to the light fitting . |
| 19 | The sight of all which struck them with consternation or a kind of horror that they incontinently gave over search and with the utmost hurry and dread , throwing earth and turf to fill up the pit they made , they departed , having neither of them the courage to enter or even inspect into the further circumstances of the place ’ . |
| 20 | And instead of going up the jetty they went down and they were going to go right back to Rousay again . |
| 21 | As officials move up the hierarchy they may be more involved in policy advice rather than managing budgets or people . |
| 22 | Unlike the sovereign , who simply minted more coin , the banks have first to persuade us to take up the credit they wish to create . |
| 23 | She could hardly follow up the exchange they had just had with a question about his relationship with Puddephat . |
| 24 | The prince scraped up the money they had set aside to repair the roof again and Anna went off to India with some English acquaintances and stayed with the viceroy and came back with a ruby . |
| 25 | Many people in Solidarity thought the communists should be left to take the tough measures needed to clear up the mess they themselves had created — and pay the electoral price . |
| 26 | If they manage to collect 50kg of the slag which is washed ashore from the coalmines further up the coast they 'll be paid 80 pesos , that 's about 10 pence . |
| 27 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 28 | they , they started Monday morning , they dug up the concrete they disappeared with the sort of bigger stuff come back in about , |
| 29 | They look mean , sleek and powerful … and when you open up the throttle they do n't half shift . |
| 30 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |