Example sentences of "they [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But yeah , we 're still taking them on but not in so many numbers . |
| 2 | Better find a little dish to put them on so you do n't wa |
| 3 | Nails put them on because he had no choice , the mood Biddy was in . |
| 4 | But often I wanted her to keep them on because , wearing them , she was beautiful . |
| 5 | Well you 'll just have to cry Bryony because you 're going to have them on because it keeps raining . |
| 6 | I mean this is something that we could maybe be of help to in fact maybe something that I could be of help to them on because I actually do lectures on public relations how to assess what I mean at a very basic level you want to communicate with press how do you do it but before you do it why do you want to do it . |
| 7 | It 's no it 's crap erm Petie Peter Peter Are we supposed to talk about these things while we 've got them on because I do . |
| 8 | For example , somebody might erm be homeless , but no hostel in town will take them on because perhaps they have a mental illness or a drug problem , or perhaps they are in trouble with the courts erm we can return to that hostel with the person saying ‘ Do n't worry about these other problems , just fill in the bits you can , the accommodation , and we 'll sort out the other bits ’ . |
| 9 | Yet it is as though some unseen power is switching them on and off . |
| 10 | I untied my boots which were laced together round one of the bed-posts , put them on and jumped down . |
| 11 | At home , people want to dim lights or to switch them on and off during long holidays . |
| 12 | One of my preferred methods of listening to CDs is to put them on and then lie back with closed eyes to concentrate on the music . |
| 13 | Avoid slip-ons , as the toes need to grip hard to keep them on and so are put under strain . |
| 14 | Next time the Snows are on the programme : ‘ It would be nice if you and I could take them on and split them up , ’ Mr Wilson said . |
| 15 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
| 16 | But Norwich took them on and revealed a tactical superiority and strength of character to go alongside the flair that has always been their most endearing feature . |
| 17 | As long as we feel we can sell them on and make a profit for the NECCR then we will be happy . |
| 18 | It is quite amazing how warm these little covers are and you do n't have to keep pulling them on and off , so they wo n't get lost ! |
| 19 | Jazzbeaux had been wearing them on and off for two days . |
| 20 | She had been talking about the rumble with the Daughters of the American Revolution , playing with Seth 's glasses , putting them on and taking them off . |
| 21 | Men can practise putting them on and feeling comfortable with them on their own so that they feel less awkward with someone else . |
| 22 | There will be at least two of them , but even if they know each other they wo n't know anybody else except the one man who took them on and will eventually pay them . |
| 23 | After choosing the fittings you want , you have several decisions to make : where to site them ; how to provide a power supply ; how to switch them on and off ; and how to conceal the wiring . |
| 24 | He had been dealing with them on and off all his life . |
| 25 | Get them on and I 'll take you out with me tonight . ’ |
| 26 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 27 | I was afraid of getting an arrow in my eyes , but I suddenly remembered I still had an old pair of reading glasses in my pocket , so I put them on and continued my work . |
| 28 | So she was not only watching but being watched when she thought she was by herself , when she was taking her clothes off and putting them on and so on . |
| 29 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 30 | ‘ Could we simply take an armful out to the treadmills and put them on and see what happened ? |