Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like symbiotic grubs they lay twisted together in a ball , until Mangar-Kunjer-Kunja appeared in the guise of a lizard . |
| 2 | They lay packed together in the gloom , trying to make themselves comfortable on the wires . |
| 3 | The story of how the defenders withstood the might of Cromwell 's army , of how the Honours were smuggled out from the castle under the very noses of the English and hidden beneath the floor of nearby Kineff Kirk , and of how they lay buried for eight long years until returned once more to Edinburgh Castle , is one of the most well known , oft-repeated tales of Scottish history . |
| 4 | Her hand gripped the small of his back until they lay spent next to each other on the bed . |
| 5 | As always they lay exhausted in each other 's arms , their sated bodies languid and limp , Fernando soothing her fevered brow with tender kisses of love . |
| 6 | They remain shut to this day . |
| 7 | As the city state continues to develop , private ownership becomes more and more concentrated in the hands of some of the citizens , but the division this give rise to does not lead to the formation of classes among the freemen because they remain united against the slaves . |
| 8 | Three countries — Denmark , Ireland and Belgium — meanwhile indicated yesterday that they remain opposed to another key element , which forsees the abolition of all limits on tax-paid goods that can be carried across borders by private travellers . |
| 9 | At a larger distance , none the less , a pattern of partial unity of purpose grows faintly visible , and the old romancers and young realists of post-war Britain by now look one in what they denied and defied , even if they remain opposed in style and in the positives of dogmatic faith . |
| 10 | All members of the company ( though not its secretary ) must be qualified solicitors , and there are special provisions to apply when a member dies or is struck off the roll or otherwise loses his qualification to practise , which in essence provide that such member 's shares become non-voting so long as they remain registered in unqualified hands , and only qualified solicitors will be able to vote as proxies . |
| 11 | They remain hidden until it is threatened , when it displays them by turning itself upside-down . |
| 12 | He finds that although the globular bodies of the histone molecules no longer contact the DNA of heavily transcribed genes , their charged tails still do , leading him to suggest that they remain tethered by their tails while the polymerase passes so that they can rapidly ‘ snap back ’ into their former structure . |
| 13 | INSET courses are normally conceived for practising teachers who require refresher courses from time to time : when unqualified teachers take part in them , they remain classed as untrained teachers by the end of their course . |
| 14 | Like a city buried by a volcano , they remain frozen in time , untouched by the change , decay and renewal which constantly alter the structures of our conscious mental life . |
| 15 | Although the Tories plan to reduce manpower by an average of 20pc across the three services they remain committed to several important new orders . |
| 16 | Essentially , they remain embedded in what they oppose : ‘ they simply reverse the paradigms and embrace what the society brands as evil . |
| 17 | Prior to AD 625 the coins are found mainly in Kent and the upper Thames valley ; afterwards they are found spread over a wider area as far afield as Ireland , Scotland , Derbyshire and Yorkshire , although they remain concentrated in south-east England . |
| 18 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
| 19 | They remain dedicated to the task of setting up a group of integrated schools as a sector of education complementary to the existing system . |
| 20 | This is the natural job of a doe making a home for her litter before they arc born , and then her buck helps her . |
| 21 | They arc shown as a dotted arrow . |
| 22 | More specifically , they arc focused on the home , with self-provisioning ( DIY , gardening and so forth ) representing a sphere of autonomy where they can literally ‘ be themselves ’ . |
| 23 | The Ramblers are clear about what they want done . |
| 24 | When making maps you might start simply by asking the children to draw something on a sheet of paper that they want represented on the map — a house , a shop , the well , the woods … |
| 25 | So what we 're doing now is , and we 'll do again this year , when we publish the telephone directory again , is to send out to divisions any numbers that they want saved on the system . |
| 26 | in addition , Just Deserts now rotates jobs more frequently , holds employee exercise sessions and carries out regular opinion surveys of staff to find out what changes they want made . |
| 27 | When an organization invites the Prince or Princess of Wales to make a speech on their behalf , it is customary for them to write a draft , incorporating any appropriate facts and figures or particular message that they want conveyed in the speech . |
| 28 | Now because there are too many of you to fit on the form , is it okay if like one person signs it on behalf of a group an and that 's okay cos they want informed con who who who wan who wants to sign a form and be part of the British National Corpus ? |
| 29 | Family health services authorities have found themselves acting with and on behalf of district health authorities wanting to get closer to general practitioners and to understand better what they want purchased . |
| 30 | Too many violently insane patients are released because they appear cured . |