Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their first scene together , where Fluellen begins with a feeling of respect for Pistol 's bravery at the bridge ( how obtained we know not ) , they dispute about the iconography of the goddess Fortune , Pistol in verse , Fluellen in prose , more coherently ( III.vi.20–60 ) . |
| 2 | They lay for a while catching their breath , then returned to Nettles . |
| 3 | They lay for a while , their hands lightly clasped , each deeply engrossed in their own thoughts . |
| 4 | They lay for a little , amicably holding hands . |
| 5 | Kangaroos can sustain speeds of up to 25 km/h for long periods ; but what they gain in the springs , they lose as pendulums . |
| 6 | It has the advantage for believers of saving them from having to invent their own personal neurosis , and they gain from the social nature of religion rather than the purely private character of a personal neurosis . |
| 7 | There also needs to be a plan for evaluating the project and the librarian and the teacher should discuss the evaluation of the pupils ' ability to use the microcomputer ( technical skills ) and their ability to make use of the information they gain from the microcomputer ( information skills ) . |
| 8 | It is a combat zone which they concede to the predators until morning , when they drive out their cattle again past sleeping lions and strangely reticent hyena . |
| 9 | They dance to an exciting variety of music by composers such as Boyce , Shostakovich , Britten and Philip Glass . |
| 10 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
| 11 | They no longer guard harems ; instead , as in the Mahabharata , they dance for a living . |
| 12 | They dance on the surface among the flies . |
| 13 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm the Great Anarch , ’ Piper said conversationally , ‘ I order the spheres as they dance in the vault of space . ’ |
| 15 | They say they dance in the sky at a carnival at the end of the world — have you seen them ? ’ |
| 16 | The practice of editors varies substantially , and these points are intended to suggest that some simple changes could improve the ways in which they communicate about the process and their decisions . |
| 17 | We hear the haunting sounds of the Humpback whales as they communicate under the sea , across vast distances , but understand little or nothing of what is passing between them . |
| 18 | With other foreigners they account for a quarter of trading . |
| 19 | The three major schemes — the Library of Congress Classification Scheme , the Universal Decimal Classification Scheme and the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme — are treated in most detail , since they account for a good proportion of classification practice . |
| 20 | As you can see from Table 16.2 , they account for a tiny fraction of total assets . |
| 21 | But among them , they account for the great majority of all innovation opportunities . |
| 22 | Therefore , they remain outside the treaty 's remit and safeguards , weak though they may be . |
| 23 | They remain aboard the Ariadne . |
| 24 | If they fail to answer a question correctly , they remain on the square they have reached but play passes to the next player . |
| 25 | International referee Derek Bevan , who handled the World Cup final , agreed with Kirkpatrick , citing another area where law changes have had negative consequences : ‘ When the ball is fielded following a high kick from the attacking side the chasing forwards can close in and circle the catcher provided that they remain at a distance of 10 metres . |
| 26 | TEAM Components Bureau , having secured their first Scottish women 's league title last weekend , are keen to ensure that they remain at the top . |
| 27 | Frequent whitewashing or repapering , like John Barton 's ‘ clean stencilled pattern ’ , is often alluded to , no doubt because it made damp and derelict rooms look fresh and dry but that is the way that they remain for the reader . |
| 28 | As they work , roughs are pinned to the wall where they remain until the following day . |
| 29 | David Preece scored the second-half goal that earned them their first win in seven games and , though they remain in the bottom three , they do have a chance of making the Premier League . |
| 30 | Luton have lost only four League games at home this season and , though they remain in the bottom three , they are only five points behind Coventry . |