Example sentences of "they [vb base] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meltingly they eat at each other , like two carnivorous ice-creams . |
| 2 | Only recently has it been discovered that they come to these special places to gather specific minerals such as kaolin which neutralise the poison they have absorbed from the seeds they eat at this season of the year . |
| 3 | They appear at any time from mid-summer onwards . |
| 4 | and the they cost at that time the Swatch costed about one thousand three hundred thousand francs and they costed about two thousand eight hundred I think |
| 5 | Some doctors may even hasten death with the pain-killing drugs they administer at this time , but their ‘ intent to kill ’ or otherwise , is rarely tested in a court . |
| 6 | She says they bark at all times of day and night . |
| 7 | They look at each other in mutual love and self-giving , a trinity yet together revealing the unity of the Godhead . |
| 8 | Then they look at each other and quickly look away again , trying not to smile . |
| 9 | They look at each other down the aisle . |
| 10 | They look at each other , disappointment tinged with undisguised relief . |
| 11 | and he goes why were you in my , why am I in my underwear seen my pants and he goes ah , here 's a message on my knee and he goes P S Sue Carpenter and they look at each other and they go , Sue Carpenter whoooo and then the mouse traps go off and it ends with them going |
| 12 | You know if they think they can do just as they like at that age , well I mean er the , the |
| 13 | Archaeologists and historians studying the period since writing has been in use — the last few thousand years — examine different types of evidence , although they overlap at many points . |
| 14 | They grasp at each other with numbed fingers for the comfort of touch . |
| 15 | Your own death : If they are honest , most people are not so much afraid of being dead as they are of the way they arrive at that state . |
| 16 | ( They smile at each other . ) |
| 17 | They smile at each other . |
| 18 | They Near at any rate . |
| 19 | Although at first sight these three points apply only to overall policy development , in practice they apply at all levels , including individual branch development . |
| 20 | One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog ! |
| 21 | They sometimes have problems with the control of their dentures when eating certain types of food , and some have slight difficulties with swallowing as the muscles get weaker ( or if they have at some time suffered a small stroke ) , so they dislike being watched . |
| 22 | Many of these anxieties arise because women do not understand and can not control the physical changes which they experience at this time . |