Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in a survey I carried out on the membership of the National Trust — one of the largest voluntary associations in Britain with over a million and a quarter members — it was decided that topics should include such things as how people came to join , how they felt about the payment of subscriptions , how much they read of the literature the Trust sent them , what their main interests in conservation were , how active a part they wanted to play in the work of the Trust , and so on . |
| 2 | For example storytime might take place at an established time towards the end of the school day , but in a follow-up session the next day questions could be asked to see how much they remember of the story , or one child could be asked to retell the story they heard yesterday ( see Boxes 4 and 5 ) . |
| 3 | A million nature lovers all over the country are being asked to show how much they care for the countryside in an innovative challenge from the RSPB . |
| 4 | The authors , writing in the British Medical Journal , believe that what happens to babies before birth , including how long they stay in the womb , may determine how healthy their lungs are later in life . |
| 5 | For the proximo-distal axis , our suggestion is that the cells learn their position by measuring how long they remain in the progress zone , a mechanism based on measuring time . |
| 6 | The cells in the progress zone seem to be able to measure how long they remain in the progress zone and this enables them to , ‘ know ’ their position along the proximo-distal axis . |
| 7 | In the extract below they refer to the effect the teachers ' attitudes have on their behaviour and on the way prejudices appear to match their gradations of colour : |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps they objected to the destruction of Buckingham and the web of deceit to which they 'd been party ? ’ |
| 9 | Moreover , few types of resource-based learning are as clearcut as perhaps they sound to the newcomer ; there is always the possibility , indeed the likelihood , that at any one point the teacher may find it necessary to intervene , to establish a point , to correct a set of errors , to reinforce an insight , or to bring in an additional set of experiences , including the experience of argument and group debate while the interest is hot . |
| 10 | Or perhaps they sort through the plastic bag of pubic hairs they keep specially to place on the side of your bath before you check in ? |
| 11 | I 'm sure if people will perhaps they look at the church and think oh it 's out of touch but it is n't there are churches that are alive and have something very relevant to say today . |
| 12 | I teach just such a group of boys , only they come under the title ‘ Emotionally and Behaviourally Disturbed ’ . |
| 13 | Then when they 're tough enough they go to the greenhouse . |
| 14 | So they went to the village . |
| 15 | So they went into the basement , a long , white-washed room running the whole length of the house . |
| 16 | So they went round the back of the house to find out . |
| 17 | So they walked across the moor . |
| 18 | So they got under the table , and wriggled around our legs |
| 19 | So they lived in the world before we became a people . ’ |
| 20 | So they lived in the house |
| 21 | So they looked for the form and they could n't find it . |
| 22 | So they go into the kitchen and Keith makes some real coffee . |
| 23 | And that was the poor old man he was just just about away so they sent for the ambulance and took him down to Forfar to They used to call that the poor house , I do n't know what they call it now but it was the poor house in those |
| 24 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 25 | So they sat on the engine housing and Wycliffe felt sufficiently relaxed to light his pipe . |
| 26 | So they practise on the ground . |
| 27 | So they flew across the sky until they came to the doors of the world where two bearded wolves mount guard . |
| 28 | Together they strode towards the path . |
| 29 | Together they tottered to the door . |
| 30 | Busacher put in a few whirly violin runs on the piano and crescendoed unnecessarily loudly , paused too long , gasped , she joined him , and together they sailed into the finale and burst out laughing . |