Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two tall young men in finely cut gallibayas and white scarves asked rather formally if they might walk with us , then lapsed into shy silence . |
| 2 | I think the way things are going now the Black people in South Africa are treated much better than they were before , but they used to be treated terribly , and after all it was their country . |
| 3 | That way everyone born after that particular time would have their sins forgiven so long as they believed in Jesus . |
| 4 | Russian diplomats in west-European capitals until the end of the seventeenth century expected to be maintained by the rulers to whom they were accredited , and often complained vociferously when they were treated less generously than they had expected . |
| 5 | It is more important for them to see all round so they can spot hunting animals in plenty of time to run away . |
| 6 | Do n't they behave badly just because they sort of feel that you , that we , sort of use them , sort of exploit them ? ’ |
| 7 | We fought for them to come to the Assembly , where they could speak their minds and meet the Africans they never meet , and together listen to the Almighty Who might know better even than they what is best for the country . |
| 8 | There was a master over-ride switch outside each of the stages , allowing them to pass swiftly through until they were at the deepest level . |
| 9 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 10 | But Mr Aimetti believes that it is easy enough to get them to work together successfully if they share a common technical language , in accounting , for example . |
| 11 | The pair have been keen to work together ever since they duetted at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert in April . |
| 12 | He 's also been careful to work er with the United Nations who have done er much better so far than they have in er some crises in the past . |
| 13 | ‘ Leave that to the uniforms , they 'll let us know soon enough if they find something . |
| 14 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
| 15 | I say once again because they are getting getting used to the sight of G939 BKV . |
| 16 | They 'd approve still less if they knew what it was about , thought Zen . |
| 17 | The very finest champagnes have a greater potential to age more interestingly since they start off with more . |
| 18 | If these twin policies are to have any effect in reducing geographical inequalities , they need to be pursued more vigorously than they have been in the past . |
| 19 | I 'm Quechua , but I do n't want to work as hard as they must do . |
| 20 | With the October 1987 stockmarket crash and , now , a British recession , these revenues have vanished as capriciously as they arrived . |
| 21 | Managers in their late forties begin to see that they are no longer the up-and-coming stars — indeed they may have come as far as they are going to go . |
| 22 | There will always be homes , local authority as well as private sector , which do not always behave as well as they should within the rules . |
| 23 | In fact , Labov 's propensity to set out patterns in his data in a highly visual way is quite in the spirit of exploratory statistics ; but the data are not presented as comprehensively nor analysed as thoroughly as they would be using Tukey 's principles . |
| 24 | They were rowing as fast as they could towards the ship ! |
| 25 | The bombs stopped as suddenly as they started but the hollow screams of anti-aircraft shells continued without pause . |
| 26 | English hearts sank even further than they already were , for it would not have needed a weather forecaster to predict that Hurricane Viv was about to strike . |
| 27 | In this case I am actually drawing with the brush and the colours will merge quite nicely as they are painted wet into wet . |
| 28 | The thirteen men moved closer together as they rode on . |
| 29 | Once again , as often is the case , the forwards laid the foundation of victory , but make no mistake , they were made to work very hard before they started to dominate the Welsh pack . |
| 30 | Apart from Louis , however , most Novices moved quietly up when they felt ready for it . |