Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thereby avoid a circularity of reasoning which has plagued the natural rate-NAIRU literature from its earliest days : if a sustained rise in the unemployment rate is not accompanied by an abatement of inflationary pressure , then this literature can admit of only one explanation — that NAIRU , a concept which has often been conflated with that of the natural unemployment rate , must itself have risen . |
| 2 | It was no longer a question of looking for a path to follow but of choosing which , for they rarely went a mile without being faced with the need to choose . |
| 3 | They badly needed a hit at the time . |
| 4 | During a visit to the Galapagos in 1835 , Charles Darwin was fascinated by these birds , and they eventually played a central role in developing his theory of evolution through natural selection . |
| 5 | In the 17 hours they were missing after losing their way , they trudged the forest to keep up their body heat until they eventually reached a path with white arrows which led them to the edge of the forest . |
| 6 | It goes on to say and it came about that in thy journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valid plain and a land of Shinar and they took up growing there and they began to say each one to the other come on let us make bricks and bake and bake with a burning process , so bricks served as stone for them and |
| 7 | Suddenly , all the lights came on in the hospital and they eventually opened a side-door and let her in . |
| 8 | They furiously denounced a so-called ‘ Economist ’ heresy among Social Democrats for fostering such a switch in priorities and insisted on the primacy of the political task . |
| 9 | Grindal worm are a dwarf form of white worm , which they look like , except that they only reach a length of half an inch . |
| 10 | Whilst they only fill a tenth of seats they bring in a lot more income , in Virgin 's case almost half . |
| 11 | A British embassy official wrote to the Foreign office , " It seems that they only got a fourth-floor berth at the Excelsior … because some Persian industrialist vacated his suite . " |
| 12 | No but they did n't use it for they did n't have a license then , they only got a license after the war you see . |
| 13 | They only lasted a short period , but the Command engineer followed up at once with proper drawings aid specified the correct heat resisting metal . |
| 14 | The Transport Department is said by the report to " have recently admitted that they only put a nominal value on public open space which would be destroyed by a proposed road scheme " . |
| 15 | The units are power-free in the sense that they only require a flow-through of water to function . |
| 16 | The youngest ones are the Institute of the future and they only require a little encouragement ( a twist of an arm ) and they will become reliable , enthusiastic committee members , secretaries or chairmen . |
| 17 | He declared contemptuously that their only well-developed mental quality was their memory , that they only had a small amount of intelligence , and that they were ‘ incapable of affection for man. , |
| 18 | They only had a week . |
| 19 | Wandsworth where they only had a majority of one , they they they they destroyed the Labour Party . |
| 20 | ‘ We believe they only had a couple of gallons of fuel aboard . |
| 21 | Perhaps Councillors in Oxford should be grateful that they only had a shark and a pair of legs to get upset about . |
| 22 | ‘ In places like Tynedale they only had a small stock of housing anyway and that 's been reduced . |
| 23 | Because there 's only a couple , they only had a couple of security guards did n't they ? |
| 24 | Nigel was saying that they only had a couple , you know , cos they like you |
| 25 | But she said that they had been so many months or when everybody else had a pay rise they only had a little bit . |
| 26 | The gates , they only had a single er they did n't have gates on either side here , they just got the one set of gates . |
| 27 | And what happens is that females , females have pouches that produce eggs but they only hold a small , they only hold a small volume . |
| 28 | And what happens is that females , females have pouches that produce eggs but they only hold a small , they only hold a small volume . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh well , ’ said very prettily , ‘ I can put up with mosquitoes since they only take a little nibble . |
| 30 | I mean they do n't take they only take a board up where they put it on to erm put it leading through and er where they bring it out . |