Example sentences of "and they [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | How kind of you , ’ said Felicity and they agreed to a tentative appointment for the following morning . |
| 2 | The adrenalin was running high for Haslemere 's final league game of the season and they began at a relentless pace . |
| 3 | Look out for a special offer at the moment of four different packs of Reeforms suitable for tanks from 30″ to 4 ′ at a 20% discount , and they come with a free high-quality Reef Forms T-shirt . |
| 4 | Their main advantages are : the frame members are very good insulators , so condensation is not a problem ; they can be fixed directly to masonry ; they need virtually no maintenance ; and they come in a wide range of styles . |
| 5 | And they come in a whole range of sizes , so there 's one to fit every kitchen . |
| 6 | It did n't dawn on me how seriously injured I was until I got into hospital and they sent for a cameraman to photograph me because they had never seen anyone survive injuries like mine and they wanted a record . |
| 7 | And they know for a fact the minute your kids grab them that you 've got to pay . |
| 8 | or about five minutes earlier on the motorway and they drove over a part of the barrier , and they got a blow out did n't they ? |
| 9 | He returned the embrace and they relaxed for a while in the comfort and safety of each other . |
| 10 | He pulled open the door , and they came into a tiny attic , with several large piles of typescript , and several files , neatly set out on the table . |
| 11 | And they came with a and started there . |
| 12 | Tom squeezed on the reins and they came to a halt . |
| 13 | I 'd read about , I read erm read in erm some paper or other not so very long ago , about erm a funeral and the that was going along the road of course , and they came to a to a erm hotel and they were och , they were going for miles and miles and miles and they went into this hotel and the they party the funeral party went into the hotel and had a good few drinks and they were well away when they came out and they they they went away without the coffin , for two miles , two miles before they discovered that they did n't have the coffin . |
| 14 | It is only during this century that statutory services have been developed and they came in a very piecemeal fashion . |
| 15 | She kept away from the rue de Rivoli and they went into a café near the port . |
| 16 | Later-several whiskies later — Hamilton did emerge , and they went into a private office to talk . |
| 17 | During his visit , he and Sadat prayed together in the Nasr ( Victory ) mosque and they went on a cruise around the islands of the Nile . |
| 18 | Branson flew back from Europe and they went to a house near Inverness , where Richard 's sister Lindi was staying , for Joan to convalesce . |
| 19 | After supper my father went to see the doctor and they went for a walk together to kill time up until the appointed hour . |
| 20 | And when she worked here , she had her daughter working with her and they were a team and they went like a bomb . |
| 21 | Enjoying immunities from various forms of taxation and from administrative interference by the State , the monasteries were at a distinct advantage in accumulating land and retaining scarce peasant labour , and they benefited from a flow of bequests by repentant sons of the Church . |
| 22 | He informed them of Visconti 's departure and the need for a replacement bass guitarist , and they returned with a friend who played bass called Trevor Bolder . |
| 23 | He never writes a memo saying you know we are supporting or attacking this government as about this election campaign , never , but journalists know what his view is and they write in a code with that view and if they did n't they would quickly find out where they should be and it would not be working for one of those newspapers and the thing that 's quite perverse about it is the . |
| 24 | For example , some bonds might not pay coupons at all ( such bonds are called zero-coupon bonds , and they sell at a deep discount to their par values since all the reward from holding the bond comes in the form of capital gain rather than income ) ; some bonds make coupon payments that change over time , e.g. because they are linked to current market interest rates ( variable rate bonds or floating rate notes ) or to an index such as the retail price index ( index-linked bonds ) ; and some bonds make coupon payments only if the income generated by the firm that issued the bonds is sufficient , ( such bonds are known as income bonds ; unlike other bond-holders , an income bond-holder can not put the firm into liquidation if a coupon payment is not paid ) . |
| 25 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 26 | There were only two other cars at the front and they rolled to a stop alongside the plinth on which the antique cannon stood pointing out to sea like some deep-chested mongrel . |
| 27 | As they move along the machine from the bath of resin , all the rovings are pulled together , and they disappear into a block of metal through a single hole which determines the final diameter . |
| 28 | and they sold at a very low price and |
| 29 | The doors opened and they stepped into a thickly carpeted , perfectly silent and very large room , again rampant with greenery , in which a girl was sitting behind a desk smiling brightly . |
| 30 | Nicolo knocked , then pushed it open , and they stepped into a brightly lit sitting-room . |