Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them even have to be parents when they get home where they see at first hand the pressures to supply children with fashionable merchandise . |
| 2 | And he concluded : ‘ The British people deserve better than they got on 9th April , 1992 . ’ |
| 3 | Based on a household with two adults — assuming no rebates or transitional relief — people in Lothian living in property valued at 58,000 and above will pay more under the Council Tax than they did under last year 's Community Charge . |
| 4 | Photocopies or even originals of the News of the World , if they remain from last Sunday , are no substitute for evidence being placed before the Home Secretary so that appropriate action could be taken . |
| 5 | Another time , Swan flew through the night for what seemed like hours and hours until they came at last to a gigantic opening in the earth 's surface , a sort of huge gaping hole in the ground , and Swan glided slowly round and round above this massive crater and then right down into it . |
| 6 | LONG before they emerged in last year 's French Championship final as an intimidating three-headed monster , breathing fire and brimstone , the Bègles-Bordeaux from row of Simon , Moscato and Gimbert had acquired a rather unsavoury reputation as a hard , mean trio who took no prisoners and believed in the virtues of swift , unsophisticated retribution . |
| 7 | Well , when they came at first they says , see the way they 've got there |
| 8 | Having suffered a rare whitewash when they met in last season 's Asian Open qualifiers , the world champion was relieved to clinch a 1-0 lead in their Humo European Open quarter-final . |
| 9 | How will the hard men of the IRA react , when they hear at first hand what harm they are doing to everything they say they stand for ? |
| 10 | Tullibardine , far more cautious , was reluctant even to cross to the mainland and when they did at last set sail they suffered the usual Jacobite bad luck . |
| 11 | And as they prepare for first division football he 's relishing another challenge , just as he 's looking forward to renewing acquaintances with certain Meath players today . |
| 12 | However , things are not as simple as they seemed at first . |
| 13 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
| 14 | It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight . |
| 15 | Their absence cost ‘ Quins , who lost 25–14 , a victory which enhanced the Saints ’ title ambitious as they moved to third in the table , one point behind leaders Orrell . |
| 16 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
| 17 | Nobody loves you when you 're down and out and if United go down to Forest , as they did in last year 's sixth round , Ferguson may well be out . |
| 18 | Given the fact that much of the property in the western half of the country was sub-let to under-tenants at rack rents , it is doubtful whether regional differences were as pronounced as they appear at first sight . |