Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he designed lamps on the spot and took them straight down into the mines to test them on the jets of methane . |
| 2 | But pushing down on the legs stops them from straightening ; the legs will then have to work five times harder in order to compensate . |
| 3 | He even opened a cafe in Tangier to hear them play every day , and took Rolling Stone Brian Jones up into the mountains to record them . |
| 4 | This teacher 's view that the Afro-Caribbean pupils felt obliged to live up to the labels given them by the school was reiterated by other teachers . |
| 5 | Actually , Maximum John was sunnily good-humoured on Monday , refraining entirely from picking anybody up by the lapels to ask them , ‘ You what ? |
| 6 | The policy of drafting reservists was put into abeyance when the conflict in Croatia eased , and the new call-up has brought hundreds of angry men on to the streets insisting they will not fight . |
| 7 | Three men were needed to do the actual fitting of the tyre : two holding the tyre after they had taken it out of the oven , and one with a bucket of water to pour on to the felloes to stop them from taking fire as the tyre was clamped on . |