Example sentences of "they [adj] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this poem we see their shared Jewishness , and the ‘ irreverence ’ ( as some would see it ) they each had for the Tradition — at least for that view of it which some espoused ; we also see a shared disdain for rabbinic ( and priestly ) logic , to them both a form of mental death . |
| 2 | I recently asked eleven experts on RE from widely differing backgrounds what they each saw as the major priority for RE . |
| 3 | The expectations of the two parties may be very different , as may be the amount of time and effort they each put into the deal . |
| 4 | The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies — |
| 5 | They all went to the local comprehensive — which I wanted to but , because I passed my 11-plus I got sent to the grammar instead . |
| 6 | The waiting silence was broken by , ‘ I 'd say the train is leaving Carrick now , ’ and they all went to the fields behind the house to catch a glimpse of the train as it passed . |
| 7 | ‘ And I was the last man off of 17,000 because I was still in the bus when they all went to the start . ’ |
| 8 | That used to be with er a piece of net in and across the top used to have two piece of wire , one way , and two piece the other and you catch a crab open the crab open and they used to put the crab between there and the whelks used to feed on the crab and then when you pulled it out , they all went to the bottom of the net . |
| 9 | They all went into the nearest back-court , a circle was formed , the contestants stripped to the waist , then faced each other . |
| 10 | Yes , but they all went into the factories did n't they ? |
| 11 | And then they all went down the drain when you came to Nottingham . |
| 12 | I expect they all went in the Second World War . |
| 13 | Cor , there was boxes of brand new tools come down there , spanners , and they used to be the , like these , like a big chopper , well they used to have couple of all with erm breezed up with erm like greaseproof paper over 'em , bag 'em up into the holds , guns , there was guns , what done with the guns they hit the er , just near the barrel or the trigger , th they used to flatten them out so they could n't use 'em but they all went in the ships bombs , or little shells they used to find in there , all scrap iron . |
| 14 | If the fish are obtained from the same area the chances are that they all came from the same parents . |
| 15 | They all came from the same supplier . |
| 16 | And do you think they all came from the same kind of background as yourself or were they more working people ? |
| 17 | One day just after breakfast they all gathered in the milk-house . |
| 18 | After tea that day they all gathered in the kitchen and Mum brought out two great big bags full of dry brown stuff that she bought in the flower shop . |
| 19 | ‘ They all died in the blood and muck . ’ |
| 20 | They all looked at the president , and then at General Vashinov . |
| 21 | They all looked at the dark square and saw that it was hardly a manhole , more of a childhole . |
| 22 | They all looked at the spreading crystal world . |
| 23 | They all looked across the road as they heard their father call . |
| 24 | Then they all stared at the passages that radiated off the control-room . |
| 25 | They all stared at the needle stuck in one place while the record continued to revolve . |
| 26 | It was another one of the tower rooms , with a semi-circle of windows giving on to the mountains , and for a moment they all halted on the threshold , too stunned to move by the sight of the magnificent blaze of the setting sun throwing the snow-covered peaks into relief . |
| 27 | They all knew about the big house in its own grounds and the genuine Yankee jeep his father drove . |
| 28 | But he 'll go on applying the skills learnt on those days in the Nottingham library to a wider cricketing canvas , and using that cast accumulated knowledge to enlighten others — not least the thousands of schoolchildren who visit Trent Bridge in parties each year : ‘ Last season we had several hundred children through on the day when Derek Randall needed one run to complete his 20,000 for the county — and I made certain they all knew about the landmark . |
| 29 | But I could tell no more than I have written here and I think they all knew from the start it was hopeless . |
| 30 | The best man was driving them to the airport for their flight to Greece , and Ellie made sure she was right in the middle of the crowd as they all surged down the front path to wish them bon voyage . |