Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With push and pull toys the children experience weight in a very practical way when deciding what and how much they put into a pram or trolley to push . |
| 2 | Apart from demonstrating one of the unwavering laws of British journalism , that nothing sells newspapers like royalty , and nothing makes a better editorial column than declamations of simple patriotism , the curious thing about these assaults is how much they belong to a period . |
| 3 | Apparently they went through a very hard time recently . |
| 4 | They had nothing to drink , nothing to eat , they kind of hibernated and apparently they lapsed into a state of , of a kind of hibernation and inactivity , but they were still alive and they were alive when they , when they were pulled out fourteen days later . |
| 5 | Down they disappeared with a whoosh . |
| 6 | There was something faintly sinister about these speechless nuns ; but perhaps they belonged to a silent order . |
| 7 | So they came to a hut where another old woman lived . |
| 8 | And so they came to a negotiated settlement by which the Soviets agreed to withdraw the missiles and the United States promised that they would not interfere with Castro again , although from that day to this they have maintained of course their economic embargo . |
| 9 | And so they came to a negotiated settlement by which the Soviets agreed to withdraw the missiles and the United States promised that they would not interfere with Castro again , although from that day to this they have maintained of course their economic embargo . |
| 10 | So they get like a degree or something |
| 11 | So they come to a cliff and she looks at her and she goes , she goes what are you doing ? |
| 12 | So they drive over a cliff and it finishes . |
| 13 | So they conclude with a social policy agenda . |
| 14 | So they sat on a blanket and clung to each other , tears streaming down their cheeks . |
| 15 | Lorton won nearly two pounds from the fruit machine so they celebrated with a third pint . |
| 16 | Within a mile or less they came to a stream . |
| 17 | Anne and Chris did n't want to return full time to stressful teaching jobs when their maternity leave ended , so together they sent in a joint application for a full-time position with a covering letter pointing out the benefits of job sharing , and the way they could organize their week and their timetable . |
| 18 | But together they surged like a tide across the valley , seeking out witches , ghosts and demons : purging their haunts behind rocks , in the highest swaying branches of the pine trees , in the whirlpools by the burning gha where the two great rivers meet . |
| 19 | The girl opened a door with a Yale key — giving even this limited movement a lucid flow of limb — and together they stepped into a dark room . |
| 20 | Together they embark on a perilous ascent . |
| 21 | Together they look like a sugarloaf and , what with the rounded wingtips , the aircraft has a dated , but thoroughly charming appearance . |
| 22 | Thus together they amount to a concerted attempt to investigate whether or not any form of vertical behaviour is to be allowed . |
| 23 | Also , the land which stretches back to Rockhill Farm from Swingswang on the opposite side of that road is all part and parcel of the County Council smallholdings , and only two fields away they sold off a piece of land a few years ago which has now been developed on to the frontage of the Banbury Road , which is in fact the Cromwell Business Park . |
| 24 | Soon they disappeared behind a nearby slope — and I crawled from under the bush where I had hidden . |
| 25 | Soon they came to a stout fence of raw , new , wooden palisades with a door in it that said ‘ Private ’ above a grim-toothed lock . |
| 26 | Soon they came to a place of ruins . |
| 27 | Soon they turned down a side road which led to Drumbreck House where Sir Ewen McLay lived . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , the Brownsea red squirrels are also nervous ; generally they get behind a tree trunk when they hear people approach . |
| 29 | Somehow they got into a game of Prisoners . |
| 30 | Out in the country again , they walked down several small roads until finally they stopped at a house surrounded by a high wall . |