Example sentences of "of [noun sg] they [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These settlements felt at least as detached from England as the Massachusetts Bay Company , and of course they had less of a legal foundation , because they had no charters of their own . |
| 2 | Of course they had some value , in an informal way , as precedents , but the precedent here might easily be not that non dubito is now admissible , but that some relaxation of wording is allowed where family property expectations are involved . |
| 3 | ‘ They do n't cost British industry or taxpayers a thing , but of course they take all their expertise abroad . |
| 4 | Firstly , fibre-rich foods are more filling and thus satisfying , though of course they take more work to consume as they require more chewing . |
| 5 | And of course they closed all the night classes , did n't they ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why of course they meet each other here , ’ Johnny declared , pretending he did not know what Luke was getting at . |
| 7 | In the premier league it 's West Ham against Swindon at Upton Park … last season of course they faced each other in the first division … in London Town came out on top and it was this win that sparked their promotion run … so let's hope it 's lucky for them again |
| 8 | if they 're out of danger they talk more you see ? |
| 9 | The only other types of credit they use more than very occasionally are trading checks or tallymen , and HP . |
| 10 | While the girls paraded upstairs , giggling at the glimmer of flesh they showed each other , Madeleine set to again . |
| 11 | Still , in the art of qualification they have few equals . |
| 12 | And after a certain amount of discussion they accepted that point , and we had some very interesting sessions in which they learnt to say things like , ‘ Well the syncrotron is a bit like a racetrack for very small particles which exist in atoms . |
| 13 | However , from the gardener 's point of view they serve another purpose too , for all thrive on the same mineral salts as green water discolouring algae and , being more advanced forms of plant life , they are able to starve the algae out and ensure crystal clear water if planted in sufficient numbers at the outset . |