Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no need for them to be imported to Britain since they mostly came from countries which were capable of developing their own waste-disposal programmes . |
| 2 | They mostly feed at dawn and dusk , so try feeding yours at these times , offering earthworms and pieces of fish . |
| 3 | Yet when people think of lighting they mostly think of lights or lamps — the actual fittings — rather than of a flexible medium , just like heat , which can be manipulated by the flick of a switch or a turn of a dimmer . |
| 4 | They mostly consisted of Camberwell students . |
| 5 | They would lie for hours , hardly moving , before a sudden noise startled them and they instinctively dived for cover . |
| 6 | Another achievement , which both Christine and Bernie are proud of , is the ban on hunting on council-owned land that they successfully campaigned for back in 1982 . |
| 7 | What they can provide , if they successfully attach to money or property which is about to be disposed of , is security for the sum sued for together with interest and expenses . |
| 8 | During the campaign for elections to the European Parliament ( EP ) in June 1989 [ see pp. 36737 ; 36874-75 ] they successfully capitalized on opposition to controversial proposals that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections throughout European Community ( EC ) member states . |
| 9 | She could n't remember having actually been in one and anyway , they rarely came Past Mrs Parvis 's lodgings . |
| 10 | On an average tour it will make the band up to £20,000 profit , a figure they rarely reach on ticket sales . |
| 11 | They rarely live in temperatures of less than 25C ( 75F ) and the banks on which they grow are mainly between three and five , and only occasionally more than five , fathoms deep . |
| 12 | They rarely performed as individuals ; from now on they were to remain in line , arms linked behind each other . |
| 13 | They presumably put in train the arrangements for the necessary legislation , as on 27th April , Molesworth introduced a Bill to the House of Commons to enable the Government to acquire the land for the scheme . |
| 14 | The Puritan missionaries thought the heathens did n't deserve to exist and the heathens were so compliant that they duly dwindled towards extinction . |
| 15 | They duly disposed of India in the semi-final , only to lose to Australia in a game they should have won . |
| 16 | The Mesozoic ginkgos were a varied and numerous group of plants , but unlike the spruces and pines they slowly declined in variety throughout the Tertiary . |
| 17 | Phosphorescent purple eyes peer out from beneath shells ; black sea urchins swivel their spines as they slowly perambulate on needle tip ; starfish of an intense blue spangle the sand ; and patterned rosettes unfurl from holes in the smooth surface of coral . |
| 18 | Here , they are taken by the ocean currents into the Gulf Stream , in which three years pass as they slowly drift towards Europe and make their homes in the rivers , lakes and pools , far distant from their place of birth . |
| 19 | Hearing people have significantly better recall for items which they vocally repeat at presentation , while deaf people find it more difficult to recall items when they have to overtly repeat the sign when it is presented . |
| 20 | The sight of all which struck them with consternation or a kind of horror that they incontinently gave over search and with the utmost hurry and dread , throwing earth and turf to fill up the pit they made , they departed , having neither of them the courage to enter or even inspect into the further circumstances of the place ’ . |
| 21 | In the case of the Electricity and Gas Directives ( assuming they eventually come into force ) there is the added factor that the nationalised monopolist is likely to be closely involved in determining the crucial safety and security issues . |
| 22 | Without the assurance that there will be a market of sufficient size for the company 's products when they eventually come on stream ( a considerable period may elapse between product conception and realisation ) , projects requiring major capital investment would be too hazardous to undertake . |
| 23 | editor of the Eatanswill Independent , a fire-eater and a Buff ( Whig ) , whose opinions so inflame his rival Pott , editor of the Blue ( Tory ) Eatanswill Gazette , that they eventually come to blows . |
| 24 | The fledgling Twist were a lot more lightweight and bubblegum in style , recruiting Martin Fry 's brother , Jamie , on vocals but they eventually returned to Manchester where they dawdled around in their own faffing style and managed to emerge after all the Mancs fuss was over . |
| 25 | The fledgling Twist were a lot more lightweight and bubblegum in style , recruiting Martin Fry 's brother , Jamie , on vocals but they eventually returned to Manchester where they dawdled around in their own faffing style and managed to emerge after all the Mancs fuss was over . |
| 26 | When they eventually got to Paris , they found that they might just as well have stopped and had a meal in Hanover . |
| 27 | The cottage which they eventually discovered at Clevedon , on the Somerset coast south of Bristol , was not quite the ‘ honeymoon cottage ’ it has often been called . |
| 28 | There they eventually led to coalition governments . |
| 29 | While Sarah was trying to sort out the mess — they eventually married in May 1980 at St Mary 's church near Althorp — Diana was having fun . |
| 30 | That parents feel physically comfortable when they eventually get into classrooms is important too . |