Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat , so they break down at the big bang singularity , where the curvature of space-time is infinite . |
| 2 | Nobody listens but instead they stare out at the countryside , the classic English landscape . |
| 3 | They set up at the foot of the first escalator . |
| 4 | well they go up at the side of it and down behind it |
| 5 | at the back like their bob 's there and they go up at the back . |
| 6 | When they turn up at the office next day looking as if they 've missed out on their sleep , however , they could get more than teasing comments from their colleagues . |
| 7 | If somebody if they turn up at the normal time , I assume when though there 's you know we could leave a not a not a notice and they could just go out . |
| 8 | Maggie 's eyes are long and wide like certain nuts , and they turn up at the ends like maidens from Disney . |
| 9 | or they turn up at the gates and go shit Mr like the headmaster 's on the door and my nipples are in and they go hang on I 've got some ice cubes here , put them on and they come out and er they go by the nipples , your nipples are looking good today . |
| 10 | They 're er they live in at the present time and er his name 's Paul and he 's the main Skoda dealer in Nottingham . |
| 11 | The more shit they throw over at the Jerries the better . |
| 12 | They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 13 | ( See Hall v Marians 19 TC 582 , Wild v King Smith 24 TC 86 , IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 cf Lord Radcliffe in Thompson v Moyse 39 TC 29 at 337 ; it is not felt that Harmel v Wright 49 TC 149 at 159 alters the position because if one is " keeping one 's eye " ( p157E ) on the income and benefit it does not find its way to the United Kingdom ( it is hardly the case that the income and benefit " come in at one end of a conduit pipe and pass through certain traceable pipes until they come out at the other end to the taxpayer ( in the United Kingdom " ) ) . ) |
| 14 | They swing in at the airport gates . |