Example sentences of "they [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these ‘ philosophical ’ analyses of society were essentially based on speculation , on dubious and untested assumptions about the motives of human beings in their behaviour , and on undisciplined theorising , and they lacked systematic analysis of the structure and workings of societies . |
| 2 | But it may be that , as men of little social consequence , they lacked that sensitivity to personal relationships on which the aristocratic society of the tenth and eleventh centuries had depended ; for the newcomers , what was sauce for the goose was likely to be sauce for the gander . |
| 3 | Often they lacked day-to-day knowledge of the firms they had invested in , and had a tendency to sell their shares the instant a firm hit trouble . |
| 4 | Or are they reflecting growing disaffection among scientists with recent changes in their profession ? |
| 5 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 6 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 7 | But the Muslims , though they despise Syrian rule in Lebanon , need Syria 's presence to ensure that real political reform takes place . |
| 8 | it was , it was Romana 's mum and dad , I think they owned that row of houses and the shop |
| 9 | ‘ They owned this kind of enclave on the coast just outside Ajaccio — like a kind of tourist village — that 's where they kept the women , really , while they were away on business . |
| 10 | They lay that way for long moments , until the race of their hearts slowed , and then Nicolo brought her head to his shoulder . |
| 11 | They gain wide experience of different types of hardware and many varied programming languages . |
| 12 | ‘ They gain more experience by tackling the job themselves . ’ |
| 13 | They gain more fulfilment from the jobs and in the end , backed by a high level of innovation , they produce a better product . |
| 14 | You see , I was with her when they met one day in the rose-garden and I watched their faces as they talked together . ’ |
| 15 | Last year they met Civil Service in the preliminaries and the year before it was Muckross . |
| 16 | They met some girlfriends of Jessica 's , and ended up having cakes and coffee and a laugh . |
| 17 | By 0900hrs the Japanese were back to raid other specified targets , this time they met some opposition in the air , several American fighters were now airborne but the pilots had no combat experience so the Japanese had the advantage . |
| 18 | They met some time in ‘ thirty-eight , I gather . |
| 19 | Ronnie Cairns , a fluent Japanese speaker who acted as interpreter , said : ‘ They met these boys in Botanic Gardens and were chatted up . |
| 20 | Union representatives at the plant have called for the reconvening of a meeting with the Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart , whom they met last Friday in an attempt to win government backing for their fight against the redundancies . |
| 21 | Another group had landed at Rottingdean and marched inland towards Lewes ; on the way they met fierce resistance from an armed band led by another warlike monk , Prior John of St Pancras . |
| 22 | In Cuzco they met old acquaintances from Buenos Aires , from Santiago , from Quito . |
| 23 | Observers said they expected pro-reform supporters of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to win 70 per cent of the 270 seats . |
| 24 | ‘ They stab each other with their banderillas . ’ |
| 25 | where 'd you want this , the post ? , that the , before they stab each other with it oh that sounds like he 's in the cooker is he |
| 26 | At Cheltenham , they recoup early losses with a late hat-trick of winners ; at Brighton , they come badly unstuck ; and at Redcar they pull off a major coup , smuggling suitcase-loads of money on to a 7–1 shot past the eagle eye of the bookies . |
| 27 | They got that sort of marble stuff . |
| 28 | They got all sorts of video erm tapes . |
| 29 | Hospital authorities were warned that there may be some injuries from the competition at the resort 's Spa Pavilion , but they were floored when they got nine patients in quick succession . |
| 30 | They got long poles on the back step . |