Example sentences of "they [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 2 | Every sunset the apes would return from their day 's foraging to sleep in the branches of this giant tree , and we were driven to distraction by our repeated attempts to film them properly in the few seconds after they arrived and before the sun set . |
| 3 | I admire them for being so up front about their religious activity because it puts them right in the front line against anti-Semitism . ’ |
| 4 | The French troops in Saudi Arabia moved up to Hafar al-Batin , some 100 km from the Kuwaiti border , placing them effectively in the front line . |
| 5 | At the meeting , it was decided that County , the underwriters Dillon Read and Phillips & Drew would take some of the remaining shares and then sell them slowly over the next few weeks , a move which had been discussed with County 's lawyers beforehand . |
| 6 | He reached beneath the saddle and dipped his fingers in the shelf of scented unguents , then began to smear them delicately about the tiny hole , pushing inward , the unguents working their magic spell , making the muscles relax . |
| 7 | As of the end of June 1991 at least six of these statutes were undergoing the process of appeal which would almost certainly bring them eventually to the Supreme Court , where any of them could serve as the occasion for the reversal of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling , Roe v. Wade . |
| 8 | Just as they were about to give up hope of finding their way a huge while wolf appeared , which instead of attacking them began to guide them skilfully through the dark wood . |
| 9 | He had always seen them somewhere in the medical field as well as on a rugby pitch . |
| 10 | He sent them all over the Islamic world to kill his enemies . ’ |
| 11 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 12 | I would recommend them only for the casual observer who wants little apart from views of lunar craters . |
| 13 | If you are using guitar machine heads ( far more easily adjusted than pegs , which also require special tools to fit them accurately ) it is more convenient to modify the shape of the head and fit them only on the left ( if you are right-handed ) in the manner of Fender guitars . |
| 14 | Edward gave them only until the following morning . |
| 15 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 16 | A double bed with two entirely different types of springing to suit the needs of each partner exactly ; to ease them gently into the right positions to keep the spine relaxed and flexible ; to help lift the pressure off bones , muscles , tendons , nerve endings and joints . |
| 17 | Make six small balls out of the red marzipan trimmings , each about the size of a pea , and press them gently into the red base , spacing evenly apart . |
| 18 | He was at peace with her while he reasoned and thought before speaking ; and the lengthening silence had neither weight nor tension , but lay between them gently like the comfortable warmth of a fire . |
| 19 | 10.3 The Academic Parties shall , notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement , have a licence to use for the purpose of further internal research and teaching work all the foreground technical information that they themselves have generated together with such of the background and results as is communicated to them hereunder by the other Parties and is necessary for such use of their own result , but such use shall be in conformity with the confidentiality conditions of this Agreement . |
| 20 | ‘ We bring them inside in the bad weather . |
| 21 | The air smelt dank and trapped despite the wind that poured past them , forcing them deeper into the solid darkness ahead . |
| 22 | If they are knitting successfully I leave them alone ; if they do n't knit successfully I select them manually to the holding position ( with the holding levers set to knit ) to help them knit . |
| 23 | I always liked them especially after the celebrated own goal incident back in 1992 . |
| 24 | Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them . |
| 25 | In his mind 's eye he saw them together in the brass-ended bed , his lovely Sweetheart with her silky hair and creamy-white skin , and beside her the grinning Tom Fish with one more cruel weapon to use against a little boy . |
| 26 | Art is not , as the metaphysicians say , the manifestation of some Idea of beauty or God ; it is not , as the aesthetic physiologists say , a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy ; it is not the expression of man 's emotions by external signs ; it is not the production of pleasing objects ; and , above all , it is not pleasure but it is a means of union among men joining them together in the same feelings , and indispensable for the life and progress towards wellbeing of individuals and humanity . |
| 27 | Perhaps they had even bought them together in the same store , on the same day . |
| 28 | Murray bought his compass and they walked on together , beginning the skein of meaningless jokes and catchwords which was to bind them together in the next few weeks . |
| 29 | Sarah had made a pot of tea and left them together in the overcrowded room . |
| 30 | We would search for the defined pieces and then put them together in the proper order as suggested in the drawing . |