Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lastly they took the Minister and his wife , Jan , and drove them fast in separate cars across the Churchill Barriers that block the eastern approaches to Scapa Flow , to Kirkwall , the county town on Orkney 's mainland . |
| 2 | Suddenly they learned the truth . |
| 3 | The accompanying letter said how much they enjoyed the tour of Springfields and said Eric could pass on the sticker to his son . |
| 4 | Attendance on the Conservative Back Benches is thin to say the least , especially when the Government tell us how much they support the coal industry . |
| 5 | There are days when members approach me , and say how much they enjoy the club members who thank me for enriching their lives . |
| 6 | It is not clear to what degree the kinship defenders would want to preserve the link with biological parents who are in no way the psychological parents as well — that is , how much they value the blood tie as such . |
| 7 | Just how much people will switch out of sterling depends on how much they think the exchange rate will depreciate . |
| 8 | It has been suggested that from time to time , sound engineers should show staff how much they pollute the environment and by means of this simple measurement , educate staff to prevent noise pollution . |
| 9 | Reaction to last year 's Fun Factory , she said , was excellent , with children and parents saying how much they welcomed the event . |
| 10 | Well apparently they count the procedures that are involved in doing it |
| 11 | Before long they lost the course of the brook , slipping across the moonlit patches as fugitives and halting in the bushes with raised ears and staring eyes . |
| 12 | When she wore 'em into Rugely They impressed the people hugely , While in Fordham folk adores 'em And they loved 'em in West Looe ! |
| 13 | When the girls came down they found the room already warm , the fire lit , the kettle steaming . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps they had already spent half the money , perhaps they returned the rest in a gesture to placate you . |
| 15 | Perhaps they reflect the clientele . |
| 16 | Today , Batty admits that perhaps they liked the Ashleys too much . |
| 17 | ‘ All right , perhaps they pulled the trigger . |
| 18 | Parents have to be aware that not absolutely every accident is preventable and if they 're not prepared for their children to run that element of risk then obviously they have the choice of not letting their children go . ’ |
| 19 | Oh , if it was bought two or three years ago , well I well obviously I could n't say , but obviously they have the option to read the policy at that point . |
| 20 | Frankly there just is n't the money to go around , and kids are being made to suffer for long periods of time er for operations which really could be done if only they had the money . |
| 21 | Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them . |
| 22 | Indeed , they would do so , if only they had the time or resources or if the entire teaching staff could agree to abandon lectures simultaneously . |
| 23 | As they devise the measures and control the measuring devices , only they understand the significance of what they do . |
| 24 | Usually only they have the power to change the reward systems . |
| 25 | They deserve our attention not only because of their clear male-female : superior-inferior blood differentiation , but also because , of all the other blood rituals of covenanting , purifying and cleansing discussed above , only they survived the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in AD 70 to remain rites central to the Judaism of today , with the same religious consequences for men and women as in the ancient world . |
| 26 | Of Manner In They did the job in the way they were told the clause in the way they were told qualifies did . |
| 27 | Sure enough they charge the dragon and have no trouble decapitating it , time after time . |
| 28 | When they had enough they presented the food to Debbie who runs the home and nurses lots of animals back to health . |
| 29 | When they were close enough they threw the ropes up to the men at the front of the crowd , and all of them pushed from behind . |
| 30 | Feverishly they attacked the sea , their eyes straining for any sign of movement in the red-tinged , black water . |