Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] [adv prt] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't think of two more depressing words then ‘ healthy eating ’ — together they conjure up images of grated carrot , naked lettuce and slices of vegetarian quiche . |
| 2 | Union by moving twenty or thirty miles outside , at once they set up conditions that I know they would set up in London if they could do so unchecked ( The Women 's Printing Society continued to operate , as an exceptional case , with women being paid male rates . ) |
| 3 | When she glanced behind they vanished around corners in a bouquet of arms and legs , to peep out at her with drained blue eyes . |
| 4 | It could be some secret Franco-Agricultural plot — first the mad French farmers hijack our lamb , now they send over caterpillars to spike our vegetables . |
| 5 | Often they plan out careers for these girls without even consulting them . |
| 6 | When writers go abroad they bring back ideas , understandably enough , and the Russian souvenir shop is no less full of wonders for having had its door opened further . |
| 7 | Nearby they dug out squares and scattered them about . |