Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lay there covered in soil and broken branches , their breath aching in repressed pants , the post-climax moment unhurried by blind fumbling for a towel . |
| 2 | In between excessive laughter I noticed that not only were SCUM CRAP at the back but they got completely pissed on by the Turkish Delights : - ) ) ) ) ) |
| 3 | I 'd laugh if they got fucking beaten up ! |
| 4 | Last week they got so fed up with commuters crowding round their screens to find out the train times — because the computer board was n't working — they just switched them all off . |
| 5 | Yes but , yes but you see they got so mixed up that the , |
| 6 | Oh we were look through all the magazines and they got really stressed out and told us to get out . |
| 7 | Additionally , while older sets of Groove Tubes exhibit normal loss of output power , they remain closely matched in our performance testing system , with balanced harmonics , longer sustain and prolonged usable lifespan . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , they remain strongly entrenched in both lay and professional minds . |
| 9 | And yet , separated by Aden , separated by Marxism , separated by death , they remain forever reunited in the preface and text of Aden Arabie . |
| 10 | If they remain chronically incapacitated for work they can now claim invalidity benefit at a higher rate . |
| 11 | It does not inspire Gedge on a lyrical level but Solowka and himself have maintained many of their earlier convictions , although they remain fairly concealed . |
| 12 | In particular , they became increasingly worried about two things . |
| 13 | Although many of the great scientists and philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century were Christians , they became increasingly attached to the supremacy of reason . |
| 14 | The half-boiled storyline could have been poached from a hundred different games : Dizzy and Daisy were in the Enchanted Forest collecting cherries when they became hopelessly lost . |
| 15 | They became widely separated as they struggled up the slope . |
| 16 | Local authorities have had powers of this nature for many years ( the origin was the 1932 Planning Act ) , but it was not until the property boom of the early 1970s that they became widely used . |
| 17 | They gathered themselves and began to walk , their steps light though at first a little unsure , until they became more used to the uneven pace . |
| 18 | They became collectively known as the Brat Pack because , like the original Rat Pack , these young actors tended to work together as an ensemble . |
| 19 | They became so engrossed in their chattering , that they did not notice a customer who came up behind them . |
| 20 | They all agreed to this , and they became so occupied looking for ivy on the walls alongside the lane that they did n't see two boys suddenly come racing round the bend just by Miss Miggs 's cottage . |
| 21 | They became so celebrated that they were disturbed by tourists . |
| 22 | Householders unaware of Sabbath conventions caused much discomfort to their young guests until they became better informed about Jewish religious observances . |
| 23 | For example , do they want home based respite care or would they prefer a separate facility for respite care and , if so , what form or forms should this take ? |
| 24 | And , you know get reasonable money and there were there were still rented rooms of a sort , but she could find somewhere , of a sort , to live with other kids and they could do what they jolly well liked ! |
| 25 | and they jolly well learned |
| 26 | At a tiny cove our little daughters whooped as they plunged fully clothed into the Atlantic swell . |
| 27 | They do n't they 've still got , they 've still got no military technology |
| 28 | They do n't they 've still got , they 've still got no military technology |
| 29 | You see they , they 've only got so long on this site with that van |
| 30 | There are three or four operators who 've been here longer than the computer , and I can see they 've really switched off . |