Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And and or or remained stationary but they mostly went up a copper or so every and this was er a real thorn in the side of the employers you know , they wanted to get rid of this and they could n't . |
| 2 | It is important that they slowly build up a historical vocabulary , and learn some of the technical terms that will allow them to talk about what they can see . |
| 3 | These publications are very valuable , even when they require correction , but they only make up a tiny part of the huge body of statistical information now available in print . |
| 4 | They only pick out a word word here and there see |
| 5 | Could n't they just ease up a little ? |
| 6 | If she strapped them down to make herself look boyish they just stuck out a foot farther down , and ached . |
| 7 | Courses in the humanities may encourage a personal response from the students , but do they always open up a full range of rival positions ? |
| 8 | Thus one liaison group teacher commented that when lower attaining pupils are abroad on school journeys they quickly pick up a feeling for the conversion rate of the local currency . |
| 9 | Some species of caterpillar not only sever the veins in this way , they also gouge out a circular trench on the underside of the leaf and then feed only within this protective moat . |
| 10 | They also set up a light-engineering works ( one of a number throughout the Prussian east ) at Dirschau ( Tczew ) . |
| 11 | They also set up a programme of constant monitoring of the overall environment , both within the mine and for some miles around ’ . |
| 12 | They also open up a breach with scholarly orthodoxy which BT was to make final . |
| 13 | Quite apart from the publicity such incidents provided , they also tied up a lot of ships and manpower . |
| 14 | But they also tried out a few Western favourites such as a meal at McDonalds , a fish and chip supper , and a performance of Cats . |
| 15 | Of course such a supper , minus the wine , she might have eaten on any of the evenings ( and they now stretched back a long way ) when she found herself alone . |
| 16 | ‘ We subscribed to a Customs and Excise newsletter to keep pace with the changes — and things were happening so fast they even brought out a special Christmas edition . |
| 17 | They even decked out a Cantona video in black and red to get the arseholes buying it , but apparently is was virtually all Leeds and france on it ! hehehe |
| 18 | The dialogue between Fenwick and Susan establishes a point of origin for the plot since they are both consciously composing their story , drawing parallels with the ‘ wandering-hero myths ’ and arguing over the nature of flashbacks ( they even throw out a reference to ‘ something called postmodernism ’ ) . |
| 19 | Sometimes they even set up a physical image very close to conventionally-desirable femininity as an implicit goal ( Diamond 1985 ) . |
| 20 | They even set up a neat military system of two-man sentry duties , to make sure they stayed alert . |
| 21 | They even dash off a version of Magazine 's ‘ Shot by Both Sides ’ , that would have seriously disturbed Howard Devoto if he was present . |
| 22 | After discussing what led a girl to become a prostitute they then set up a series of dramas showing some of the stresses ( including poverty ) a fictitious character had had to face in her early life . |
| 23 | They virtually wiped out a Japanese division . |
| 24 | They accordingly set up a UK based team of design engineers briefed to develop a range of high fidelity products that would offer outstanding sound quality at affordable prices . |
| 25 | Back in the late seventies Ernie was a regular in the Island and he achieved his ‘ ton ’ on the Lightweight class but he also rode as passenger for his brother Wallace as they too put up a three figure lap . |
| 26 | We may decide let's be passive and move to battle decide is actually an important issue and wan na be aggressive and they actually bring in a relationship so important . |
| 27 | Police were alerted when they accidentally set off a smoke alarm . |